Author: enews

SAP technology helps Brazilian job site contact workers where they are — on cellphones, but without apps. Jacob Rosenbloom approached Brazil’s labor market as an investor. He saw, he said last week in a media conference at SAP’s SapphireNow conference, a labor market of 102 million people, of whom only about 15 million have any education beyond high school. How could a company build a labor market to serve a laborer who doesn’t know what a resumé is and has never used a personal computer? According to Rosenbloom, CEO and co-founder…

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With the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, the business world has found itself scrambling for ways to tap into the benefits of such technology. This has been seen in efforts such as mobile app development. Perhaps even more significant, however, is the concept of “bring-your-own-device” or BYOD. What is byod?  This is the practice of allowing employees to use personal devices, specifically mobile devices, tablets, and laptops in the workplace. While a lot of companies are making the change, it is important to pause and consider whether or not it is…

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There’s an invasion of sorts of various form factors from oversized smartphones to wearables, all hungry for new applications and use cases. Here’s how to prepare.  Like the tagline for a bad horror movie, a form factor invasion is occurring on the mobile device front. Everything from huge table-size devices to watches and even “smart” light bulbs is vying for attention as the next smartphone, forcing businesses and application developers to consider massive variations across devices. Here are some suggestions on preparing for the growing form factor invasion. Identify usability…

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Consumer data collected through mobile devices should be considered a full ‘citizen’ of companies’ data infrastructure Most mobile applications will collect and analyze information about end users by 2015, a trend that raises both rewards and risks for enterprises, according to analyst firm Gartner. In fact, 25 percent of companies that take advantage of consumer data “will face damage to their reputations due to inadequate understanding of information trust issues,” Gartner analyst Roxane Edjlali wrote in the report, “Adapt Your Information Infrastructure in the Age of Consumer-Centric Mobile Apps.” “The…

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The futuristic concept of 3D printing is now available to everyone as the technology has blossomed into a full-scale revolution. Take Tech Pro Research’s survey and let us know if you’re using 3D printing. Hershey’s is one of the many companies using 3D printers. This is a design made out of chocolate.  Image: Technabob.com Personal technology is at a peak, with any given smartphone today featuring more memory, processing power and storage capacity than the Apollo Guidance Computer used by the team who sent mankind to the moon in 1969.…

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