Cormac Foster
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Long Beach, CA, United States
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Sector Roadmap: Enterprise Mobility Management
Mainstream enterprises have failed to take advantage of the tremendous growth in mobile capabilities over the past several years thanks to much risk aversion. → Read More
Sector Roadmap: Enterprise Mobility Management
How enterprises find and provide enterprise mobility management services varies greatly from organization to organization, creating a number of distinct product strategies. → Read More
The future of industrial IoT might be wearables
We all know IoT is going to be huge, and as with most technology, the industrial IoT will eventually eclipse its consumer equivalent. But it is certainly in no → Read More
The Internet of Things has a new home on Gigaom Research
For years, Gigaom Research has covered the Internet of Things, from smart cities to smart homes to a smart and connected supply chain. During that time, our IoT → Read More
The Internet of Things has a new home on Gigaom Research
For years, Gigaom Research has covered the Internet of Things, from smart cities to smart homes to a smart and connected supply chain. During that time, our IoT → Read More
4 Essentials for Managing Multiple Methodologies in the Enterprise
Agile methodologies have had tremendous success in task-oriented teams and are are increasing their penetration into the enterprise. Still, Agile is just a tool, and not all projects, business processes, and corporate cultures are natural fits. The typical enterprise will support multiple methodologies, and making them […] → Read More
Virtual desktops don’t replace EMM
A few weeks ago, a Gigaom Research client told me she was “sick of BYOD” and wanted out. She asked me if I thought she could “dump everything and just have employees remote into their desktops when they need to work from the road.” It’s a compelling […] → Read More
Webinar: Building Scalable, Growth-Focused Enterprise Mobile Apps: Mobile Application Development Platforms
Mobile developers are being asked to do more, with less, on a faster timetable. Many are already in over their heads. What began as a one-app, one-device pilot has mushroomed into a complex chain of dependencies and a seemingly limitless number of targeted platforms, stretching internal […] → Read More
The case for consistency: native design isn’t always right
Quite a few companies are reclaiming mobile app development these days. Some are moving outsourced development in-house, and others are consolidating line-of-business development projects under a single department. In both cases, one of the most popular questions they ask Gigaom Research is whether to go native, hybrid, or […] → Read More
Connecting the IoT: Virtual networks, physical devices, and the era of software-defined everything
The Internet of Things offers tremendous opportunities to increase the efficiencies of existing processes while planning a complete reinvention and transformation of future business. The potential upside is enormous, and the cost of ignoring it is just as large, but managing the flow of data necessary […] → Read More
Don’t hold your breath for the industrial IoT platform
The industrial IoT is messy, and early adopters should be ready for some DIY before platforms emerge. → Read More
The Agile Enterprise: Building a DevOps Culture and Infrastructure
From JP Morgan Chase (which employs more coders than Google) to a start-up customizing salesforce.com for sales, we are all software developers. Regardless of business, the move to software development brings a new set of rules, and a new urgency to bring products to market faster, […] → Read More
The future of mobile commerce is commerce
When it comes to mobile commerce, technology is not a strategy, and while a lousy checkout can definitely lose a sale, a good one is rarely the reason a consumer decides to buy. → Read More
IoT security: How to do it (mostly) right
The IoT is already dangerous. Here’s how to help before it gets out of hand. → Read More
Why managed mobility services are on the rise with tech buyers
The numbers are in, and it’s time to make mobility management someone else’s problem. → Read More
Mobile payments 2.0: new disruptors and a new hope
While the carriers and banks behind Isis reinvent a wheel that already works, the real innovation is happening elsewhere. → Read More
Enterprise mobility is flailing. Maybe it’s time to drop the do-it-yourself approach.
After lost hours, lost money, and failed attempts to implement effective strategies, businesses must now consider whether enterprise mobility management is still a viable solution for the workplace. → Read More
Connecting with the 3D Workforce: Distributed, Discontinuous, Decentralized
Traditional work is being disrupted. Managers are faced with a 3D workforce – one that is Distributed, Discontinuous, and Decentralized. Teams are mobile and geographically distributed, and they extend beyond the boundaries of a “corporation” to freelancers, customers, and supply chain partners. Timeshifting and multitasking force […] → Read More
Agile Meets Waterfall: How to Manage Multiple Methodologies
Agile methodologies have had tremendous success in task-oriented teams and are increasing their penetration into the enterprise. Still, Agile is just a tool, and not all projects, business processes, and corporate cultures are natural fits. But managing multiple methodologies can be an enormous challenge without the […] → Read More