Mobile Business Solutions
Welcome to the Mobile Business solutions research pavilion. Here you will find information from the leading vendors of these solutions and services in Australia, including articles, case studies, demos, web links, contact details, white papers and brochures to assist you to research and determine the best solution for your company. Visit the iStart Diary for events and seminars on this subject in your local area. All vendors show cased look forward to assisting you with your enquiries.
Solution Providers
Microsoft Dynamics is a line of products that automate and help improve financial, customer relationship, and supply chain management. Delivered through a network of Microsoft partners, these integrated, adaptable solutions work like and with familiar Microsoft software to streamline processes across an entire business.
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Blackbay – real-time mobile workforce solutions
Are you challenged to improve customer service, boost efficiency and productivity and remain competitive in a demanding commercial, civic or social environment? Blackbay's mobile solutions for supply chain and field service operations could be giving you the edge.
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Increased usage of mobile phones, PDAs and laptops has meant that staff and managers are spending more and more time away from the corporate network and vital access to their email and the Internet. Consider this:
- 27% of e-mail requires immediate action
- 40% of the workforce is mobile
- 60% of senior management time is spent away from the desk
The following graph shows the potential time lost when employees do not have mobile access to the network or the Internet.
(Source: Microsoft, 2002)
This trend has prompted IT companies to look at ways to enable these mobile workers to connect with the corporate network, receive email, access the internet and communicate with others.
The following diagram demonstrates an example of the infrastructure used by Microsoft's Mobile Information Server (MIS) to connect a company's mobile staff and management via the Vodafone carrier network.
(Source: Microsoft, 2002)
This allows mobile users to:
- Syncronise Exchange data for offline use - Microsoft Server ActiveSync (SAS)
- Contact people in real-time - MSN Instant Messenger
- Get access to the right information - Intranet and Internet access
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