Ian Thain

You're just a few clicks away from the first edition of The Innovation Show, from SAP. This brand new, 30-minute online show on May 3rd 2012 at 1400Hrs London time will update you on the latest technologies and IT innovations that are impacting your business. Innovation is anyt... (more)

Taking a stance of 'Build it and they will come' has never worked in IT and especially now with the Consumerisation of Mobility and the Prosumers (Professional + Consumer) in your Enterprise, whom are expecting or even demanding the same experience as Mobile Apps on the App Store... (more)

I just received an interesting piece of information today from the Events team. Let me share it with you... For 2012, our traditional TechWave content will be incorporated into the SAP TechEd conference, taking place October 15-19 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. We will ... (more)

Here is #5 Five points the Mobile Information Worker expects from their Mobile Enterprise Data 1. Always available and on-demand access to information (off-line and on-line) 2. New ways to interact and display data 3. Reduce data re-entry error, by synchronising data 4. Captur... (more)

Here is #4 Five points for Mobile Apps in Shaping the new Business Enterprise 1. Cost reduction compared to existing systems 2. Streamlining business processes 3. Competitive advantage with up to date data at hand 4. Increase Employee satisfaction and effectiveness 5. Rapid respo... (more)

Here is #3 Five points that makes an Engaging Enterprise Mobile App 1. Extend existing systems by innovating in new ways. Just transferring a PC based or paper based solution is NOT enough 2. Display/Consume data in new ways 3. Keep UX design familiar to the deployment platform r... (more)

Here is #2 Five points on how Enterprise Mobile Developers can improve the Relationships with their End Users 1. Live several days in the life of your user observing work locations and patterns 2. Have end users in on the design panel as well as the usability and testing 3. Get... (more)

Today I thought I would put together five steps and five points within to producing 5-Star Mobile Apps Here is #1 Five points when Building the Business Case for Mobile Enterprise Apps 1. Create a Visionary Plan for more mobile Apps and know how they will aid and shape your ente... (more)

It's always been an important part of planning an Enterprise Mobile Development… How to get started?... How to take that first step? As a Mobile Evangelist, my experience covers many areas of Mobility such as presentations, communications, analysis of emerging Market, Industry & ... (more)

Now that Mobility is part of our lives, we are all hooked on our Smartphone or Tablet device and take them everywhere we go, but we need to be aware of something that we almost take for granted… Data Connection and Usage! Especially if we are going abroad and hit the tricky subje... (more)

This week I attended a Mobile Monday event sponsored by Barnes & Nobile (B & N) which discussed Tablet Computing and promoted their Nook Developer program. The Chair for the meeting was Marek Pawlowski, Founder and Organiser MEX @marekpawlowski and the Panel consisted of Claudio ... (more)

It may be an unusual angle, but your Enterprise IP Wireless Expert may be your best ally around when it comes to implementing your Mobile Device Security Strategies.  The reason why I think this is that all of smartphone and tablet devices support wireless connectivity, and most ... (more)

Here's a common scenario and one that will become more common with the ever increasing penetration of Tablet Devices in the Enterprise... Your Senior Exec just got their iPad. They love it. They use it everywhere.  Literally everywhere! That’s a scary word for anyone involved in ... (more)

As I have already mentioned in many articles, Mobile Apps and Mobile Business Processes are becoming a routine part of daily work life, yet companies still wrestle with mobile security. They are totally correct to worry about how easily mobile devices are lost and stolen. They ar... (more)

Whether you build a Mobile Apps as part of a public product or service, or develop in-house Mobile Apps to support your own business processes, it is useful to keep an eye on what the government regulators are up to regarding all things mobile. There is a lot of debate about what... (more)

At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... Raj Nathan, EVP and CMO, Sybase, an SAP company As Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Worldwide Marketing and Business Solutions Operations, Dr. Raj Nathan is responsible... (more)

I have talked a lot about the need to Mobilize Existing Business Systems and Processes in an innovative and strategic way and at the heart of this for Mobile App development is the Mobile Enterprise Application Platform or MEAP. This is important because mobile technology is evol... (more)

At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... Hari Subramanyam, Global Rollout Manager, RDS Mobile Solutions Assembly & Packaging, SAP In this interview I find out... What SAP offers for customers to get started with mobile solutions W... (more)

At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... John Sims, President, Sybase 365 In this interview I find out... What the biggest challenges is to Sybase 365 operator customers today How Sybase 365 helps mobile operators address these chal... (more)

At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... Jason Yotopoulos, Head of Research, SAP In this interview I find out... What is SAP Research’s vision of enterprise computing in the future What is the concept of Business Web What makes the ... (more)