There is hardly any doubt that mobile technology has come a far way from just a means of communication. But is it here to stay? Although, end of the world predictions were making rounds, mobile was one field that was set to grow. A few new things await their release in the year 2013 while some are just extensions of the available products.
CoIT penetration. Employees started using their personal devices in a business setting and this Consumerization of IT (CoIT) had become one of the sought after trends in the enterprise mobility space. BYOD is just one way in which CoIT took off. This is going to just get better with each passing hour as smartphones get smarter.
Crowd in the Tablet Market. iPad has been the most accepted device among tablets, be it consumer or the enterprise. But, of late, Android is taking away the market from Apple, thanks to Nexus, Kindle Fire HDs and Galaxy Notes. Windows8 has also made it’s foray. But, it is still to be seen whether all these can replace iPad in the enterprise.
Mobile OS – The old and the new. Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10 are still awaiting the market response. iOS and Android have already been reigning the mobile space with 90% of the market are is not kid stuff to challenge them. Here is where, Open Source might come into action, when we perceived that the mobile OS ecosystem is in equilibrium.
Managing enterprise mobility. The year gone by saw the industry stalwarts discussing feasible solutions like MDM, MAM and the like. The year that took off can expect services like messaging and Telecom Expense Management (TEM) in addition to the aforementioned that will aid handling of the entire mobile life cycle management.
Hybrid apps in the enterprise. A hybrid app is basically a combination of both native and the HTML 5 worlds. The benefit?? This amalgamation brings together the effective web technologies with many of the device level capabilities of native apps. These are expected to perfectly match the enterprise needs.
Status quo of Mobile payments. A Forrester survey in the US in 2010 suggested that 18 percent of the respondents were inclined towards mobile payment solutions, which in 2012 increased to 30 percent. With this pace of growth, this space is ought to watch out for.
These are couple of things we can expect from 2013, keeping in mind the current scenario. But, change is constant!
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