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michaels , ross and cole ltd . Agile Development of Mobile Solutions for M3. Andy Vigrass, Managing Director. MRC Ltd. Offices in Chicago and London Established 1981 Authors of the m-Power development tool 2,000+ sites worldwide. Mobile Device Adoption Rates. Source: Gartner, 2013.
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michaels, ross and coleltd. Agile Development of Mobile Solutions for M3 Andy Vigrass, Managing Director
MRC Ltd • Offices in Chicago and London • Established 1981 • Authors of the m-Power development tool • 2,000+ sites worldwide
Mobile Device Adoption Rates Source: Gartner, 2013
Mobile Device Usage • 59% of employees use mobile devices to run line-of-business applications • Source: Symantec Survey, 2012 • 81% of employed adults use at least one personally owned electronic device for business use • Source: Harris Interactive, 2012
Mobile Device Usage Source: Socialmedia Today, 2013
Mobile Web Apps – Key Features • Modern efficient HTML • Good user interface suited to mobile devices • Log-on Security • Real-time iSeries access • Full functionality - enquiries & data entry • Dashboards, KPIs & unlimited drill down • Email – HTML & PDF • SMS Messaging • Data security • Multiple languages
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Agile Development • Create real-time corporate Intranet websites • Dashboards, Metrics & KPIs • PC, tablet & smartphone interfaces • Automated emails & SMS Messaging • New databases – CRM, Forecasting, Stock, Quality, ... • Extranet B2B websites • Signature capture, mapping, docs, credit cards… • Turn spreadsheets into multi-user databases • Agile – helping the business to learn & progress
michaels, ross and coleltd. Agile Development of Mobile Solutions for iSeries Andy Vigrass, Managing Director avigrass@mrcuk.com