Business Technology Blogs from IFS Industry Experts

Dan Matthews | Oct 27, 2011 | Estimated reading time: 5 minutes | Business Technology

Apps for the Enterprise – The Super Obvious and the Generic-Specific

Yesterday I commented on the fact that the first thing I have realized in recent months discussions with customers and colleagues about what apps we should build for our enterprise applications suite, is what apps we should NOT build.

In all fairness I guess I should also explain what I have realized that customers DO want and what I think we should build.

Dan Matthews | Oct 26, 2011 | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology

Apps for the Enterprise – Blame iPad for the Confusion

Before the iPad when there was just the iPhone, BlackBerry and various Android smartphones, things were a lot easier. The phone was (and still is) the thing you always carried with you. In business it was used for sending messages and checking e-mails. On the phone we had apps, and these apps were designed for tasks you could do in a short space of time. For business use we were discussing apps to quickly review and approve purchases, to have a quick look at some KPI:s. Then came the iPad and confused us all.

Martin Gunnarsson | Oct 4, 2011 | Estimated reading time: 1 minute | Business Technology

Out of Office, but Still in the Know

It has been predicted that within the next few years a quarter of the global workforce will be made up of mobile workers. Although the bulk of this growth will occur in traditional established markets, non-traditional markets will also show a significant increase in mobile workforce.

There are five key drivers behind the mobility revolution.

Martin Gunnarsson | Sep 29, 2011 | Estimated reading time: 0 minutes Less than a minute | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation

Innovation in an Organization on the Move

In this edition of “Leaders Insight” I met with Heino Westdijk, Service Director at Damen Shipyards. This is what Heino had to say about how to boost creativity and innovation within an organization that is constantly on the move – a mobile workforce.

Dan Matthews | Sep 20, 2011 | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Technology

The Difference Between Usability and User Experience

In software a good user experience requires excellent usability. On top of that it also needs an appealing visual design, high quality, good performance. But most importantly it needs “it”. The “it” that creates the “must have” and “love to use” desires.

And therein lays the problem. What really is “it”? How could we describe what we are looking for?

Dan Matthews | Sep 19, 2011 | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology

The cloud: all swings and roundabouts?

A couple of weeks ago I was moderating a lunch time discussion called “The cloud – myths and realities”. Invited key speakers were Graham Taylor who is the CEO of OpenForum Europe, and Mikael Bäck who is responsible for strategy and portfolio management for Ericsson’s fixed and mobile networks. Unlike cloud talk of late this discussion was refreshingly free from over-hyping, striking more of a “swings and roundabouts” tone.

Vince Kelly | Feb 2, 2011 | Estimated reading time: 1 minute | Business Technology, Service, Strategy