Previsões da PwC US que a próxima fase da #inovação móvel vai girar em torno de capturar e modelar a situação contextual de usuários móveis. Esse #conhecimento vai se tornar o principal recurso para aplicações móveis preditivos e serviços que atendam às necessidades e desejos dos usuários móveis em tempo quase real , e muitas vezes antes que os próprios usuários revelam o que eles querem.
In light of the staggering evolution of mobile technologies, the concept of mobility is gaining more attention worldwide. Recent statistics demonstrate mobile channels’ increasing significance in outreach and service delivery. However, governments and businesses face a challenge in reaping the benefits of mobile platforms: how to confirm the authenticity of mobile users and transactions. Mobile devices, by design, are well suited for enabling authentication and digital signing services, similar to traditional PC and laptop environments. But although various implementations support different authentication schemes, they still do not instill sufficient levels of trust and confidence. In this article we explore the practice of mobile identity management. We provide an overview of how EU countries tackle mobile identity. The main part of the article sheds light on the solution framework adopted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to address, recently launched mobile government transformation initiatives. Taking into account the newness of the topic, the content of this article should fuel the current limited knowledge base and trigger debate around the presented approaches.
verywhere you turn, “cloud talk” is all the rage – and mobility in the cloud is no exception. In this whitepaper, learn about the advantages of leveraging the Mobile Cloud as the foundation for your mobile strategy.
A Platform for Mobile Enterprise Management: Build, Run and Manage Your Mobil...Antenna Software
To offer a truly differentiated mobile experience, businesses need to consider the full spectrum of what mobility has to offer. AMPchroma provides the overarching paradigm for achieving mobility excellence and is the only mobile cloud platform that enables you to deliver on this promise.
In light of the staggering evolution of mobile technologies, the concept of mobility is gaining more attention worldwide. Recent statistics demonstrate mobile channels’ increasing significance in outreach and service delivery. However, governments and businesses face a challenge in reaping the benefits of mobile platforms: how to confirm the authenticity of mobile users and transactions. Mobile devices, by design, are well suited for enabling authentication and digital signing services, similar to traditional PC and laptop environments. But although various implementations support different authentication schemes, they still do not instill sufficient levels of trust and confidence. In this article we explore the practice of mobile identity management. We provide an overview of how EU countries tackle mobile identity. The main part of the article sheds light on the solution framework adopted in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to address, recently launched mobile government transformation initiatives. Taking into account the newness of the topic, the content of this article should fuel the current limited knowledge base and trigger debate around the presented approaches.
verywhere you turn, “cloud talk” is all the rage – and mobility in the cloud is no exception. In this whitepaper, learn about the advantages of leveraging the Mobile Cloud as the foundation for your mobile strategy.
A Platform for Mobile Enterprise Management: Build, Run and Manage Your Mobil...Antenna Software
To offer a truly differentiated mobile experience, businesses need to consider the full spectrum of what mobility has to offer. AMPchroma provides the overarching paradigm for achieving mobility excellence and is the only mobile cloud platform that enables you to deliver on this promise.
The expansion of the Internet of Things IoT implies progressively dynamic client gadgets on the Internet. IoT devices can be ordinary articles from vehicles, advanced mobile phones to wearable sensors. Huge measures of information are produced by IoT devices through the assortment and transmission of information required for the yield of valuable results and in this way, an ef cient approach to work is significant. In the public eye today, mobile communication and mobile computing play a critical job in each part of our lives, both individual and open correspondence. By utilizing Cloud Computing with IoT, data computations are situated outside the devices henceforth diminishing the strain on the devices themselves. IoT devices are additionally frequently portable and with versatility comes the need to have wireless connections to the cloud. Therefore, Mobile Cloud Computing MCC gets appropriate. However, the development in mobile computing use can be improved by coordinating portable figuring into distributed computing. This will bring about developing another model called Mobile Cloud Computing MCC that has as of late pulled in a lot of consideration in the academic sector. This paper investigates its features, advantages, applications, and difficulties of Mobile Cloud Computing. Research endeavours towards the execution of Mobile Computing are additionally talked about giving an understanding of the fate of the innovation. Sujay Sudhakar Parkhe "Smart Computing: Mobile + Cloud" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-3 , April 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30340.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/other/30340/smart-computing-mobile--cloud/sujay-sudhakar-parkhe
Smart applications smart platforms, security, processes and interactionsBellaRobert139
Smart applications - The future of applications, provides all the rules of engagement and supporting pillars you need in the pursuit of customer delight
The research highlights 200 emerging technologies and developments that could have an impact on society and business over the next 10-15 years. The technologies have been grouped under 10 categories:
1. End User Devices, Tools and Trends
2. Interfaces and Displays
3. Internet and Social Media
4. Communications, Collaboration and Networking Tools and Developments
5. Software Tools, Techniques and Trends
6. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intelligent Systems
7. Computing Technology and Devices
8. Management and Analysis of Data, Information and Knowledge
9. Security Technology
10. Disruptive Scientific Developments
Digital Engineering: Combining Computer Science with Social Science to Transl...Cognizant
By digging deep to understand consumer behaviors, needs and wants, organizations can build systems that not only meet essential user needs but also uncover new business opportunities and anticipate future requirements.
2014 Global Trend Forecast (Technology, Media & Telecoms)CM Research
In this report, the third volume in our "Global TMT Trend Forecast" series, we identify the major disruptive technologies that we will see in 2014 and predict how they will impact the world’s largest technology, media and telecom (TMT) companies.
Inside, we split the global TMT sector into 17 subsectors (e.g. connected devices, consumer electronics, semiconductors, e-commerce, social media, software, telecom operators, etc.) and examine how emerging technology themes will impact each sector, highlighting the likely winners and losers. Behind many of the themes mentioned in this report we have published in-depth research reports supporting our thinking. Here, we bring all these themes together. Our objective is to offer investors and industry executives a comprehensive trend forecast for the global TMT sector over the next 12 months.
If you only read one TMT Trends report this year, make sure it is this one.
The GTO 2013 focuses on this confluence, which is transforming the way companies deliver millions of systems, software, and services to billions of users. While each technology driver is important when considered individually, this confluence is fueling four “mega-trends” with significant implications for enterprises.
The most important technology industry trend right now is also the greatest source of new business opportunity. As 50 billion devices connect to the Internet globally, three different types of businesses are jockeying for position: Enablers of underlying technology, Engagers that deliver to customers, and Enhancers that devise value-added services unique to the Internet of Things. For more insights, visit www.strategy-business.com
WiFi Offload Strategy for Telcos-OperatorsGreen Packet
Given the increase in the number of permutations of device and content available out there, a move towards web-based cloud solutions will inevitably form the need for more mobility and efficiency in delivery. This paper will discuss the implications of the emergence of multifunction, multi-radio systems and multiplatform application and services that are driving forward seamless mobility in the pretext of “now” that allows users to transparently access network connections and ensure session persistence across varied connections for consistent experience together.
From artificial intelligence and augmented reality to multi-connected businesses and new mobility, the focus is on a wide variety of technology – but which trends have a lasting influence on digital transformation, in a post-COVID world? A Social Friendly Report.
The expansion of the Internet of Things IoT implies progressively dynamic client gadgets on the Internet. IoT devices can be ordinary articles from vehicles, advanced mobile phones to wearable sensors. Huge measures of information are produced by IoT devices through the assortment and transmission of information required for the yield of valuable results and in this way, an ef cient approach to work is significant. In the public eye today, mobile communication and mobile computing play a critical job in each part of our lives, both individual and open correspondence. By utilizing Cloud Computing with IoT, data computations are situated outside the devices henceforth diminishing the strain on the devices themselves. IoT devices are additionally frequently portable and with versatility comes the need to have wireless connections to the cloud. Therefore, Mobile Cloud Computing MCC gets appropriate. However, the development in mobile computing use can be improved by coordinating portable figuring into distributed computing. This will bring about developing another model called Mobile Cloud Computing MCC that has as of late pulled in a lot of consideration in the academic sector. This paper investigates its features, advantages, applications, and difficulties of Mobile Cloud Computing. Research endeavours towards the execution of Mobile Computing are additionally talked about giving an understanding of the fate of the innovation. Sujay Sudhakar Parkhe "Smart Computing: Mobile + Cloud" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-3 , April 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30340.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/other/30340/smart-computing-mobile--cloud/sujay-sudhakar-parkhe
Smart applications smart platforms, security, processes and interactionsBellaRobert139
Smart applications - The future of applications, provides all the rules of engagement and supporting pillars you need in the pursuit of customer delight
The research highlights 200 emerging technologies and developments that could have an impact on society and business over the next 10-15 years. The technologies have been grouped under 10 categories:
1. End User Devices, Tools and Trends
2. Interfaces and Displays
3. Internet and Social Media
4. Communications, Collaboration and Networking Tools and Developments
5. Software Tools, Techniques and Trends
6. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Intelligent Systems
7. Computing Technology and Devices
8. Management and Analysis of Data, Information and Knowledge
9. Security Technology
10. Disruptive Scientific Developments
Digital Engineering: Combining Computer Science with Social Science to Transl...Cognizant
By digging deep to understand consumer behaviors, needs and wants, organizations can build systems that not only meet essential user needs but also uncover new business opportunities and anticipate future requirements.
2014 Global Trend Forecast (Technology, Media & Telecoms)CM Research
In this report, the third volume in our "Global TMT Trend Forecast" series, we identify the major disruptive technologies that we will see in 2014 and predict how they will impact the world’s largest technology, media and telecom (TMT) companies.
Inside, we split the global TMT sector into 17 subsectors (e.g. connected devices, consumer electronics, semiconductors, e-commerce, social media, software, telecom operators, etc.) and examine how emerging technology themes will impact each sector, highlighting the likely winners and losers. Behind many of the themes mentioned in this report we have published in-depth research reports supporting our thinking. Here, we bring all these themes together. Our objective is to offer investors and industry executives a comprehensive trend forecast for the global TMT sector over the next 12 months.
If you only read one TMT Trends report this year, make sure it is this one.
The GTO 2013 focuses on this confluence, which is transforming the way companies deliver millions of systems, software, and services to billions of users. While each technology driver is important when considered individually, this confluence is fueling four “mega-trends” with significant implications for enterprises.
The most important technology industry trend right now is also the greatest source of new business opportunity. As 50 billion devices connect to the Internet globally, three different types of businesses are jockeying for position: Enablers of underlying technology, Engagers that deliver to customers, and Enhancers that devise value-added services unique to the Internet of Things. For more insights, visit www.strategy-business.com
WiFi Offload Strategy for Telcos-OperatorsGreen Packet
Given the increase in the number of permutations of device and content available out there, a move towards web-based cloud solutions will inevitably form the need for more mobility and efficiency in delivery. This paper will discuss the implications of the emergence of multifunction, multi-radio systems and multiplatform application and services that are driving forward seamless mobility in the pretext of “now” that allows users to transparently access network connections and ensure session persistence across varied connections for consistent experience together.
From artificial intelligence and augmented reality to multi-connected businesses and new mobility, the focus is on a wide variety of technology – but which trends have a lasting influence on digital transformation, in a post-COVID world? A Social Friendly Report.
Proposta Comercial - in company para implementação de processo de Gerenciamento de Riscos Corporativos, visando contribuir para sua perenidade, auxiliar no cumprimento de suas missões, atingimento de seus objetivos estratégicos e satisfazer as expectativas de seus stakeholders.
minimizar danos às organizações; maximizar recursos; Comunicação de Riscos
Curso de curta duração, in company, contratado pelo Exercito brasileiro em 2017.
Histórico do Compliance no Mundo e no Brasil. O FCPA, U.K. Bribery Act e outras Legislações Anticorrupção Estrangeiras. Lei Anticorrupção (Lei 12.846/2013). Aspectos Penais da Legislação Anticorrupção e Antissuborno. Políticas de Compliance. Programas Sistema de Gestão de Compliance. Investigações Internas. Processos Sancionadores e Acordos de Leniência. Delação Premiada. ISO 19.600 e ISO 37.001. Governança e Gestão de Riscos. Due Diligence de Integridade e Aspectos Fiscais. Estudo de Casos Práticos.
This presentation was made by Leopoldo Rubinacci from the European Commission during the 21st meeting of the OECD-hosted Freedom of Investment Roundtable on 14 October 2014.
It contains a detailed description of the transition arrangements for their Member States’ investment treaties with third countries.
Find out more at: http://www.oecd.org/daf/inv/investment-policy/foi.htm
“Boa parte das empresas entrevistadas colocou a educação no centro de sua estratégia, mostrando que crise não é motivo para cortar investimentos em formação. Ao contrário, é a melhor maneira de superá la.
Entre os efeitos externos mais relevantes, destacaram se: melhora na qualidade dos produtos, serviços e atendimento (83%), melhora da imagem institucional (79%)
A Posteriori Perusal of Mobile ComputingEditor IJCATR
The breakthrough in wireless networking has prompted a new concept of computing, called mobile computing in which users tote
portable
devices have
access to a shared infrastructure, independent of their physical location. Mobile computing is becoming increasingly vital du
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increase in the number of portable computers and the aspiration to have continuous network connectivity to the Internet i
rrespective of the physical
location of the node.
Mobile computing systems
are computing systems that may be readily moved physically and whose computing ability may be
used while they are being moved. Mobile computing has rapidly become a vital new examp
le in today's real world of networked computing systems. It
includes software, hardware and mobile communication. Ranging from wireless laptops to cellular phones and WiFi/Bluetooth
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enabled PDA‟s to
wireless sensor networks; mobile computing has become ub
iquitous in its influence on our quotidian lives. In this paper various types of mobile
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Ubiquitous computing will surround users
with a comfortable and convenient information environment and a smart
space that merges physical and computational infrastructures into an integrated
habitat. This habitat will feature a proliferation of hundreds or thousands of
computing devices and sensors that will provide new functionality, offer specialized
services, and boost productivity
and interaction among the devices and
the
users.
The software development sector is constantly expanding, creating a plethora of opportunities for organizations, startups, and entrepreneurs. We provide valuable information that helps you in software development for your business.
Impact of mobile marketing on youngsters for buying electronic gadgets.RahulSingh297288
This report is based on the rapid evolution of mobile technology, and the enthusiasm with
which it has been embraced. These developments have transformed mobile as a
marketing channel. Mobile marketing spend across the world is starting to rise
significantly. In the right circumstances, mobile can be a powerful tool. The rise of
smartphones and tablets has deepened the relationship between consumers and their
devices. The connectivity and technology they give to consumers are helping to drive
several consumer trends, including ‘smart boredom’ and ‘gamification’. They also
transform mobile as a marketing channel. Mobile had always had reach (the sheer number
of handsets in circulation) and location (the fact that phones go wherever the consumer
goes) in its favour. Now it has much more besides. One of the iPhone’s achievements was
to abolish the idea that the ‘mobile web’ had to be a different, lower-grade experience
compared to the PC-based web. Smartphones have opened up areas like mobile search
and mobile social networking like never before. Added to this is the bundle of technology
that comes in a modern phone – cameras, voice and image recognition, QR code readers,
GPS, and a host of new features.
HOW FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY CAN CHANGE FUTURE OF MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENTTekRevol LLC
The world of technology and mobile app development is demanding developers to have a more future-oriented mindset. The future of mobile apps is heavily dependent on the evolution of technology. As technology grows, its use cases will create more dynamic change within the app development world. Mobile app technology is diverse and can help break barriers of personalization and convenience. These technologies have immense potential, and when hiring app developers, app development companies have to ensure compliance with these changes. For developers, it is essential to gain expertise concerning these technologies to ensure their applications are competitive and set industry standards.
Innovation in Your Pocket Exploring the Latest Trends in Mobile App DevelopmentBitCot
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, mobile apps continue to redefine the way we live, work, and connect. As technology advances and consumer expectations evolve, staying abreast of the latest trends in mobile app development is crucial for businesses looking to remain competitive and meet the needs of their users. Let’s explore some of the most innovative trends shaping the future of mobile app development.
Customers today enjoy accessibility. Through the integration of IoT and mobile app development, interconnected physical objects can be accessed from anywhere in the world at the touch of a button on a smartphone (or via an app).
IoT app development companies in NYC can ensure that IoT-enabled mobile apps scale with the enhanced capabilities of the IoT platform and increased network usage by users.
Cooperativismo brasileiro e economia verde
Redução da emissão de metano por cooperativas
Cooperando com o futuro:
Propostas do cooperativismo brasileiro na COP26
COP26
1) Regulação do mercado de carbono: De forma que viabilize o acesso facilitado de recursos
nacionais e internacionais para projetos ambientais localizados em área públicas ou em propriedades privadas, como as Áreas de Preservação Permanente (APP), Reservas Legais (RL) e Reservas Particulares do Patrimônio Natural (RPPN).
2) Combate inflexível e abrangente ao desmatamento ilegal: Consideramos medidas de comando e controle ao desmatamento ilegal na Amazônia e em demais biomas são indispensáveis e imprescindíveis. Contamos, inclusive, com o apoio de todas as nações para atingir esse objetivo
com cada vez mais eficiência. Destacamos que o Brasil possui uma das legislações ambientais mais modernas e rigorosas do mundo: o novo Código Florestal.
3) Fomento ao cooperativismo como arranjo produtivo sustentável: O cooperativismo é um
modelo econômico sustentável, ambientalmente responsável e socialmente justo, capaz de
proporcionar inclusão produtiva, economia de escala, geração de renda e desenvolvimento
regional e local. Para tanto, deve ser fomentado com investimentos públicos e privados.
4) Medidas de estímulo à proteção e à preservação do meio ambiente: Citamos como exemplo a
Política Nacional de Pagamento por Serviços Ambientais, a política de crédito rural para ações
sustentáveis e a emissão de títulos verdes (green bonds).
5) Valorização da produção brasileira para o combate à fome: A produção brasileira, em especial,
por meio das cooperativas agropecuárias, tem papel fundamental no combate à fome e na
garantia de segurança alimentar para o mundo
As propostas do Governo na COP26:
> Reduzir emissões de gases de efeito estufa em 50% até 2030 (meta anterior: 43%).
> Zerar emissões de gases do efeito estufa até 2050 (meta anterior era até 2060).
Papel do Plano ABC+
> Tecnologias no campo, como o plantio direto e os sistemas agroflorestais
> Manejo de resíduos para produção de bioinsumos e geração de energia via biomassa
A STCP desenvolve e executa projetos para tornar as cadeias produtivas mais sustentáveis. Soluções relacionadas, para diferentes segmentos: agronegócio, indústria da transformação, bancos e investimentos, governo, mineração, energia, florestal, papel e celulose, infraestrutura e logística, entre outros. Gerenciamento de + de R$7.1 bilhões em investimento em infraestrutura; Cerca de 20 milhões de hectares protegidos, no Brasil e América Latina, contribuindo para a biodiversidade e estoque de carbono; Mais de 3 mil hectares de áreas recuperadas com espécies nativas - com a fixação de mais de 500 mil toneladas de carbono; Cerca de 400 mil hectares de plantios florestais em conformidade com as legislações local e nacional.
Aplicação ESG envolvendo mudanças climáticas; Inventário de Gases de Efeito Estufa (GEE); Mecanismo de Desenvolvimento Limpo (MDL). Redução certificada das emissões de carbono. Pagamentos de Serviços Ecossistêmicos, #NetZero economy. REDD+ (Redução de Emissões por Desmatamento e Degradação) que permite não só cumprir metas de redução de emissões de GEE, mas também gerar benefícios para comunidades locais. O investimento recebido em troca da preservação traz saúde, educação e infraestrutura à região. Projetos industriais, civis, rodoviários, aeroportos, portos e ambientais.
Gerenciamento, e auditoria de obras. Avaliação de equipamentos, processos e proposição de melhorias para aumento da capacidade e modernização; Levantamento/Monitoramento com VANT e DRONE. Integração com ARCGIS (Geoprocessamento) e SIFP (Sistema de Inventário de Florestas Plantadas – STCP). Estratégia de Suprimento Industrial, Valoração de produtos florestais. Bioenergia, Projetos Agrícolas e Florestais para Biocombustíveis, Identificação de Fontes de Suprimento Energético, etc. Mais de 4 mil projetos e estudos desenvolvidos em 43 países em 5 continentes.
e-mail de contato: rp@stcp.com.br
Forests around the world - Did you know that forests cover nearly 1/3 of land globally? That’s 4.06 billion hectares.
More than half (54 percent) of the world’s forests is in only five countries – the Russian Federation, Brazil, Canada, the United States of America and China.
FRA is the mechanism for collecting data on two forest-related indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which the United Nations General Assembly adopted in 2015. Specically, data submitted to FRA contribute to reporting on SDG indicator 15.1.1 (forest area as a proportion of total land area in 2015) and indicator 15.2.1 (progress towards sustainable forest management). In other words, there is around 0.52 ha of forest for every person on the planet.
O setor de base florestal madeireira tem significativa participação na formação do PIB nacional, na geração de tributos e nas exportações, com destacada contribuição na formação de superávit na balança comercial,além da expressiva geração de empregos diretos e indiretos. Também
proporciona benefícios ambientais e ecológicos que, somados a sua importância econômica e social, reúnem os atributos essenciais para o desenvolvimento sustentável.
LA HUG - Video Testimonials with Chynna Morgan - June 2024Lital Barkan
Have you ever heard that user-generated content or video testimonials can take your brand to the next level? We will explore how you can effectively use video testimonials to leverage and boost your sales, content strategy, and increase your CRM data.🤯
We will dig deeper into:
1. How to capture video testimonials that convert from your audience 🎥
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3. How you can capture more CRM data to understand your audience better through video testimonials. 📊
Cracking the Workplace Discipline Code Main.pptxWorkforce Group
Cultivating and maintaining discipline within teams is a critical differentiator for successful organisations.
Forward-thinking leaders and business managers understand the impact that discipline has on organisational success. A disciplined workforce operates with clarity, focus, and a shared understanding of expectations, ultimately driving better results, optimising productivity, and facilitating seamless collaboration.
Although discipline is not a one-size-fits-all approach, it can help create a work environment that encourages personal growth and accountability rather than solely relying on punitive measures.
In this deck, you will learn the significance of workplace discipline for organisational success. You’ll also learn
• Four (4) workplace discipline methods you should consider
• The best and most practical approach to implementing workplace discipline.
• Three (3) key tips to maintain a disciplined workplace.
Personal Brand Statement:
As an Army veteran dedicated to lifelong learning, I bring a disciplined, strategic mindset to my pursuits. I am constantly expanding my knowledge to innovate and lead effectively. My journey is driven by a commitment to excellence, and to make a meaningful impact in the world.
In the Adani-Hindenburg case, what is SEBI investigating.pptxAdani case
Adani SEBI investigation revealed that the latter had sought information from five foreign jurisdictions concerning the holdings of the firm’s foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in relation to the alleged violations of the MPS Regulations. Nevertheless, the economic interest of the twelve FPIs based in tax haven jurisdictions still needs to be determined. The Adani Group firms classed these FPIs as public shareholders. According to Hindenburg, FPIs were used to get around regulatory standards.
3.0 Project 2_ Developing My Brand Identity Kit.pptxtanyjahb
A personal brand exploration presentation summarizes an individual's unique qualities and goals, covering strengths, values, passions, and target audience. It helps individuals understand what makes them stand out, their desired image, and how they aim to achieve it.
Discover the innovative and creative projects that highlight my journey throu...dylandmeas
Discover the innovative and creative projects that highlight my journey through Full Sail University. Below, you’ll find a collection of my work showcasing my skills and expertise in digital marketing, event planning, and media production.
Enterprise Excellence is Inclusive Excellence.pdfKaiNexus
Enterprise excellence and inclusive excellence are closely linked, and real-world challenges have shown that both are essential to the success of any organization. To achieve enterprise excellence, organizations must focus on improving their operations and processes while creating an inclusive environment that engages everyone. In this interactive session, the facilitator will highlight commonly established business practices and how they limit our ability to engage everyone every day. More importantly, though, participants will likely gain increased awareness of what we can do differently to maximize enterprise excellence through deliberate inclusion.
What is Enterprise Excellence?
Enterprise Excellence is a holistic approach that's aimed at achieving world-class performance across all aspects of the organization.
What might I learn?
A way to engage all in creating Inclusive Excellence. Lessons from the US military and their parallels to the story of Harry Potter. How belt systems and CI teams can destroy inclusive practices. How leadership language invites people to the party. There are three things leaders can do to engage everyone every day: maximizing psychological safety to create environments where folks learn, contribute, and challenge the status quo.
Who might benefit? Anyone and everyone leading folks from the shop floor to top floor.
Dr. William Harvey is a seasoned Operations Leader with extensive experience in chemical processing, manufacturing, and operations management. At Michelman, he currently oversees multiple sites, leading teams in strategic planning and coaching/practicing continuous improvement. William is set to start his eighth year of teaching at the University of Cincinnati where he teaches marketing, finance, and management. William holds various certifications in change management, quality, leadership, operational excellence, team building, and DiSC, among others.
B2B payments are rapidly changing. Find out the 5 key questions you need to be asking yourself to be sure you are mastering B2B payments today. Learn more at www.BlueSnap.com.
The magic of advanced technology: Predicting real-time behaviour & needs via contextual intelligence
1. www.pwc.com/technology
Mobile Innovations Forecast
Phase II Introduction
The magic of advanced technology
Growth in contextual awareness
capabilities will transform mobile
devices into digital assistants.
Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke’s
Third Law states: “any sufficiently advanced
technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
While people often focus on the word ‘magic’,
the key phrase is actually ‘sufficiently advanced
technology’. As we move into Phase II of
PwC’s Mobile Innovations Forecast (MIF),
we are now entering the realm of sufficiently
advanced technology.
Until Apple’s iPhone debuted in 2007,
mainstream mobile innovation emphasised how
well a mobile device communicated. Sufficiently
advanced technology was defined according to
the price/performance of placing phone calls,
sending messages or displaying simple text
or graphics. Four basic applications—phone,
messaging, contacts, camera—provided the
bulk of the end-user’s mobile experience.
The structure of the mobile industry revolved
around the coverage, quality and price of
cellular networks. Mobile devices lagged behind
desktop PCs in storage, processing power and
data handling capabilities.
However, the iPhone put mobile innovation
on a completely different track. Since 2007,
sufficiently advanced technology has referred to
how well a mobile device computes. According
to Daniel Eckert, Managing Director, Emerging
Technologies at PwC, the innovative focus
of mobile computing involves integrating a
triad of communications, applications and
sensing platforms. “These three platforms
‘converse’ with the user in a continual loop
of personalised applications that draw
information from a user’s physical, virtual and
social environments,” he says.
Daniel Eckert
Managing Director,
Emerging Technologies
PwC
As this process iterates, mobile devices and the
supporting wireless infrastructure become far
more than advanced communications tools.
They become an extension through which
a growing number of people participate in
modern culture.
Compute-centric mobile participation goes
beyond the idea of more people using more
devices to communicate more frequently.
Participation starts at the API level as mobile
devices exchange information drawn from
in-device sensors, plus information stored in
the cloud or embedded in physical objects or
landmarks. Participation also occurs at the
user profile level, with mobile devices allowing
people to broadcast preferences, intent or even
telemetry about their physical bodies, location
or social graphs. Finally, participation takes
place at the aggregate level as more users with
more powerful devices create and scale the
feedback loops that power technical, economic
and social ecosystems.
Technology Institute
By Raman Chitkara, Global
Technology Industry Leader
2. Mobile Innovations Forecast: Phase II / 2
Physical
Social
Facebook
LinkedIn
Twitter
Tumblr
Pinterest
Foursquare
Cloud storage
Applications
ID & wallet
Calendars
Contacts
Networking
Virtual
Smart glasses
� captures image, video and audio
� scans coded markers
� enables multimedia chat
� updates social networks
� syncs with other mobile devices
Wellness monitor
� processes exercise data
(steps, reps etc.)
� analyses nutrition/
calories of grocery and
restaurant foods
� analyses perspiration for
chemical markers
� syncs with wearable
exercise shoes/clothes
� syncs with personal
health portal
Health monitor
� captures resting/active
pulse, BP, temperature
� analyses cholesterol,
insulin and similar
markers
� syncs with wellness
monitor for building
health profile
� communicates with
healthcare provider
� offers suggestions
for health
improvement
Mobile device
� primary mobile information hub
� wallet and credential hub
� application management hub
� media and communications input hub
� interface between user and core
service portfolio
Networked wearable devices
� records physical activity for
upload to wellness monitor
� records physical activity
to a time log
� analyses physical performance
against goals
� displays progress/regress
against goals
� syncs with opt-in social networks
GPS
Compass
Weather
Accessories
Hardware
Peripherals
Sensors
OS
Traffic
The current situation
The first phase of the Mobile
Innovations Forecast (MIF) introduced
a quantitative model that analysed the
rate of improvement in key technologies
considered fundamental to mobile
innovation. Readers of MIF Phase I have
followed a steady stream of data and
analysis regarding the likely trajectories
of device and infrastructure connectivity;
application processor speed; DRAM
and storage improvements; as well
as image sensor, display and mobile
operating systems.
The rapid improvements in price
and performance of these various
technologies suggest that mobile
innovation has become self-accelerating;
that is, the results of each advance
enable further advances to develop even
more rapidly. But to what end are these
innovations driving?
The next phases of the Mobile Innovations
Forecast (New capabilities, New use
cases, New business models) will attempt
to answer that basic question.
Figure 1: The contextual man
Source: PwC
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Given such profound technical and
behavioural shifts, what knowledge
of new capabilities is needed by the
technology, telecom and media sectors to
engage users for whom mobility is not just
a physical fact, but also a state-of-mind?
This is the core issue addressed by the
next phase of the PwC Mobile Innovations
Forecast (MIF). “Phase II, New
capabilities,” will identify and analyse
the new technological advances—made
possible by the enabling technologies
covered in Phase I—that generate
contextual intelligence from mobile users’
physical, virtual and social environments.
PwC forecasts that the next phase of
mobile innovation will revolve around
capturing and modeling the contextual
situation of mobile users. Such knowledge
will become the primary resource for
predictive mobile applications and
services that will address mobile users’
needs and desires in near real-time, and
often before the users themselves reveal
what they want.
As we enter Phase II of the MIF, PwC
forecasts that the following new
capabilities—each of which will be
the topic of a future article—will form
the basic architecture underpinning
contextual awareness and intelligence in
next generation mobile devices, networks,
applications and services:
• Location and navigation
• Device sensors and user interfaces
• ID and security technologies
• Next-generation networks and clouds
• Mobile operating systems
These categories have always been
part of the basic mobile technology
stack. However, given the shift from
communications to computation as the
driving paradigm for mobile innovation,
PwC expects that the purpose and
nature of these technical categories will
change dramatically.
This forecast exists within PwC’s
framework for understanding various
dynamics affecting the broader
technology sector. Mobile innovation
is one of four market forces that
are redefining customer demand,
expectations and business opportunity
for technology companies. The others are
cloud computing, social technology or
media and the emergence of intelligent
devices. Individually, each is turning the
rules of the broader technology sector
upside down. Collectively, they are
co-mingling in ways that paint a forward-
looking picture that is starkly, even
radically, unlike the past.
Context and companionship
The goal of Phase II of the MIF is to
analyse which new technical capabilities
help make mobile systems more context-
aware, and which new capabilities help
add contextual intelligence to users’
interaction with their physical, virtual
and social environments. Contextual
awareness means that mobile devices
are able to capture and analyse users’
relationships to people, organisations,
places and objects around them in the
broadest sense, including but not limited
to the proximate physical environment.
Armed with such knowledge, a
contextually intelligent mobile device or
service can infer a user’s needs, desires
and even intentions without requiring the
person to state them explicitly.
Contextually intelligent mobile services
are fueled by data drawn at multiple
levels. Some data streams are device,
network or application-centric, while
others are bound closer to individual
Our research hypothesis is that
new mobile capabilities to 2016
will enable mobile devices and
services to become contextually
aware and intelligent about
end users in order to help them
participate in modern life.
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users, their relationships and their
activities. The current consensus is that
location and navigation data rank as
first amongst equals within the palette
of mobile contextual inputs for both
opportunity and challenges. Other
critical contextual inputs include user
ID, device sensor data, data generated
by networks and computing clouds as
well as individual and social activity data
by the user.
When thinking about contextual
capabilities, it is useful to imagine the
mobile device behaving more as a digital
assistant than a communications and
Internet access tool. A digital assistant
tries to understand a mobile user’s
contextual situation to infer intent and
to offer suggestions or services that help
accomplish the user’s goals.
One of the first steps for a digital
assistant is to understand a user’s
immediate physical environment. Where
is she located? Is the user stationary or
moving? Is the device in a user’s pocket,
in a purse or in her hand? What other
relevant landmarks or objects are nearby
based on a user’s prior experience or
preferences? Who is nearby in the user’s
social network?
Such questions and many others help
a digital assistant build a detailed
simulation of the user’s world. But
contextual awareness and intelligence
doesn’t end with the digital assistant
mapping a perimeter of interest points
and objects around a user. A digital
assistant must also utilise predictive
models of the user’s relationships to
her applications, personal or preferred
My Tracker
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Calories remaining: 650
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What’s the calorie
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How many
calories do
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800?
300?
Figure 2: A digital assistant
Source: PwC
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information as well as her social world.
What choices did the user make in the
past in a similar situation? What are
the user’s stated preferences for this
condition? What can be inferred? What
did the user’s friends or colleagues do in a
similar situation?
The ultimate purpose for building
models of observable entities such
as environment and behaviour, and
inferred entities such as relationships and
intentions, is to help users optimise the
choices they make. For any technology to
succeed in adoption and use, it needs to
empower a user to drive to a desired state.
Consider health and wellness.1
“Mobile
digital assistants can provide patients with
the information and immediate feedback
loop they need to direct and reinforce
desired behaviours,” according to Chris
Wasden, Managing Director and Global
Healthcare Innovation Leader at PwC.
Chris Wasden
Managing Director and Global
Healthcare Innovation Leader
PwC
For example, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo
launched a ‘wellness phone’ that includes
a pedometer and health monitoring
software. Data drawn from sensors
in the phone is analysed and insights
provided to the user along with advice
on healthy lifestyle choices. Such a
dialogue enables mobile devices and
services to move beyond just utility
functions (e.g., taking pictures of the food
you eat) and move increasingly toward
having an aspirational or lifestyle-centric
relationship with users such as signaling
when they are near their daily maximum
amount of consumed calories.
PwC believes the ability for a digital
assistant to join contextual information
with a direct feedback loop distinguishes
next-generation mobile devices from
today’s smartphones. We predict that
more than simply storing data or
processing applications, contextually
aware mobile devices, applications and
services will continually ‘learn’ about their
users to provide better experiences the
more they are used.
Context as a technical concept
According to researchers at the Georgia
Institute of Technology,2
context is
any information that can be used to
characterise the situation of an ‘entity’—
a person, place or object—that can be
considered relevant to an interaction
between a user and an application.
For example, if a location sensor on a
smartphone or tablet detects that a user
is either in the United States or Canada,
the search results in terms of distance
to a point of interest can be expressed
either as miles or kilometres. The
1 The rapidly evolving mHealth sector will be the focus of a future article in Phase III New use cases
of the Mobile Innovation Forecast
2 Dey, Anind, and Gregory Abowd. “Towards a Better Understanding of Context and Context-
Awareness” HUC ‘99 Proceedings of the 1st international symposium on Handheld and Ubiq-
uitous Computing. (1999): 304-307. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. http://smartech.gatech.edu/xmlui/
bitstream/handle/1853/3389/99-22.pdf?...1.
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More becomes different
The most recent data from Cisco’s
Visual Networking Index Mobile Forecast
suggests that we are well advanced into
a smartphone-centric paradigm of mobile
data usage.
Smartphones comprised less than 20%
of total global handsets in 2012, but they
were responsible for 92% of mobile data
traffic around the world. According to
Cisco, the typical smartphone in 2012
generated an average of 342 MB of data
traffic per month, some 50X higher than a
standard feature phone.
Cisco projects that mobile data traffic
volumes will grow at a compound annual
growth rate (CAGR) of 66% over the
next five years to reach 11.2 exabytes
per month worldwide by 2017, a 13X
increase from 2012. There will be over
10 billion mobile-enabled devices by
2017, a combined figure larger than the
world’s projected population of 7.6 billion
human beings.
Such a dramatic scale is changing the
nature and scope of mobile innovation.
New mobile capabilities on the supply
side and broad, diverse markets on the
demand side have started catalysing
each other to grow faster and larger
with each iteration. But even if we
accept that mobile computing has
become increasingly pervasive and self-
accelerating, there remains the question—
accelerating to what end?
66%
11.2
exabytes
Mobile data traffic will
grow at a compound annual
growth rate of
to reach
20172012
16%
34%
other handsets
smartphones
per month
by 2017.
Source: Cisco and PwC estimates
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location data point not only describes
itself (longitude and latitude), but it
also becomes a contextual input to the
display function of a mobile application
(miles or kilometres).
Drilling further into how technical
systems handle contextual inputs,
another definition by Forrester Research3
states that context-aware technology
programmatically determines the
use condition of itself and its user,
and then adapts its own features and
behaviour based on historical and
current conditions, behavior, preferences
and circumstances.
Although both approaches provide
a formal description of context for
computing environments, they are limited
by their attempt to capture as much as
possible in a single definition. Rather than
focusing on a single declaration of what
context is, PwC believes that contextual
intelligence in mobile computing
emerges via predictive models that
draw situational information from three
main environments:
• The device environment (e.g.,
available power, OS, network,
processing, storage, etc.)
• The physical environment (e.g.,
location, weather, lighting/noise
levels, codes attached to physical
landmarks or objects, etc.)
• The user environment (e.g.,
ID, applications, stored data,
preferences, activity history, social
connections, etc.)
These three categories characterise a
Contextual
intelligence
User
DeviceEnvironment
Predictive models
draw information
from three main
environments.
3 Ask, Julie A. “The Future of Mobile eBusiness is
Context”, Forrester Research. 1 May 2012.
Figure 3: Sources of contextual data
Source: PwC
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Location is Ground Zero
It’s clear that one of the most important
contextual inputs is a user’s physical
location. Location has become a major
driver for mobile application development.
The providers of the main mobile
operating systems (OS) such as Android,
iOS, Windows and Blackberry, are fielding
sophisticated APIs for app developers
to pull location-based data into mobile
apps. Giving developers better access
to more granular location information will
increase the richness of human-computer
interaction and will open up opportunities
to add value to more sophisticated user
demands, especially navigating indoors.
Indoor navigation is both a valuable
application in its own right plus a
contextual input into other mobile
apps and services. Until recently, the
price/performance of device sensors
was a limiting factor, along with less
advanced mobile OS and development
environments. However, smartphones
and tablets now contain more sensors
than before.4
The fusion of data from
sensors such as GPS, compass,
accelerometres, barometres, temperature
and pressure gauges, promises better
indoor wayfinding as well as scope
for painting digital information onto
physical landmarks and objects to
enable new services such as mobile
augmented reality (AR).
Popularised by new form factors such as
Google Glass, mobile AR merges real-
time digital information into a user’s literal
field-of-vision. The user simultaneously
experiences physical reality with a
digital overlay of information. The device
displays information based on either
image recognition of a specific target
such as a Quick Response code (marker-
based AR) or the more common version
of mapping a device’s location to a
database of information targets attached
to physical coordinates (markerless AR).
Sensors to orient a mobile device in 3D
physical space underpin mobile AR and a
host of other application categories such
as games. During these experiences,
mobile users aren’t ‘pointing’ their
devices at target locations or objects so
much as they are ‘flying’ their devices.
The three main spatial coordinates
(width, length, altitude) are joined with
three orientation angles (pitch, yaw and
roll). Spatial coordinates are supplied
by GPS, compass and barometre,
whilst orientation data is furnished via
accelerometres and gyroscopes.
The possible number of use cases and
business models unleashed by better
location and sensor data is huge and
growing. But so is concern over user
privacy in the face of such detailed
tracking. The upshot for decision makers
is that contextually intelligent mobile
services require near equal focus on both
technical and social engineering.
Location has become
a major driver for
mobile application
development.
4 Device sensors and their applications will be the topic of a
separate article in this Phase II series. Source: PwC
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mobile participant’s situation regardless
of whether that participant is another
person, a place, an object, an application
or a service. Depending on the expressed
or inferred goal of the user, contextual
information from one or more of these
environments will be accentuated.
Going forward
This article launches Phase II, New
capabilities of the Mobile Innovations
Forecast. We will move up the innovation
stack not only in coverage, but also
methodology. Whereas, the Phase I
articles on mobile innovation analysed
quantitative data drawn from the Mobile
Technology Index, this series of Phase
II articles will take a more qualitative
approach based on deep interviews with
mobile innovation thought leaders, both
within PwC and the industry-at-large.
In terms of what readers can expect
from these articles concerning new
capabilities, we will build our analysis
of context as a driving force from the
ground up. There will be a series of six
follow-on articles, the first of which will
drill deeper into contextualisation as a
technical and organisational concept. The
second article will explore location and
navigation as contextual inputs. A third
article will examine the role of device
sensors and new user interfaces that
capture contextual information about
the user and her surroundings. A fourth
article will focus on ID and security issues
affecting people, places and objects in this
rapidly evolving environment. The fifth
article will highlight how next-generation
networks and computing clouds allow
contextual data to be stored and accessed
in real-time. The sixth and final article will
look at how contextually focused services
will impact mobile operating systems.
Granted there are numerous sub-domains
to explore, but we feel confident that
context-rich mobile experiences represent
the future of mobile innovation. This isn’t
simply because contextual awareness and
intelligence are now made easier through
the sufficiently advanced technology
identified in Phase I. Instead, we believe
that the lasting impact of contextual
technology lies in its ability to enable
mobile technology to act more human.
When that process works well, it does feel
like magic.