So much has already been said about Enterprise Mobility that sometimes it is difficult to know what is important and what isn’t. With that in mind consider this post our attempt at creating an Enterprise Mobility conversation starter. First a look at the numbers that justify the hype though – a recent Citrix Mobile Ecosystem…
According to estimates by Cisco, the number of devices connected to the Internet will reach 50 billion by 2020 (the number is close to 10 billion today). This rise is attributed to Internet of Things – wherein; more and more devices are connected to the Internet. ‘Smart’ things such as cameras, door locks, toys, thermostats…
Among the news items relating to M & A’s this week was something of great interest to those of us concerned with the Healthcare Technology world. IBM’s Watson Health unit just announced acquisition of not one but two healthcare focused startups Phytel and Explorys. The truly interesting thing was the Big Data connection of both…
The healthcare industry has been traditionally termed as an industry which is slow in terms of adoption of latest technologies. However, this is changing very fast. As technology continues to transform every aspect of our lives, it has started to create important and profound impact in the healthcare domain as well. The industry is leveraging…
Retail industry is beginning to feel the impact of soaring mobile device penetration across the world. A recent Barclays report suggests that the retail sales made via mobile devices are expected to reach GBP 32 billion by 2019. Another research suggests that the online retail is expected to grow to about $50 billion by 2016 –…
A Frost & Sullivan report has estimated that this year as many as $ 111.19 Billion worth of payments will be made through NFC. One would assume that with such robust growth on the cards in the payments space the proponents would have their hand full but this is not the case. Companies with a…
Everyone agrees that eCommerce has become a new norm. But did you know that m-Commerce is growing even faster? With growing popularity and adoption of mobile devices, mobile is not just yet another channel but it has more or less become the primary channel for everything, right from communication, information exchange, entertainment and shopping as…
Ok – we know that HITECH stands for Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health but our contention is that this may be a case of the term being ,made up to fit the cool and rather apt acronym. Since being signed into law in early 2009 technology has had a significant impact on…
Near Field Communication (NFC) is being touted as one of the next big things in the technology world. If reports and gurus are to be believed, the applications of NFC which we see in mobile payments and creative advertising, is just the beginning. Near Field Communication has the potential to take the mobile services and…
It’s been just over a year since Mobile World Congress 2014 and possibly the most significant announcement in the short but eventful history of Host Card Emulation, HCE to friends. Since Android 4.4 HCE had been implemented within Android but it is fair to say that Visa and MasterCard throwing their weight behind HCE was…
