PowWow Mobile Recognized as “Best of 2017” in the Mobile Star Awards
PowWow Mobile, the leader in enabling enterprises to simplify and extend business apps to mobile, today announced that it has been recognized as “Best of 2017” in the 16th annual Mobile Star Awards™ program, for its innovative solution that accelerates and streamlines mobile app development for enterprise customers.
IBM, AT&T Partner To Enhance Apps In 15 Industries
When global tech giants collaborate for the sake of progressing enterprise mobility, the outcome is often innovative and game-changing. A new partnership between IBM and AT&T hopes to do just that, as Big Blue is utilizing its partnership with Apple’s iOS to create industry-specific enterprise apps for AT&T business customers, joining two of the world’s technology leaders.
Apple Plans To Unify iOS, Mac Apps Next Year
This time next year, you may be able to buy an iOS app and run it on your Mac if a new Bloomberg report proves true. According to the report, Apple is currently working on a project codenamed “Marzipan.” The goal of the project is to make it possible for iOS developers to easily bring their apps to macOS.
Tipping Point: 2017 Was A Record-Shattering Year For Robotics
The Association for Advancing Automation, an industry trade group covering robotics in North America, just released new numbers on automation sales and shipments during the first nine months of 2017. Surprising exactly no one who’s been paying attention to the rapid adoption of automation across industries, the period shattered growth records in the areas of robotics, machine vision, motion control, and motor technology. The numbers are a good indication of how rapidly automation is being added to operations in sectors like fulfillment, light manufacturing, and even food service and healthcare.
Artificial Intelligence To Power The Next Wave Of Enterprise Apps
Despite the hype, vendor noise and press column inches, artificial intelligence (AI) is yet to truly deliver on its undoubted potential. Relatively few organizations are using AI in any real or meaningful sense and for now at least, it is still mostly found within early adopters. But this will change over the coming months, as organizations begin to realize the potential for AI to transform elements of their business will ultimately outweigh any reservations that have been preventing their adoption to this point. There is one area of business however, that AI has already made a firm impression – as the technology powering the next generation of enterprise apps.
BlackBerry’s Q3 Tops Estimates On Strong Enterprise Software Sales
BlackBerry’s third quarter results topped expectations, bolstered by record software and services revenue. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company said total software and services revenue was a record $199 million. Enterprise software and services sales increased 11.5 percent to $97 million, helped by the addition of some 3,000 enterprise orders from customers such as NATO and the US Justice Department.
Yes, Blockchain Could Reverse The Course Of Civilization
“Blockchain technology represents the second generation of the internet.” If that sounds like a hyperbole, it wasn’t the biggest one that Alex Tapscott unleashed on the executives and managers at the Digital Business World Congress in Madrid in May.
He argued that Blockchain will disempower banks, make the energy grid far more efficient, fix the music industry, and save journalism.
Apple iPhone Performance Throttling Results In Class Action Lawsuit
It’s hard to say which caused greater consternation. First a group of researchers determined that older iPhones were running slower once they were updated. Then Apple admitted that they were right, that Apple really was slowing down those iPhones.
Huawei To Start Selling Its Smartphones Through U.S. Carriers In 2018
Chinese smartphone maker Huawei will take a new approach to selling its handsets in the United States in 2018 by marketing them for the first time through some U.S. mobile carriers. Specifics for the deal have not been announced, but the development was revealed by a Huawei executive who said he will provide more details about the arrangements at January’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Microsoft Uses AI To Expose Insights Buried In Excel Spreadsheets
Microsoft has found another use for artificial intelligence. This time, the Redmond, Wash. software giant wants to help Excel users find data and business insights that aren’t readily apparent when they are working on their spreadsheets.
Microsoft Tackles Vehicle Fleet Management With New Bing Map APIs
Microsoft has released three new fleet management APIs for Bing Maps that developers can use to create applications for transportation companies and other vehicle fleet managers that value precise travel guidance and tracking.
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Google Removes Three Fake Bitcoin Wallet Apps From Google Play
Security firm Lookout reported on Dec. 20 that it found three fake Bitcoin cryptocurrency wallet apps in the Google Play store, which Google has since removed. Users who want to hold cryptocurrency like Bitcoin need some form of wallet to access, receive and send the currency. There are multiple types of wallets, including offline hardware, cloud, desktop and mobile apps.
Enterprise Mobility Grows As Hardware Shipments Spike
According to a new study by Strategy Analytics, hardware device shipments in Q2 of 2017 spiked compared to the same time frame last year, as business smartphone shipments grew by 14.8 percent, reaching 107.1 million units, which was up 6.1 percent from Q1 of this year.
Smart Hospitals To Boost Cloud And Analytics Spending Says Frost
Frost & Sullivan predicts that by 2025, 10 percent of hospitals globally will become or are various stages of implementing smart hospital initiatives. The Frost report “Future of Smart Hospitals” projects significant market growth and billions of dollars in revenues for four key segments, including pharmacy automation, mobile asset tracking, data analytics, and cloud computing.
Microsoft, Jamf Partner To Provide Macs With Access To Enterprise Data
Microsoft and Jamf, a Minneapolis-based Apple device management specialist, want to make it easier for mutual customers to get their hardware fleets under control. The two companies have announced the integration of Microsoft’s cloud-based Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) suite and Jamf Pro Mac, which enables Mac users to adhere to an organization’s application and data access policies.
Apple Developing Advanced Heart Monitor For New Apple Watch
Apple is working to beef up its Apple Watch with more health features. According to Bloomberg, Apple is planning to include a more advanced heart monitor in future versions of the smartwatch. Behind the walls of Cupertino, a version of the Apple Watch being tested requires users to squeeze the frame with two fingers to send a weak electrical current to the heart to pick up signals, the report said.
Lowe’s Taps Former Amazon Exec For First Chief Digital Officer Role
Home improvement chain Lowe’s has nabbed an e-commerce exec from Amazon to become its first-ever chief digital officer — a relatively new role in corporate taxonomy that’s increasingly driving digital transformation efforts.
Agile Plus DevOps Is Slowly But Steadily Reaching Enterprise Scale
Agile is still alive and well and in demand, according to Forrester’s Agile adoption panel. This year, Forrester’s biannual survey that tracks the health of Agile initiatives focused on the main challenge: Agile at scale. As software teams get further along their Agile transformation, they find that, despite some improvements, scaling vertically and horizontally remains their biggest obstacle.
Wearables Shipments To Hit 222.3 Million Units By 2021
Wearables shipments will nearly double by 2021, research firm IDC predicts, reaching 222.3 million units. Its latest report shows wearable devices are expected to reach 113.2 million units by the end of this year. The wearables market is still dominated by watches and wristbands, but more form factors have emerged in the category, including earwear and connected clothing. The addition of these devices has helped bolster the wearables segment overall, especially as compared to the consolidating smartphone segment.
Microsoft Hardens Windows Cloud Instances With AI-Enabled Controls
Businesses that host applications on Azure instances now have at their disposal a new tool that improves security. Microsoft launched a public beta of its new Adaptive Application Controls for Windows virtual machines running on the company’s Azure cloud-computing platform on Dec. 21. The service allows users to apply whitelisting techniques to their server instances, blocking unauthorized or potentially malware-ridden software.
Twitter Introduces Enterprise API To Help Boost Customer Engagement
Twitter has released an enterprise version of its Account Activity API that will enable developers to better build apps for companies to engage with customers through direct messages, chatbots, and other tools. Twitter said its enterprise version of Account Activity API is now available and designed for those who need data for a large number of accounts, multiple webhook URLs, reliability features such as retries, or managed support.
LinkedIn IDs Machine Learning As Its Most Rapidly Expanding Job Category
LinkedIn released data on the jobs that have been experiencing the most growth in numbers over the past few years, and it’s fair to say that tech and data skills are among the fastest-growing categories — especially those that involve working with data. Topping the list is machine learning engineer, a job category that has grown 10-fold between 2012 and 2017. This was followed by data scientist, multiplying by a factor of seven during this same time. There are also six times as many big data developers, as well full-stack engineers.
Spending On Industry Cloud FSIs To Grow 24 Percent In 2018
Market researcher IDC says worldwide spending on industry cloud in the financial services sector (banking, insurance, and securities and investment services combined) is expected to reach US$3.2 billion in 2017, which represents an increase of 26 percent over 2016, according to the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Industry Cloud Tracker. IDC expects the figure to more than double in 2021, reaching US$7.2 billion.
