Four Questions to Assess Your Company’s App-titude For many companies, determining whether or not a mobile app makes sense for service optimization often boils down to the CTO’s “everybody’s-doing-it” approach to adopting new technology. And while there’s certainly a place for staying in step with your competition, there is a better way to set apart […]
Let’s WATCH for wearable devices In the last several months, there’s been much ado about the future of wearable devices. If you’re not familiar with this term, wearable devices are the next generation of smart mobility — technology that goes where you go. By now, most of us are fully accustomed to, no matter where […]
Best Practices for Building a Global Workforce Finding good talent for your organization can be quite challenging. Finding candidates with the right educational background, work experience, skills and company culture fit — before your competitionfinds them — is often frustrating and extremely time consuming even at the local level. But many organizations are looking to build […]
Creating Mobile Apps Your Consumers Will Love Consider the apps you love most. Think about what makes you love it and use it. Chances are it’s highly-entertaining or informative, or it simplifies your life in a significant way. But good mobile apps don’t just happen. They have to be developed with the end-user’s wants and […]
Consumer protection against security dangers in mobile banking Along with other significant advances in banking technology, mobile banking has completely transformed the way the consumer conducts financial transactions. From the “select-and-click” ease by which you can transfer funds or pay bills, to capturing an image of a check for deposit, there’s never been a time where […]
What Mobile App Security Means for Banking Institutions Mobile banking services represent a significant opportunity for banks to get in front of more customers — the convenience factor is highly-attractive. And it’s fairly common knowledge that consumers should be vigilant in taking steps to protect themselves when using mobile banking apps. In fact, our previous […]
Readying your organization for mobile CRM As CRM spending continues to increase among business organizations, mobile CRM apps continue to gain popularity among companies that need to equip field or remote employees with a high level of mobility. Gartner Research reports that mobile CRM apps will grow a whopping 500 percent by 2014. The report goes on […]
Understanding NFC There’s been quite a bit of buzz lately surrounding NFC, Near-Field Communications technology. And while it has yet to be widely adopted at this point, NFC is starting to gain traction particularly as power players like Google are using it for applications like Google Wallet that allows users to send money via email, […]
Getting Started with App Monetization Now that your organization has decided that it needs to develop a mobile app, you’ll want to consider whether your mobile strategy should include monetization. There are a number of ways to make money from apps and we’ve assembled a list of the top methods to consider: Paid downloads Charging users […]
Big Data’s Big Challenges The term “big data”, originally described by Doug Laney of Mega Group, is widely accepted to represent data sets where the three Vs—volume, velocity and variety—present specific challenges in managing these data sets. Velocity refers to the speed with which data is created. Every 60 seconds, 48 hours of video are uploaded […]
