Strategies for Android - Henning Böger, Capgemini Mobile devices are vital for most enterprises. Be it the common smartphone of mobile blue collars, highly specialized handhelds for outdoor workers, or mobile point of sales. Android with its unique features has a huge opportunity to conquer the landscape of enterprise mobile platforms. We will take a look at Android’s chances for the enterprise from multiple angles: Business opportunities, players, and technology.

1. Strategies for Android at the Enterprise
Droidcon
Henning Böger, March 24

2. The second Revolution... ... Mobile for the Enterprise?
Business 2 Consumer
Newsreader
eMail
Doodle Jump Phone
GamesFacebook
Spiegel.de
Tablet
Social Apps GPS
Business 2 Employee
Twitter Bild.de
Mobile Web
latitude Angry Birds
calendar Photo Business 2 Business
Today, the majority of the mobile Tomorrow, Smartphones and Tablets
applications target the private will be an integral part of the
Smartphone user Enterprise
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3. Imagine …
…you had a wonderfull skiing day but still need to drive home.

4. Imagine…
…you have a warm car waiting for you when you finish the last slope just by
one click on your Smartphone

5. My BMW Remote is your car in your pocket.
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6. AGENDA
• Mobile @ Enterprise: Big Picture
• A closer look at B2E
• Why (and why not) Android
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7. Enterprises address their customers, their employees and their business
partners
The
Enterprise Business Partner
3
B2B (Business to Business)
Happens last. Out of
scope for today.
1
B2C (Business to Consumer) 2
First target. Ongoing.
Currently weak integration B2E (Business to Employee)
into enterprise backends. Second target. Follows
different rules.
 Our focus for today
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8. Zoom into B2E: Make core processes more effective with mobile
solutions and you hit a gold mine.
Email Calendar
Product
development Sales & Aftersales
Support
processes
e.g. Mobile
Office
Core IM
processes
Order
Management
CRM
Production & Logistics
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9. AGENDA
• Mobile @ Enterprise: Big Picture
• A closer look at B2E
• Why (and why not) Android
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10. Example: The traditional car dealer.
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11. Example: The traditional car dealer.
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12. The modern car dealer has a mobile toolbox which makes life for him
easier, not harder.
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13. The modern car dealer has a mobile toolbox which makes life for him
easier, not harder.
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14. Getting core processes right with mobile solutions is hard. Backend
systems are not an easy beast to tame.
Phone client
CRM
Schedule Service history
Tablet client Car configurations
Car pool Accessories
Financing
Web client
IT landscape needs to be designed for a deeply integrated mobile experience:
• High performance to support fast iterations.
• Fine grained use cases for flexibility.
• Flexible use cases: Go back, change options, undo, redo. Anytime and fast.
• Etc.
 Points to SOA, but SOA is no silver bullet.
 This is hard stuff.
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15. AGENDA
• Mobile @ Enterprise: Big Picture
• A closer look at B2E
• Why (and why not) Android
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16. Android is a great fit for the Enterprise
No dependency to a single Vendor
Multiple HW Manufacturers offer Android Phones and Tablets
Rich User Experience / UI
Android can provide Consumer-Grade usability to Enterprise Apps  Higher productivity
Great free development tools
Faster development of enterprise apps  Lower development and maintenance cost
Powerful API
Richer Apps possible, less effort needed  Better Solutions
 Higher productivity
Flexible Architecture
Easy to adapt to existing solutions  Lower integration cost.
Built on Standards (Linux, Java)
Fast learning curve for IT departments, Easier to integrate with existing standard
solutions (e.g. drivers?) Lower maintenance and integration cost.
Open Source
 Customization and tailoring easily possible
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17. Capgemini Case Study: Build new scanners for a postal service.
Use Case: Deploy parcels and mail to > 200 million households.
 For one of the largest logistics provider worldwide.
 Company‘s success depends on application.
 Modern platform with faster time-to-market needed.
Large scale rugged HW manufacturer
Device drivers for scanner, printer
Sophisticated device management
UI optimized for gloves
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18. What Enterprises like...
(...and Android or 3rd party needs to provide)
Out-Of-The Box Integration with
Standard products
Strong security
Backing of strong industry partners Defined configurations
Long-term perspective Painless compatibility & upgrade
Automated test, build, deploy
Sustainable apps
Low Total Cost Customizeability
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19. Android does not have to fear the competition
Competition Situation with Android
Security & • Android catches up fast on security features, e.g.
– HW Encryption,
Device Mngmt
– Strong Passwords
– Remote Wipe
• Android also integrates well in
Microsoft the MS World
Integration
• Android and Google services
already well known by users
• Question of Taste? Not everybody loves Apple
Design &
Usability • In the Enterprise shopping decisions are different
from roaming with your wife through an Apple Store
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20. Android based Mobile Solutions won’t be only Standalone Apps any
longer but become an integrated part of the Enterprise.
Are you interested in
Enterprise
Mobile
Technologies & Solutions
join us at
Foyer Booth, www.de.capgemini.com, Berlin, Hamburg, München, Offenbach, ….
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21. Questions & Answers
Henning Böger
Technology Services
Carl-Wery-Straße 42, 81739 München
Telefon: +49 89 63812-834
Fax: +49 89 63812-490
E-Mail: henning.boeger@capgemini.com
www.de.capgemini.com
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22. Thank you very much for your attention!
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