Mobile Solutions including Mobile Technology, Mobile Business and Mobility Software - iStart.com.au
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
TXT2GET's service provides marketers and advertising agencies a quick and easy way to set up mobile marketing campaigns. Adding text keywords to advertising and signage can boost response rates by 30+% and provides campaign measurement and leads. Set up now in minutes, or get TXT2GET to help.
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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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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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Greentree’s business software is today’s ultimate painkiller and multi-vitamin.
Imagine all your staff having the operational intelligence at their fingertips to perform at their best. Discover how automating many common and regular processes will have your business humming. Picture your talented people being freed up to spend more time developing new ideas and making better decisions. We are unashamed technology and business buffs; fanatics; addicts. Call us what you will, we have one obsession: building the best business software.
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SkyWire, a leading Systems Integrator, deploys, manages and supports complex wireless mobility systems in harsh enterprise environments across selected market sectors. Together with our business partners, we provide innovative customer solutions in mission critical applications in the following industries:
• Warehouse and Distribution
• Transport and Logistics
• Field Sales/Service
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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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Pimp your smart phone |
You've got your smart phone and you know there are lots of applications you can download that can really make the most of its capabilities. The question is: which ones are the most useful? |
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Get smart! Get out of the office |
Smartphone capabilities and options are constantly evolving. We investigate what today's technology can offer the mobile executive. |
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Top 10 things to hate about the iPhone |
Hopefully you've read Tim Gaden's article about the Top 10 things to love about the Apple iPhone. |
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Get Smart! |
What is a smartphone and why would you want one? Rob Bridgman explores the ever evolving world of the smart device. |
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Why Mobility solutions stack up - in $ and sense |
Having staff moving from job to job more efficiently and transaction information flowing straight into your back-end systems, is the sure fire way to get greater revenue and productivity from your mobile teams. Read on to find out how. |
