Wearable technology, the big trend in mobile devices has arrived. This is a positive development, but, businesses are looking at the surge in wearable as a potential problem. People are buying wearable products and taking them to offices which is creating security problems in offices. Organizations are faced with some tough decisions, such as banning personal devices completely, or regulating which devices could be used, or simply embracing BYOD by setting up a security policy. Read more at:  http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/byod-cloud/byod-helping-companies-prepare-for-wearable-security-69753

According to a research, it was found that 75% of your customers think phone support is convenient. Customers always want a quick response, and waiting for hours for a social media response or 24 hours for an email reply adds to a poor customer experience. Voice over IP technology is the answer to eliminate waiting for a response, and improves customer experience in several ways. Nowadays, cloud-based VoIP solutions are well suited for mobile and remote environments, which allows businesses to expand support hours. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/voip-news/the-impact-of-voip-on-your-customer-experience-69770

Both Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, offer a wide range of database services. But, when choosing between Azure and AWS for a data management platform, a business needs to be clear about their requirement. Organizations can ask several questions like: Will your enterprise use the database for analytics or transaction processing applications? Do you need a relational or NoSQL database? Does your enterprise prefer a database as a service (DBaaS) option over managing its own instance? To know more about these, follow: http://searchaws.techtarget.com/tip/Azure-or-AWS-A-cloud-database-comparison?utm_medium=EM&asrc=EM_NLN_47247618&utm_campaign=20150907_The%20public%20vs.%20private%20cloud%20cost%20debate_fchurchville&utm_source=NLN&track=NL-1839&ad=902777&src=902777

Mobile devices are good for cloud back ends. Amazon Web Services accepted this opportunity in mobile backend as a service and has built a portfolio of mobile services that includes  AWS Lambda, push notifications with Simple Notification Service, database and storage from products like DynamoDB and Simple Storage Service, API management through the API Gateway, data streaming with Kinesis, Mobile Analytics and user identity and data synchronization via AWS Cognito. Read more at:  http://searchaws.techtarget.com/tip/AWS-Cognito-makes-a-mark-in-mobile-app-development?utm_medium=EM&asrc=EM_NLN_47247828&utm_campaign=20150907_Get%20answers%20to%20your%20AWS%20container,%20EC2%20Container%20Service%20questions_dcarty&utm_source=NLN&track=NL-1841&ad=902783&src=902783

For any business, the impact of the IoT is a lot greater. The supply chain for most companies is not the hottest area of operations. When products are not properly shipped, when things go wrong that they pay attention to the people who run the supply chain. IoT is also transforming the supply chain. David Gillman (an analyst with Studio B.), writes about how it is transforming supply chain management. They are: Real-Time Tacking; Faster and Better Information; More Accurate Planning; Advanced Analytics; and IoT into the Future. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/inside-erp/5-ways-the-internet-of-things-is-transforming-supply-chain-management-69666

Decisions on cloud use and spending involves various business units like engineering team, operations, finance etc. Key to cost cloud cost management is to make all the teams accountable for cloud expenditure. This can be done by putting data in hands of people, enacting policies and evangelizing best practices and finally incentivizing good spending behavior and habits. Michelle Boisvert, executive site editor for searchAWS.com in an article talks about cost conscious culture for managing AWS costs. She further talks about the 5 stages of cost management:
• Create visibility into cloud costs.
• Focus on allocating costs so you know who is responsible for what in the AWS bill.
• Promote efficient behavior to drive down the AWS bill.
• Implement cost saving methods
• Focus on unit cost, not overall cost to understand savings.
For more on this follow the link:  http://searchaws.techtarget.com/news/4500249787/AWS-cloud-cost-management-The-buck-stops-with-you?utm_medium=EM&asrc=EM_NLN_45439492&utm_campaign=20150720_NoSQL%20cloud%20database%20service%20targets%20developers_msargent&utm_source=NLN&track=NL-1839&src=901868

Internet of Things has become the second name for futuristic technology and advancement. Automotive sector has always been the first to absorb sophistication. With increasing propagation of embedded in-vehicle connectivity and smartphone integration platform, connecting automotive technology with phones, watches and computers will be a rage. Connected cars, as we might call them, will be extremely helpful in combating traffic congestion, reducing fuel consumption and road accidents. But, with this huge opportunity comes challenges like affordability, threats like malware, odometer fraud, hacking etc. Todd Franks in a blogpost in CloudTweaks believes that connected cars will definitely be the future of automobile industry. For more insight please click the link http://cloudtweaks.com/2015/07/connected-cars-the-challenges-and-benefits/

Technology has significantly changed the environment of courtrooms over the last few years. Health technology has been one of the most used technologies in the courtroom. Lawyers are enjoying benefits of such technology to have winning edge. It is easier to present the evidences and to conclude the case. Health technology in courtrooms includes blood and personal health monitoring technology, video display, annotation monitors and evidence camera. Use of video conferencing has also became popular now a days. The most important advantage of this health technology is that is instantaneous with the results being relayed at the same time. Read more at:https://channels.theinnovationenterprise.com/articles/h-ealth-tech-in-the-courtroom

According to a research, use of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools have increased to $23.2 billion market share in 2014. Now, more companies are venturing into CRM solutions designed for mobile environment. It has been seen that sales team has improved their productivity by 15% more by using CRM tools in mobile environment. Some key features should be kept in mind while choosing mobile CRM. They are: Enterprise Level Security, Device Compatibility, Distilled Feature Sets, Data Aggregation, and Real-Time Analytics. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/5-key-features-for-your-mobile-crm-68505

Using the right technology is immensely important, not only it adds value to the business but also it increases efficiency of the work force of the company. Most of the employees feel that mobile technology is important to get their job done. A recent study shows that employees are more comfortable using applications downloaded from public stores, despite having IT departments in their company. It seems that the IT department in most of the business houses are not being able to deliver high quality business applications which can increase the efficiency or unleash the true potential of the existing apps. The demand for fast and customized business applications are increasing and it is high time for them to deliver. Read more at: http://www.cio.com/article/2939933/mobile-apps/when-it-comes-to-mobile-apps-it-is-slow-poor-and-weak.html

In the last few years, the PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) market has seen an explosion. Organizations are now looking forward to receiving, processing, storing and scaling data and PaaS is making all these possible. Here are five things one should know about PaaS:

(i) PaaS benefits not only start-ups but also other organizations. 

(ii) PaaS platforms differ widely with different architecture and languages. Applications can be developed in languages tailor-made to suit the needs of individual businesses.

(iii) PaaS and DevOps (software developed in response to an interdependence of software developers and other IT professionals) intersects at the point of delivery. Thus, both can work together.

(iv)  PaaS is a safe and secure option for storing and processing data. It also supports important security standards.

(v) PaaS serves as one of the critical components for building applications for IoT. Read more at: https://channels.theinnovationenterprise.com/articles/7964-paas-five-things-you-didn-t-know

With the rising popularity of mobile apps, it has become a necessity for businesses to have a mobile-first approach. Before adopting a mobile-first strategy, the following factors should be kept in mind:

(i) Businesses should be familiar with the platform they use. Familiarity with advertising budget and the ability to hire professional web designers and developers is also required.

(ii) Apps should be built with a goal in mind. Apps can be made to boost sales, retain old customers or some other purpose.

(iii) To stand out in the crowded app market, marketing the app needs to be useful and purposeful.

(iv)  Apps should be unique in experience and significantly different from the company's website. Apps should be able to provide a simplified customer experience.

(v) Apps should be tested before being launched as a bad experience will have a negative impact on the targeted customers. Read more at:https://channels.theinnovationenterprise.com/articles/7987-is-mobile-first-right-for-your-business

Companies are today becoming more digital. By digital some mean new technology, for some it is a new way of doing business. Business leaders must have a clear picture of what digital really means and what it means to their business. The term 'digital' should be less seen as a thing and more a way of doing things. There are three attributes to the definition of digital: Creating value at new frontiers: being digital requires being open to new ways of doing business, and understanding where the new value frontiers are. It also means staying closely connected to customer decisions and understanding their expectations in order to keep us with the trend.
Creating value in core businesses: the next element in being digital is to use new capabilities to improve how customers are served. An interconnected set of four core capabilities namely proactive decision making, contextual interaction, real time automation and journey focused innovation can help implement a cyclical dynamic where processes constantly evolved based on inputs from the consumer.
Building foundational capabilities: the final element is about the technology and organizational processes that help enterprises become agile and fast. The two core elements used for such process are mind sets and system data and architecture.
Digital is about unlocking the growth now and also a clear picture of what digital means helps the business to capture maximum value.
Read more at: http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/high_tech_telecoms_internet/what_digital_really_means

The internet of things is a name for the growing network of physical devices which have sensors to collect and exchange data with users or other devices. Such information is used for personal convenience. Collecting such information can help make lives easier. Companies are collecting the data not just for improving standard of living but also form themselves. This helps advertisers know every bit of information about the consumers regarding what they do, when they do and how they do it. The government is way behind in understanding what actually the internet of things is and companies take a more active role in putting security in place before they get ahead of themselves with data collection. The reality is that developers are thinking about what they could do rather than what they should do with it. The main focus should be on user’s privacy maintenance so that their information is never at risk while commercial efficiencies are also realized.
Read more at: http://www.smartdatacollective.com/semcasting-emory-paine/332361/internet-things-realities-interconnected-world?ref=popular_posts

Restaurant businesses have become very difficult to handle recently due to decreased margins, rising costs and ever growing competition. Effectively controlling these variables using modern tools can help the business grow in the right direction. The new tools used in this industry are solving the problems vastly in a cheaper method. Using the tools to their highest potential can give amazing results. • Obtaining customers: the primary goal is to obtain maximum customers so that the restaurant business can flourish and can reap more benefits as well.
• Prioritizing the customer: the customer should always be the first priority for any industry so that the business can maintain its reputation by making sure none of the customers have to wait for their preferences.
• Seamless transactions: a smooth and positive customer experience can be enhanced only by accurately ensuring that no customer has to wait longer for the bill or food and time is not wasted in any way.
• Smart supply: supply should meet demand and the customers should consume all that is ordered to make sure benefits derived are maximum.
• Efficient workforce management: employees define the business and managing them efficiently can help the business maintain its functional peaks.
Customers are why the business exists and hence keeping them happy should be the sole purpose. Such tools can help solve all the problems and acquire maximum gains from it.
Read more at: http://www.smartdatacollective.com/peterdavidson/330482/5-best-management-tools-help-your-restaurant-business

Many experts believe the model for Internet of Things (IoT) will be smart sensors communicating directly into machine clouds. Edge computing is a critical element needed for the advancement of the IoT. Here is 7 reasons why: 1. The edge is the muffler for data exhaust
2. Time can matter as edge processing reduces time spent.
3. Configurability is an important clause in shaping the future of IoT.
4. Implementing a secure IoT.
5. Governance will become more important.
6. The proper architecture will be needed to accommodate the market demands.
7. Cost as edge processing will be costlier in most cases.
To know more: http://www.thoughtsoncloud.com/2015/07/7-reasons-edge-computing-is-critical-to-iot/

There is a fear attached to the security of cloud. However these are myths. Some are:
1. Cloud is riskier than traditional IT: Data breaches can happen on premise. The efficient way is to work with a competent, experienced provider that invests in strong network securities.
2. You can’t control where your data resides in the cloud: regulated industries like health care require valuable information. This is discredited because organizations can choose specific region based data centers, private clouds.
3. The cloud is not suitable for complaint workload: organizations can leverage for private or hybrid cloud development model better suited to the needs.
To know more, follow: http://www.information-age.com/technology/cloud-and-virtualisation/123459832/3-myths-about-cloud-and-security

The mobile enterprises compete on the basis of the speed of innovation. The developers and the QA team get involved in an organization just to differentiate one from the others in terms of technological advancement. The manual testing of mobile is too backdated and costly and so we need to incorporate the automated testing which saves cost and gives a speedy check for improved efficiency. A need to stop using own device lab and recruiting experts for helping in the process with their upgraded equipments. The devices should be put in cloud as it reduces cost and can be accessed from any remote areas with the same customer experience. The automated test environment should be properly analyzed throughout the process to avoid loss of time and money. The organizational structure should have that proper synchronization between them so that they get adapted to the technological progress so that they can maintain the continuous quality of products. The evidence is the key to formulate a perfect flow in the working mechanism and so the developer team and QA team should coordinate and move accordingly to the development of the organization as a whole.

Read more at: http://www.theserverside.com/feature/Six-Steps-to-Accelerating-Mobile-App-Testing?utm_medium=EM&asrc=EM_NLN_45439497&utm_campaign=20150720_NoSQL%20cloud%20database%20service%20targets%20developers_msargent&utm_source=NLN&track=NL-1839&ad=901868&src=901868

Support software is mostly used to follow support issues. However, certain firms use it externally so that their employees can submit reports and also it helps to manage extrinsic requests from users. When it is used intrinsically, support software becomes a process instead of software. Toby Osbourn in his article on innovationenterprise.com presented the benefits of using it internally and they are as follows:

1. Queuing and Logging.
2. The value for spotting training requirements.
3. The value for upgrading systems and equipment.
4. The value in reducing support time.

Read more at: https://channels.theinnovationenterprise.com/articles/7932-support-software-as-an-agent-for-change

The rate, at which virtual reality is undergoing evolution, it may soon be possible in the recent future to virtually teleport from one place to another, via remote reality, even at the most distant corners of the earth. Networking is the most important factor required to make this possible. High speed internet must be accompanied with advanced audio and visualization technology, to make the media feeds, received by the users more realistic and communicable. Drones and robots will come handy in the age of remote reality and it is important to match the system response speed with the immediacy of real world actions, to avoid motion sickness of users caused by the deferment. Read more at: http://venturebeat.com/2015/07/13/omnipresence-and-the-coming-age-of-remote-reality/