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Gartner’s Top 10 strategic technologies for 2012

Lars-Olof Allerhed — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:37:27 +0000

Media Tablets - The true rise of the mobile computing platform. As Gartner states, in 2012 “IT leaders will need a managed diversity program to address multiple form factors, as well as employees bringing their own smartphones and tablet devices into the workplace.”

Mobile-Centric Applications and Interfaces - User Interfaces (UI) with windows, icons, menus, and pointers will be replaced by mobile-centric interfaces emphasising touch, gesture, search, voice and video.

“Applications themselves are likely to shift to more focused and simple apps that can be assembled into more complex solutions. These changes will drive the need for new user interface design skills.”

Contextual and Social User Experience - “Context-aware computing” uses information about an end-user or objects environment, activities, connections and preferences to improve the quality of interaction with that end-user or object.

Context can be used to link mobile, social, location, payment and commerce. It can help build skills in augmented reality, model-driven security and ensemble applications.

Internet of Things - The Internet of Things (IoT) is a concept that describes how the Internet will expand as sensors and intelligence are added to physical items such as consumer devices or physical assets and these objects are connected to the Internet.

Gartner believe that by 2015 companies will need unified oversight of all of their Internet-connected technologies, but CIOs will need to orchestrate, not own, this data. For now, companies should get into a “what if” mindset, thinking about what the company can do with all the available data.

App Stores and Marketplaces - Gartner forecasts that by 2014, there will be more than 70 billion mobile application downloads from app stores every year. App Stores are expected to become a key component in line with the enterprise shift to SaaS and cloud computing.

Next-Generation Analytics - In 2012, analytics will increasingly focus on decisions and collaboration. The new step is to provide simulation, prediction, optimization and other analytics, not simply information, to empower even more decision flexibility at the time and place of every business process action.

Big Data - The big issue. As our increasing reliance on data grows, so does the problem of how to manage it. As Gartner states, “the size, complexity of formats and speed of delivery exceeds the capabilities of traditional data management technologies.”

“Analytics has become a major driving application for data warehousing, with the use of MapReduce outside and inside the DBMS, and the use of self-service data marts. One major implication of big data is that in the future users will not be able to put all useful information into a single data warehouse. Logical data warehouses bringing together information from multiple sources will replace the single data warehouse model. “

In-Memory Computing - Gartner sees huge use of flash memory in consumer devices, entertainment equipment and other embedded IT systems. In addition, it offers a new layer of the memory hierarchy in servers that has key advantages — space, heat, performance and ruggedness among them. Besides delivering a new storage tier, the availability of large amounts of memory is driving new application models.

Extreme Low-Energy Servers - Further projects to develop low-power servers in line with the increasing implementations of big data are expected in 2012. As environmental pressures continue to take hold, Gartner expects many top data centre providers to start delivering “radical new systems” to combat the issue of server energy output.

Cloud Computing - Last but not least…Cloud Computing is obviously a disruptive force, and its continuing implementation will lead to dramatic changes in IT infrastructure for many global enterprises. As Gartner puts it so well:

“While the market remains in its early stages in 2011, 2012 will see the full range of large enterprise providers fully engaged in delivering a range of offerings to build cloud environments and deliver cloud services”.

For further analysis of Gartner’s strategic technologies for 2012, visit www.gartner.com

If you are doing anything related to mobile app development you should go check this out – Ripple

Lars-Olof Allerhed — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:13:54 +0000

Ripple from tinyHippos recently acquired by RIM is a browser based html5 mobile application development and testing tool. It installs as a browser plugin for Goggle chrome and runs as an HTML 5 app inside your browser.

You can find the plugin over here in the Goggle Chrome app store. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/geelfhphabnejjhdalkjhgipohgpdnoc

Excellent way to promote your new smartphone and tablet app

Lars-Olof Allerhed — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:34:52 +0000

I think this is one of the best ways to advertise for your mobile solution, not playing the feature and function game but to play on the experience.

Microsoft’s mobile market share continues to erode

Lars-Olof Allerhed — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:15:58 +0000

The Next Web

Its interesting to see how Microsoft is losing the mobile market despite the agreement with Nokia, these new numbers are far from the predictions of 20% marketshare as Garner has in there predictions.

via Microsoft’s mobile market share continues to erode.

Audiocast on IBM Mobile strategy

Lars-Olof Allerhed — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:04:22 +0000

If you like to get the latest update on where IBM Collaboration Solutions is heading with there mobile strategy you should attend these webcast:

May 26th – Sametime Mobile strategy and solutions

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Sametime+Mobile+Strategy&iso=20110526T12&p1=43&ah=1

June 9th – Lotus Notes Traveler Mobile strategy and solutions

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Lotus+Notes+Traveler+Mobile+Strategy+and+Solutions&iso=20110609T12&p1=43&ah=1

Audio Web Conference Information
1. Go to the URL – http://www.lotuslive.com/join?schedid=3336625
2. Enter your name and email address
3. Click the ‘Log In’button

State of the mobile app world

Lars-Olof Allerhed — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:29:30 +0000

Mobile Internet Market Size

Lars-Olof Allerhed — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:07:00 +0000

from tnl.net

As more noise about a bubble is coming up, I decided to do some quick review of assumptions about the marketplace: in this entry, I will look at the market opportunity that exist for today’s startups as opposed to the ones that existed at the height of the dotcom era.

Full report

Nearly all western tellcos will adopt traffic shaping by 2013

Lars-Olof Allerhed — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:44:00 +0000

In this article by :rethink wireless they are talking about the fact that almost all telcos will do some sort of traffic shaping by the year 2013. An interesting point form the study is this:

“For offload, the study says that 20% of the carriers surveyed currently use this tactic, while one-third of operators plan to use Wi-Fi and 30% indoor femtocells backhauled by the users’broadband lines. Another 27% are investigating femtocells, though introduction of wireline broadband caps by some carriers could impact this strategy.”

more info can be found here:http://www.rethink-wireless.com/2011/04/07/nearly-western-cellcos-adopt-traffic-shaping-2013.htm

Mobile App Development: 10 Tips for Small Business Owners

Lars-Olof Allerhed — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 05:51:00 +0000

Really good article from Mashable about what to think of when you develop your mobile app http://mashable.com/2011/04/07/mobile-app-tips-small-biz/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29

Hosted BlackBerry Service for Lotuslive Notes now available

Lars-Olof Allerhed — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:26:00 +0000

On February the 22nd IBM Collaboration Solutions launched a fully hosted service offering for BlackBerry Enterprise Server in conjunction with is Lotuslive offering

IBM announced an exciting update to its full-featured, cloud-based e-mail service, LotusLive Notes® – a fully hosted service offering for BlackBerry Enterprise Server, starting at $10 user/month.

This new capability means that small, medium and large enterprises will no longer be required to maintain an on-premises infrastructure for serving the needs of their BlackBerry mobile device users. Plus, as a component of the hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Server, customers selecting the MDS option now have the ability to provide their users with secure wireless connectivity to intranet-based business applications of their choosing.

As the fastest growing e-mail platform, IBM is also augmenting the optional “Traveler for LotusLive Notes” subscription with support for Android® OS. This additional platform expansion demonstrates that IBM’s strategy to provide access to the LotusLive Notes service through mobile devices running the extremely rich and innovative Traveler application – via Apple® iPhone and iPad, Windows® Mobile, Nokia® Symbian and now Android devices – is well-positioned to address the mobile needs of virtually any customer.