Mobility Still A Puzzle? There’s A Dummies Book for That!

Technology Revolution: The Future of Now

Bonnie D Graham

News, Business News, Technology

4.9 • 112 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2011

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In our unwired world of business, millions of mobile devices connect the boardroom to the shop floor to the consumer across the entire supply chain. These laptops, tablet and smart phones – which aren’t tied down by a power cord and data cable – empower employees at every level and the companies that employ them. If you’re still on the outside peering into the window of today’s game-changing mobility, this show is for you. Meet Carolyn Fitton, co-author of Enterprise Mobility for Dummies, the guide to application development and deployment, management and security for all the devices on your network. Carolyn and our panel of mobility experts will explore the basics your management and IT teams need to select the right technologies for your company, including mobile hardware, mobile applications, and the tools to manage it all. Pour yourself a fresh cup of Joe, Earl or OJ and join us for food for thought as we explore the world of Enterprise Mobility. Tweet your questions to #SAPRadio.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the most nutritious hour of business talk all week.
0:14.0	This is Breakfast with Game Changers, presented by SAP.
0:17.8	The best run business is run SAP.
0:20.3	Your host and moderator is Bonnie D. Graham. You'll hear from
0:23.3	the innovators who have learned to use game-changing technologies to shake up the status quo and help
0:28.2	move today's businesses in new directions. Now, here's Bonnie D. Graham. Hello, in today's dynamic business world, game-changing ideas have become the new currency that's coveted by anyone who wants to survive and thrive. And guess what? That means you if you're listening to us here on the business channel. So how do you keep up with the torrent of new information and the strategies that can save your business and your job?
0:57.0	You can ask someone who's smart.
0:58.6	We all know somebody who knows a lot.
1:00.1	You can Google it, of course, or you can humble up, as I call it, and get a dummies book on the topic you need to know.
1:06.2	Nothing wrong with that.
1:07.5	I went to the dummies website and it says, we all need help with something
1:11.2	at some point in our lives and for more than 15 years, Dummies has been there to lend a hand.
1:16.7	This brings us to our topic today. Not long ago, the only mobile devices we knew were,
1:22.4	well, let's count them, feature phones, pagers, and laptop computers. But then something happened.
1:28.5	The first employee brought the first smartphone into work to check their email and run
1:33.8	personal applications and bang, the mobility trend began.
1:39.1	Today in our unwired world of business, billions and billions of mobile devices connect
1:44.0	the boardroom to the shop
1:45.6	floor to the consumer across your entire supply chain. I have a couple of numbers for you.
1:51.5	There are 6 billion mobile devices worldwide, including 5.4 billion mobile phones. I told you
1:57.5	billions and billions. By 2013, which is just in about two years, mobile devices are expected to outpace PCs as the most common web access method.
2:08.6	And mobile workers today are one billion strong and growing.
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