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iPad and Mobility... November 15, 2011

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iPad Impacting Professional Sports

CNN Tech – November 12, 2011

"Tablet computers are a game-changer in

professional sports"

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"Bucs players no longer need to

haul paper-filled binders and stacks

of DVDs from practice to home in

order to continually prepare for

game day.”

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Opportunity?

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• Access your “stuff” anytime / anywhere

• Situational Awareness

• Information Agility

• Collaboration

• Perfect for meetings - instant on, taking notes, sharing, presenting

• Review, edit, annotate - BI, other reports, PDFs, docs

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“Situational Awareness”

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BI Reporting

Social Media News Blogs

RSS Feeds

Web

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"Information Agility"

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Collaboration

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Members

Projects Discussions

Documents Calendars

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Response Time Models

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Tablet Model

Old Model

Hours or next day when

a) Away from office -day or evening

b) Response too long for smart phone

c) Documents too large to view on smart phone

d) Boot up laptop is too much trouble

Real Time

a) Instant On

b) Lean back computing makes it very convenient

c) iPad / Tablet is always with you

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iPad Maturity Timeframe

Source:

Propelics Whitepaper – “9 Considerations for Successful iPad Adoption” 8

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Change Environment

“You have first to experience what you want to express.”

- Vincent Van Gogh

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A Few Observations

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• iPad is a Mindset – Is the glass half-full or

half-empty?

• Tech Trends..... Cloud, Consumerization of IT, Big Data - iPad Brings It Together

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Big Picture – What’s Going On?

• Value proposition (“What’s in it for me?”)

• “Lean-Back” computing is taking hold

• Shift to mobile environment

• What it means

• Managing email, calendars and contacts

• Web browsing

• Typical business opportunities

• How do I get started...?

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Value Proposition?

• Time – can you use more?

• Organization – are you as organized as you want to be?

• Flexibility – do you have the flexibility quickly becoming expected in business today?

• Control!

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Value Proposition?

More Time + Better Organization +

Greater Flexibility = Improved Control

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“Lean-Back” Computing

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“Lean-Back” Computing

Tablets Take Over...

Source: Bersin & Associates “The Business of Talent”

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What else..? • Web browsing

• Email, calendar, contacts

• Social media

• Content library

• Business reporting

• Content sharing

• Cloud services integration

• Knowledge management

• Entertainment

• Student tool

• etc.....

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The Mobile “Tsunami”

In Gartner’s Top End-User Predictions for 2011, three of the 11 items in the list relate to mobile. Those predictions include:

• By 2015, companies will generate 50 percent of web sales via their social presence and mobile applications.

• By 2014, 90 percent of organizations will support corporate applications on personal devices.

• By 2013, 80 percent of businesses will support a workforce using tablets.

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Mobility

It’s Not Coming – It’s Here...

Apple – Quarterly Sales by Product Category 17

$25.3

BILLION in

iPad sales -

6 Quarters

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Cloud Opportunity

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Content Management

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Yesterday….

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Today….

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News and Content Aggregation

News Magazines

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Information Portal

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Business Intelligence

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Additional Resources

• Thornhill “All Things iPad” Blog

– http://thornhillfinancialipad.blogspot.com/

• Thornhill iPad Weekly Newsletter (Signup)

– Click Here To Access Signup Form

• iPad Related Presentations (TFI Slideshare.net)

– http://www.slideshare.net/tfi_ipadtools

• iPadCTO.com

– http://ipadcto.com/

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How Do I Get Started…?

• Create group to facilitate process

– Brainstorm session(s)

– Ask the “obvious” questions

• Prioritize, prioritize

• Commit to process

• Get easy wins to create momentum and buy-in

• Recommended reading

– Seth Godin “Poke The Box”

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