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QAD Enterprise Applications and Mobile Devices

QAD Enterprise Applications and Mobile Devices. Steve Lamb - QAD. Gartner: iPad to dominate. Tablet sales expected to surge this year iPad to dominate the holiday Forcast 63.6 M units. 264% jump from last year Apple accounts for 73% of tablets sold Apple delivers unified user experience.

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QAD Enterprise Applications and Mobile Devices

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  1. QAD Enterprise Applications and Mobile Devices Steve Lamb - QAD

  2. Gartner: iPad to dominate • Tablet sales expected to surge this year • iPad to dominate the holiday • Forcast 63.6 M units. 264% jump from last year • Apple accounts for 73% of tablets sold • Apple delivers unified user experience

  3. Gartner: iPad to dominate • Google’s Android Predicted – 17% sales • 3% bump from 2010 • Tablet sales will hit 326.3 M by 2015 • 45% credited to iPad • http://usat.ly/qfpiva

  4. Survey results of Mobile Employees • 16.3 % already own an iPad • 33.2 % plan to purchase in the next 6 months • 59.8% plan to use it for work InfoWorld - 2010

  5. Trends in Industry • Most popular device • News • Digital Publishing • Netbook sales are dropping • Higher conversion rate for eCommerce • Adopted for commercial applications

  6. Where do we see them? • Financial Services • Retail • Hospitals • All manner of field forces • 50% of Fortune 100 are evaluating

  7. Where does QAD fit in?

  8. Types of devices (Tablets) • iPads • Android O/S • Windows Compact Embedded 7

  9. Mobile Portal – native QAD BI App for iPad

  10. Mobile Portal – native QAD BI App for iPad • Navigate BI dashboards while on the road • Navigate available dashboards • Consult BI charts • Zoom in on charts • Drill down into underlying charts • Seamless experience between iPad and PC • Graphs content is identical on iPad or on Web browser, providing a seamless experience when switching between iPad and PC • Simplified for optimal mobile usability • Since mobile users have a typical different usage pattern, iPad dashboards are simplified • Graphs only (no grids or other visual items) • No parameter bars

  11. Mobile Portal – native QAD BI App for iPad • Mobile Collaboration • Users can view, browse and search the collaboration forums and topics • Users can post own new topics or comment on existing topics • Seamless experience between iPad and PC • Collaboration Forums and topics are identical on iPad or on Web browser, providing a seamless experience when switching between iPad and PC

  12. Mobile Portal – other platforms • Android Tablets / Phones • No native App • Android users can access the standard BI portal in their web browsers if their Android device supports Flash

  13. Mobile Portal – other platforms • iPhone & Blackberry • Currently NOT supported • Future support to be determined based on customer feedback

  14. What is required to make this work • VPN – Secure network • Citrix or Terminal Services • BI is in the Apple App store but you will need BI on your environment

  15. Let’s take a look…..

  16. Thank you Steve Lamb – QAD sfl@qad.com 610-429-1758

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