convergence of desktop web and mobile

BusinessTwoZero biztwozero.com

The impact on enterprises from the convergence of web, desktop

and mobile applications:

Convergence – myth or practical reality?

David Terrar – Business Two Zero Blog

(D²C and WordFrame)


Agenda

• Key trends – shift happens! • Desktop/Web Convergence• Convergence – The Browser• Internet penetration• The rise of the mobile phone• Is convergence a myth?• Why so few examples?• 4 practical examples• Questions• References


Key trends

Consumerization of Enterprise Applications


Desktop/Web Convergence

LAMP vs. WISA

Standards

Open Source


Convergence – Rich Internet Experience

Ajax (asynchronous JavaScript and XML)


Convergence – The Browser


survey was conducted on 17,000 internet users in 29 countries and was completed in March 2008

USA – 100m, China – 61m, UK – 17.8m, France – 12.8mTotal – 475m


The rise of the mobile phone

• Grown to One Trillion US Dollar industry in a little over 20 years

• 2007 – One Billion mobile handsets shipped


Don’t forget Darwin

Evolution:

• Gradual change

• Divergence


Recent example of Divergence

Acer AsusElonexHP

The Netbook


It works where it’s convenient


Why so few mobile examples

• Mobile developer considerations:– Service provider– Platform– Handset– Screen resolution– Colour depth– Etc

• 600+ combinations to test just for the UK!• Need to worry about a handset with 1% of the market• 2 to 3 orders of magnitude more complex/annoying than

web development


Dedicated Terminals

• 90 restaurants - UK, Europe, the Pacific Rim, the Middle East and USA

• Waiting staff have been using hand-held PCs to take orders since the first outlet opened in 1992

• Now use ruggedized Symbol terminals


Mobile to ERP integrationNative integration of SAP CRM on BlackBerry Devices


Mobile voicemail to email

• Voicemail captured sent as email

• Memo

• Blog

• Blast to mobiles or email

- artificial intelligence, voice recognition and natural linguistics


Collaboration anywhere – desktop/web/mobile

• SDN Community Project• Between IM and email• 140 characters• Team collaboration• Subscribe by person, topic, word,

object, etc.• Client, web, mobile, sms

twitter for the Enterprise

Blog.esme.us


Contact details

David TerrarCEO – D2C Limitedand Executive Director - ITBrix / WordFrame

p: +44 (0)1727 838285 (direct)m: +44 (0)7715 159423

e: [email protected] and [email protected] w: www.d2c.org.uk and www.wordframe.com skype: david_terrartwitter: DTlinkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidterrar blog: http://biztwozero.com


References• Shift Happens, the movie, Karl Fisch, Arapahoe High School, Littleton,

Colorado - http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2007/06/did-you-know-20.html • Shift Happens, the slides

http://www.slideshare.net/jbrenman/shift-happens-33834• Universal McCann survey -

http://www.universalmccann.com/Assets/2413%20-%20Wave%203%20complete%20document%20AW%203_20080418124523.pdf

• http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c82509 • http://na.blackberry.com/eng/solutions/needs/intelligence/sap.jsp • Gregor Wolf on SAP CRM and BlackBerry –

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/9556 • http://salesforce.com• http://www.sap.com• With the help of:

http://twitter.com/allix , http://twitter.com/actionlamb , http://twitter.com/alexcraxton , http://twitter.com/folknology , http://twitter.com/girlygeekdom , http://twitter.com/wolf_gregor , http://twitter.com/whatleydude


Questions?