Mobile

At Texas HIMSS today I was able to view a use case for Enterprise Mobile. That’s the term I use to describe the use of mobile devices internal to a healthcare organization. In this case, Rockdale enabled a single point of workflow across disparate data sources and care locations to enable physicians via a mobile […]

“Going mobile,” “working in the cloud,” “being virtual,” are all phrases that are beginning to sound passé. Today, most of us would agree that being able to work and live without walls and wires is a given, pretty much mandatory. While the personal benefits of mobile apps are easy to relate to, the business benefits […]

Our Consumer Products and Retail Director, Peter Brandt,  was featured in Consumer Goods Technology’s “2014 Review and Outlook Report” last month and was asked to look into his crystal ball and tell readers: “What one initiative must consumer goods companies pursue now in order to compete and grow in the year 2020?” Similar to the retail […]

Over on our Portals blog, Michael Porter shared an announcement from Liferay. They have extended the value of their open source portal with  e-commerce functionality for built-in transaction  and payments processing. Liferay Marketplace is the worldwide distribution channel for Liferay-compatible apps designed to provide greater access to enterprise applications for Liferay users. Now with e-commerce features, […]

This just in, Liferay has a new SDK for custom mobile apps.  They will release it to the public on April 2nd.  Here’s the press release. Liferay Releases SDK to Speed Up Custom Mobile App Development New developer toolkit helps Liferay’s customers develop and manage sophisticated mobile apps LOS ANGELES – (April 1, 2014) – Liferay, […]

Nowadays, compatibility testing is in great demand as it gives us the confidence to say whether the application is usable across multiple platforms. One of the most used platforms available in today’s world is Mobile. So the question here is whether the application is usable across different Mobile platforms? There are n number of Mobile […]

Thanks to the Marketing Tech Blog for a reference to a cool “Future of Mobile” info graphic by Three. It’s UK focused but still a nice summary of mobile.  I especially like the internet use via mobile devices now and in 2025.  Click to get to the entire info graphic.           […]

Quick, grab your mobile phone. It’s pretty close at hand, I’m guessing. Hence, our next trend in the 2014 Connected Health Trend Countdown: Trend #4: Gamification, Quantified Self, and the Internet of Things You are undoubtedly part of the 90% of the world’s population that is covered by a commercial wireless signal. According to Pew […]

The cloud trend continues into 2014 as more cloud platforms mature, confidence in security and reliability grows, and the retail use cases for cloud begin to overlap with driving trends like mobile and big data. Analysis from Aberdeen and Accenture show retail investments doubling or tripling through 2015 as cloud business cases begin to prove […]

When I was a kid, I knew Santa was real because his reindeer left footprints, he ate all of our cookies, and the wrapping paper was different than mom’s. But as technology advances, so does the quality of evidence that Santa really does exist. Here are 5 ways to show your kids that Santa is […]

A lot has been written about potential cost savings for SaaS as utility computing. SaaS has a subscription cost model versus a large upfront capital investment. However, there is another interesting aspect of moving to a SaaS model – the reduction of risk. And, the reduction of risk should also influence your investment decision. Let’s […]

Whether it is real or perceived, the digital divide is often used as an excuse for non-adoption of mobile health. What is the “digital divide” exactly? The term is meant to describe the differences between people, households, or demographic/socioeconomic groups with regards to access to information technology and the knowledge and skills needed to use […]