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QAD Enterprise Applications and Mobile Devices. Steve Lamb - QAD. Gartner: iPad to dominate. Tablet sales expected to surge this year iPad to dominate the holiday Forcast 63.6 M units. 264% jump from last year Apple accounts for 73% of tablets sold Apple delivers unified user experience.
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QAD Enterprise Applications and Mobile Devices Steve Lamb - QAD
Gartner: iPad to dominate • Tablet sales expected to surge this year • iPad to dominate the holiday • Forcast 63.6 M units. 264% jump from last year • Apple accounts for 73% of tablets sold • Apple delivers unified user experience
Gartner: iPad to dominate • Google’s Android Predicted – 17% sales • 3% bump from 2010 • Tablet sales will hit 326.3 M by 2015 • 45% credited to iPad • http://usat.ly/qfpiva
Survey results of Mobile Employees • 16.3 % already own an iPad • 33.2 % plan to purchase in the next 6 months • 59.8% plan to use it for work InfoWorld - 2010
Trends in Industry • Most popular device • News • Digital Publishing • Netbook sales are dropping • Higher conversion rate for eCommerce • Adopted for commercial applications
Where do we see them? • Financial Services • Retail • Hospitals • All manner of field forces • 50% of Fortune 100 are evaluating
Types of devices (Tablets) • iPads • Android O/S • Windows Compact Embedded 7
Mobile Portal – native QAD BI App for iPad • Navigate BI dashboards while on the road • Navigate available dashboards • Consult BI charts • Zoom in on charts • Drill down into underlying charts • Seamless experience between iPad and PC • Graphs content is identical on iPad or on Web browser, providing a seamless experience when switching between iPad and PC • Simplified for optimal mobile usability • Since mobile users have a typical different usage pattern, iPad dashboards are simplified • Graphs only (no grids or other visual items) • No parameter bars
Mobile Portal – native QAD BI App for iPad • Mobile Collaboration • Users can view, browse and search the collaboration forums and topics • Users can post own new topics or comment on existing topics • Seamless experience between iPad and PC • Collaboration Forums and topics are identical on iPad or on Web browser, providing a seamless experience when switching between iPad and PC
Mobile Portal – other platforms • Android Tablets / Phones • No native App • Android users can access the standard BI portal in their web browsers if their Android device supports Flash
Mobile Portal – other platforms • iPhone & Blackberry • Currently NOT supported • Future support to be determined based on customer feedback
What is required to make this work • VPN – Secure network • Citrix or Terminal Services • BI is in the Apple App store but you will need BI on your environment
Thank you Steve Lamb – QAD sfl@qad.com 610-429-1758