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Merchant360, Inc., the leader in Point of Sale (POS) terminal application development and integration specializing in Mobile and Near Field Communications technology, has released a solution to enable retailers with a VeriFone Vx terminal to read barcodes from mobile phones for coupon redemption and loyalty program member identification.
Mu Dynamics, Inc. (www.mudynamics.com), the leader in validating and testing application-aware networks, today announced the introduction of Blitz, the first API-friendly cloud-based load and scale testing solution. Built specifically for developers of mobile applications accessing content through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Blitz helps to optimize those applications for scalability and performance
Oracle announced on Tuesday the introduction of BI (Business Intelligence) software support for Apple iPhones and iPads.
Bank IT execs don’t have to be control freaks to worry about the rapidly multiplying risks that result from the use of mobile devices outside the firewall by both executives and consumers.
Claraview, a division of Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), a strategy and technology consultancy focused exclusively on data warehousing and business intelligence (BI), today announced the availability of Mobile Business Intelligence (MBI) Solutions as a new addition to its service offerings. MBI offers several benefits to a varied user base of executives, middle and line managers, sales associates, and business analysts.
Collabera, a leading provider of end-to-end technology consulting, solutions and services, announced the launch of OptiMobility, a suite of mobility solutions that empowers organizations to create an unwired enterprise and experience significant boosts in workforce productivity, operational efficiency and real-time decision making.
Tweet SOURCE: Business Wire Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/97b369/html5_and_cross_pl) has announced the addition of the “HTML5 and Cross Platform Mobile Web Application Developments: New Ammo for the Fragmentation War” report to their offering. This report evaluates and quantifies the opportunity for mobile web application development environments. The research also looks at opportunities and changes within the […]
Tweet VMware recently released two new apps for the iPad. The first app, that was released last week, is called the VMware View. This app enables users to remotely access a virtual desktop from the iPad. VMware View modernizes desktops and applications by moving them into the cloud and delivering them as a managed service. […]
Tweet SAP has launched the 4.0 releases of its BI (business intelligence) and EIM (enterprise information management) solutions from its BusinessObjects portfolio. With these products, the company wants to address the growing needs of enterprises which want to enable a mobile workforce and also keep an eye on social media. “Companies want to find out […]
Tweet With the advent of mobile cloud computing, increasing effort has been put into developing platforms that simplify the development of cloud-based mobile applications. Creating apps for the mobile cloud is significantly different than developing apps for a native smartphone platform like the iPhone or Android. But over the long run, the mobile cloud computing […]
Tweet “Mobile and banking fit together like chocolate and peanut butter,” says Jim Pitts, project manager of the Financial Services Technology Consortium, the technology solutions division within The Financial Services Roundtable. In 2011, mobile will be the focus, but that focus won’t hinder investments in cross-channel integration. In fact, Pitts says mobile innovations will serve […]
Tweet SOURCE: Information Builders Information Builders, an independent leader in business intelligence (BI) solutions, today launched WebFOCUS Mobile BI, which delivers mobile business analytics to any device, mobile application, and browser. By enhancing WebFOCUS Active Technology reports to work across all smartphones, such as the iPhone, Android-based phones, BlackBerry, and all tablets such as the […]
Tweet SOURCE: Actuate Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: BIRT), the people behind BIRT® and the leading open source Business Intelligence (BI) vendor, today announced that BIRT Mobile ranks as one of the leading mobile Business Intelligence (BI) solutions in the Dresner Advisory Services (DAS) “Mobile Business Intelligence Market Study” report. In this study, Actuate secured a ranking […]
Tweet A recent report from Canalys touted Android as the top smartphone platform in Q4 2010, but a new report from Gartner (News – Alert) disputes that claim. However, according to Gartner, Symbian barely edged out Android in the fourth quarter with the help of Symbian-based products by Fujitsu and Sharp, and legacy products from Sony […]
Tweet SOURCE: Samsung Samsung SDS today announced the launch of the Samsung Mobile Business Intelligence (BI) Dashboard, the latest in the company’s portfolio of enterprise mobility services. A joint development with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) leveraging SAP® Business Objects™ software, the Samsung Mobile BI Dashboard enables mobile workers to easily access BI reports, including revenue, […]
Tweet A veteran “road warrior” herself, Deborah Malinowski, vice president of sales with Santander Consumer USA Inc., knew that when it came time to equip her 130-person sales force with CRM it had to be mobile CRM. “I’m not going to give something to them that makes them go home or to the hotel and […]
Tweet SOURCE: Perfecto Mobile Perfecto Mobile, a leader in cloud-based test automation of mobile applications, websites and services, today introduced version 3.0 of its MobileCloud-Automation service. Based on intelligent text and image recognition and Perfecto Mobile’s patented ScriptOnce™ technology, the updated offering provides simple, keyword-based scripting of test cases, instant porting across multiple devices, open […]
Tweet SOURCE Bytemobile Bytemobile said it has updated its Unison Smart Capacity platform to help wireless operators increase existing network capacity by 50%, which is increasingly important as wireless operators try to keep up with potentially crippling traffic demands as more users watch videos on mobile devices. Bytemobile and its partner, IBM Corp. (IBM), said […]
Tweet Sage Accpac is decidedly old-school ERP software for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). But that doesn’t mean it can’t learn new tricks — or compete in an increasingly cloud-computing-obsessed market. Accpac 6.0, an upgrade announced on Thursday and released to channel partners late last year, is moving toward a modern Web-based platform with mobile […]
Tweet SOURCE: Kronos Kronos Incorporated today announced revolutionary new mobile applications as the next step in its vision for the next generation of workforce management. Kronos® mobile applications improve productivity by making it easier for managers and employees to complete a wide range of workforce related tasks using a variety of mobile devices. Read More
IBM Corp.’s goal in 2011 for what it calls “social business”—or collaboration in the business—on the mobile device is for a complete set of applications with comparable functionality across the four major platforms.
Tweet The rapidly growth of mobile devices is happening alongside several related trends, and together they’re fundamentally changing the way software is developed. Tablets are gaining in popularity over netbooks, smartphones are getting smarter, enterprise workers want to use their phones for both business and personal tasks, and a growing amount of developer activity is […]
Tweet SOURCE: MeLLmo MeLLmo Inc., maker of the popular mobile business app Roambi, today announced global expansion and continued Roambi innovation at the Gartner Business Intelligence Summit 2011. Designed for companies of all sizes, Roambi transforms business intelligence reports and data into immersive, dashboard-style analytics, instantly delivered to any iPhone or iPad. Roambi’s unique user experience […]
Tweet SOURCE: Research and Markets Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4bf224/telecoms_software) has announced the addition of the “Telecoms Software: Worldwide Forecast 20102014” report to their offering. The worldwide telecoms software market is forecast to grow from USD20.1 billion in 2009 to USD29.5 billion in 2014, at a CAGR of 7.9%. Mobile services continue to be the main […]
By now it’s clear that mobile is the new global frontier for computing. People on every continent are embracing mobile as the primary method for electronic communications.
Tweet SOURCE: PCWorld MicroStrategy will announce a series of new BI (business intelligence) products for Apple mobile devices, transactional data systems and on-demand deployments at its annual user conference on Tuesday in Las Vegas. The company is rolling out additional ways to visualize data on iPads and iPhones, including “heat map” and calendar-style presentations. Another […]
Tweet SOURCE: CTI Group CTI Group (Holdings) Inc. (OTCBB: CTIG), an international provider of electronic invoice processing and management (EIM), enterprise communications management software and services, enterprise and carrier class call recording solutions and carrier class voice over internet protocol (VoIP) management applications, today announced that it will be launching the latest version of its […]
Tweet Source: Resources for Entrepreneurs In 2011, small business owners can expect to see 4G networks dominate technology news for entrepreneurs, as mobile carriers expect to introduce and implement the system at a rapid pace. According to mobile carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless – both of which have plans to introduce the network – 4G […]
Tweet Facebook has launched a branded mobile app for feature phones with the help of mobile software maker Snaptu. The app will allow users of feature phones — which are generally cheaper than smartphones — to access Facebook on the go. This could help the social network grow in emerging markets, where many people use […]