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7
May

Top 10 Enterprise Apps for the Apple iPad

   Posted by: Daniel Hudson    in Enterprise 2.0

The Future of the Enterprise

Putting the Enterprise 2.0 Budget on a Diet

The future of Enterprise 2.0 looks brighter every day.  Organizations are identifying adoption patterns and putting them into practice.  The web is filled with stories on how organizations and governments have used a Web 2.0 Strategy to improve collaboration and communication.  We are also seeing a healthy trend of more interest in Business Intelligence (BI) Apps.  There are many Business Intelligence apps available for the Apple iPhone and more are coming to the Apple iPad.  It would be nice to see this trend continue by organizations putting their Enterprise Platforms on a diet.  This healthy diet should consist of a healthy balance of Web Services, Software as a Service (SaaS), APIs, Apps, Mashups, and a more flexible architecture.  Exercising Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in Enterprise 2.0 Solutions can lead the way towards “Self-Serving Solutions” aka “The Enterprise App Store”.

Which do you think would be easier and more cost effective?

  • Buying new hardware/software and creating the new solution?
  • Creating an app that can be dropped into your existing platform(s)/device(s)?

Creating the Thought Factory

Organizations have many options when making decisions across multiple points of their Enterprise 2.0 Solution.  I think it’s about time we stop “Reinventing the wheel”.  It’s time we stop reinventing the car of knowledge management and business intelligence.  It’s time to start creating the factory of thought with machines of intelligence that can be measured and configured to deliver fluid collaboration and communication.  It’s time for Enterprise Apps.

We already see examples of Business Intelligence Apps for the new Apple iPad.

iPad in Business

Featuring built-in support for Microsoft Exchange, secure access to corporate data, and a powerful platform for apps, iPad is ready for work, right out of the box.  Learn more here.

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Top 10 Enterprise Apps for the Apple iPad

Roambi – Visualizer

Roambi’s cutting edge mobile dashboards let you touch, turn, analyze and share your company’s latest information on any iPhone or iPad – keeping you connected to your business, anytime and anywhere.  Learn more here.

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QlikView

QlikView Business Intelligence software allows you to quickly and easily get answers to business questions.  Learn more here.

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GoToMeeting

GoToMeeting is the easiest and most convenient way to attend online meetings – and now you can take it to go! Download the free app and join a meeting on your iPad in seconds just by tapping the link in your invitation email.  Learn more here.

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WebEx for iPad

Attend WebEx meetings on your iPad, wherever you are! Use this application to get the full meeting experience with simultaneous data and audio. Don’t just listen in to a meeting. Join in.  Learn more here.

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Keynote

Keynote is the most powerful presentation app ever designed for a mobile device. It’s the application you know and love on the Mac, but completely reworked from the ground up for iPad. It makes creating a world-class presentation, complete with animated charts and transitions, as simple as touching and tapping.  Learn more here.

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Penultimate

The ultimate app for iPad. Stylish, powerful, and easy to use, Penultimate encourages you to take notes, keep sketches, or work through your next breakthrough idea– whether you’re in the office, on the go, or home on the couch.  Learn more here.

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Numbers

Numbers is the most innovative spreadsheet app ever designed for a mobile device. It’s the application you know and love for the Mac, completely reworked from the ground up for iPad.  Learn more here.

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Bento for iPad

Organize all the details of your busy life in one iPad app! Bento for iPad comes with 25 ready-to-use database templates that can be easily customized to organize virtually any type of information you have. Manage contacts, track projects, plan events and so much more.  Learn more here.

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Box.net

Box.net is a web-based service that lets you easily share, manage and access all your content from anywhere. Whether you want to store documents, media or other files, Box.net lets you view, share and collaborate on all your files on-the-go.  Learn more here.

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popplet lite

Popplet is a place where you can post, collect and curate your best ideas and random stuff all in one continuous visual space.  Learn more here.

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3
Jul

See This New Augmented Reality App for the Apple iPhone

   Posted by: Daniel Hudson    in iPhone

Apple iPhone AppStore is about to get it’s First Augmented Reality App

AcrossAir creates a very interesting Apple iPhone App.  This amazing new application tells Londoners where their nearest tube station is via their iPhones video function.

When you load the app, holding it flat, all 13 lines of the London underground are displayed in coloured arrows. By tilting the phone upwards, you will see the nearest stations: what direction they are in relation to your location, how many kilometres and miles away they are and what tube lines they are on. If you continue to tilt the phone upwards, you will see stations further away, as stacked icons. Only available to Apple iPhone 3GS users.

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AcrossAir

AcrossAir is working with companies to take advantage of the Apple iPhone platform for everything from fun games to enterprise applications. Our first applications, delivering TV listings for TVGuide.co.uk and our fun game the Fruit Loons, are launching in AppStore in June 2009. Learn more: http://www.acrossair.com/

The first mobile Augmented Reality browser premiers in the Netherlands

A few weeks ago I saw a similar mobile app video on Ross Dawson’s (@rossdawson) blog here.

The World’s First Augmented Reality Browser. Layar is a free application on your mobile phone which shows what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of reality through the camera of your mobile phone. Learn more: http://www.layar.com/

I would like to see something like this for the Washington DC Metro.  This would also be a nice way to locate the many Washington DC museums.

How could a mobile app help you?

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30
Jun

Challenges to Apple iPhone Adoption in the Enterprise WE 2.0

   Posted by: Daniel Hudson    in Enterprise 2.0

Will Enterprise 2.0 (E 2.0) Lead Us to Wireless Enterprise 2.0 (WE 2.0)?

The success of Enterprise 2.0 can be measured by its adoption rate.  The adoption rate increases when people find new ways to communicate and collaborate in which they are familiar.  The more intuitive the interface feels, the more people will use it.  The point of web-based tools in the enterprise is to support communication and collaboration between people anywhere anytime.  The workforce is changing.  People are working on the go and sometimes need to get something done when they are not at a computer.  WE 2.0 seems to be the next logical step for a dispersed workforce.  Steve Jobs and his team at Apple seem to know a thing or two about user interface design, so the iPhone and the iTouch seem to be natural wireless devices to use in the Enterprise.  The Apple iPhone is like having a mini-computer in your pocket.  WE 2.0 should support other mobile devices, but the Apple iPhone is an easy start because of all the development support.  The slides below will review several things to consider before implementing WE 2.0.

I Phone Summit Dmeeker Final

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What do you think about Apple iPhone in the Enterprise?

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8
Jan

New Microsoft “I’m PC” commercials made me buy a MAC

   Posted by: Daniel Hudson    in computers

Loving my new MAC Book Pro!

Microsoft Marketing Strategy?

What do you think about the Microsoft “I’m PC” commercials?

Years ago I had one of those all-in-one apple computers. I started using a PC because most of my development software was only PC compatible. I was thinking about getting a new laptop, any laptop and after watching the new Microsoft commercials, I ran out and got the MAC Book Pro and loving it! Now I use my old PC Laptop as a stand for my MAC Book Pro.

Get yours today at MAC Book Pro at Apple

Are you a MAC user?


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