{"id":3156,"date":"2012-08-16T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudcomputing.sys-con.com\/node\/2331739"},"modified":"2012-08-16T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T13:15:00","slug":"what-do-mobility-consultants-really-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/what-do-mobility-consultants-really-think\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do Mobility Consultants Really Think?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week I wrote an article titled, “What Do Mobile Technology Vendors Really Think?<\/a>“, which covered technology vendors’ responses to my “2012 Mid-Year Enterprise Mobility Survey.”  This article is reviewing the answers from enterprise mobility consultants and comparing and contrasting them with the mobile software vendors’ answers.<\/p>\n

Q: What are your biggest challenges to implementing enterprise mobility today?
\nA: #1 answer – Developing an enterprise-wide mobile strategy, #2 – Determining anticipated ROIs, and #3 – Finding qualified mobility experts to assist with implementations. <\/p>\n

The first two rankings were the same between mobile technology vendors and mobile consultants, but finding qualified mobility experts was a bigger problem for mobility consultants.<\/p>\n

Q: Where do you expect to find the biggest ROIs as a result of implementing mobile solutions?
\nA: #1 answer – Increased productivity of mobile workers, #2 – Real-time data collection and reporting from mobile workers, #3 – Improve decision making by receiving real-time data.<\/p>\n

Mobility consultants share the same answer #1 as mobile technology vendors, but consultants placed “Real-time data collection and reporting from mobile workers” as their 2nd highest ROI and it was #4 for mobile technology vendors.  Improved customer service was #3 with mobile technology vendors, but ranked #5 for mobility consultants.<\/p>\n

Q: How important is it to select a standard MADP (mobile application
\ndevelopment platform) before developing mobile solutions for your
\ncompany?
\nA: Mobility consultants ranked it #3 – Very Important <\/p>\n

Mobility consultants ranked it 3 – very important, and mobile technology vendors ranked it similar at 2.9.<\/p>\n

Q: How important is mobile security to your company’s mobile strategy?
\nA: Mobility consultants gave it a 2.7 score which is between “Somewhat Important” and “Very Important”<\/p>\n

Mobility consultants and mobile technology vendors rated it nearly the same.  Mobile technology vendors gave it a 2.8.<\/p>\n

Q: How important is HTML5 or HTML5 hybrid apps to your company’s enterprise mobility plans?
\nA: The answer was 2.6 out of a 4 – with 1 being “Not Important” and 4
\nbeing “Critical.” The 2.6 weighted average is between “Somewhat
\nImportant” and “Very Important” on the scale. <\/p>\n

Mobile technology vendors gave it a 2.8 rating, slightly higher in importance than mobility consultants.<\/p>\n

Q: How difficult is it to find third-party consulting talent with the right expertise in enterprise mobility?
\nA: The answer was a weighted average of 2.3 out of 3 – with 1 being “Not difficult” and 3 being “Very difficult.”<\/p>\n

Mobility consultants rated it slightly higher (2.3) in difficulty that did mobile technology vendors (2.2).<\/p>\n

Q: How important do you believe tablets will be to your enterprise mobility plans?
\nA: The weighted answer was 2.8 out of 3 – with 1 being “Not important” and 3 being “Very important.”<\/p>\n

Mobility consultants rated it slightly lower than mobile technology vendors (2.9).<\/p>\n

Q: How important is enterprise mobility to your company’s future success?
\nA: The answer was a weighted average of 3.2 out of 4 – with 1 being “Not Important” and 4
\nbeing “Critical.”<\/p>\n

Mobile technology vendors rated it higher in importance at 3.5, than did the mobility consultants.
\n<\/span><\/span>
\nIn summary, the answers were very close between mobility consultants and mobile technology vendors with the exception of where they anticipated finding the biggest ROIs. <\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

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\n<\/p>\n

\nKevin Benedict, Mobile Industry Analyst, Mobile Strategy Consultant and SAP Mentor Alumnus<\/div>\n
\nVisit MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFollow me on Twitter @krbenedict<\/div>\n
\nJoin the SAP Enterprise Mobility<\/a> and Sybase Unwired Platform Groups<\/a> <\/div>\n
\nRead The Mobility News Weekly <\/a><\/div>\n
\nFull Disclosure: I am an independent mobility analyst, consultant and blogger. I work with and have worked with many of the companies mentioned in my articles.<\/div>\n
Kevin Benedict, Mobility Analyst and Consultant
\nFollow me on Twitter @krbenedict<\/div>\n

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