Ian Thain

I published an article in July 2009, which stated my thoughts and findings on Mobile Application User Interface design etc... Traditionally the actual GUI design Phase has probably been about 25% of the whole project time, but now with the iPhone and the nature of the beast that is the App Store, the demanding iPhone  Users and the cool device itself... Apple and developers in turn, are pushing this initial design phase to about 60%. Apple's definition of the design phase, is that it consists of four sub phases focusing on... becoming familiar with the device and the context in which it is used, product definition, design & prototype on paper, polish & refine to develop an application with a fantastic user experience. Until now for me, the design stage was to use paper, ... (more)

Hot Event in Santa Clara Becomes Cool with the iPhone

This week just saw the SYS-CON iPhone Developer Summit come to the West Coast on November 3rd. Along with the unseasonal warm weather... it was a HOT event! The sessions were well attended by a good number of professional developers etc who were eager to learn, discuss and take the iPhone to the next level...the Enterprise. I would like to take this moment, to thank the presenters. Dur... (more)

Risks and Enterprise Mobility?

This is the fourth in a series of five initial articles, in which I'm going to put my thoughts and findings on the subject of Enteprise Mobility. For this penultimate article I've decided to raise the subject of Risks to be aware of before and during implementation of an Enterprise Mobility Strategy. It may seems an obvious thing to say, but the major risk at the moment, is NOT having a E... (more)

The Accidental Apple Tourist Hits Sydney

Sybase's Mr iPhone... Mr iThain ;-) has been in Sydney this week & I have been keeping an eye on the Australian devices and checking out the Sydney Apple store. This has been totally accidental, as the main deal this week was to Evangelise about Enterprise Mobility in general and epecially where Sybase fits in the big picture, at Wireless World 2009. As a by-product I have been able to ch... (more)

Sybase and Verizon Team up to Manage Mobility Solutions For Enterprises Worldwide

PowerBuilder Developer's Journal Today Sybase & Verizon announced they are teaming up to enable Verizon's multinational companies to effectively manage the deployment and ongoing support of their growing mobile workforces. Business requires that organizations connect partners, suppliers, manufacturers, remote offices and remote employees directly to their systems, applications and informa... (more)