1st Edition

Mobile Enterprise Transition and Management

By Bhuvan Unhelkar Copyright 2009
    434 Pages 125 B/W Illustrations
    by Auerbach Publications

    434 Pages 125 B/W Illustrations
    by Auerbach Publications

    Coupled with the Internet, mobile technology is rapidly moving us from the information age into the age of boundless communication. However, the success of today’s cutting-edge mobile technologies will not be determined merely by their new features. Rather, the way in which you integrate these technologies into your day-to-day business operations that will determine their success or failure. While there is substantial literature on mobility and business transitions, this book not only brings the two together but also provides a formal process for transitioning your organization from a fix-wired electronic organization to an enhanced mobile enterprise with minimal disruptions to daily operations.

    Addressing the rapid evolution of global communications, Mobile Enterprise Transition and Management provides step-by-step guidance on how to configure, enact, and manage the process of integrating mobile technology within your organization. The mobile enterprise transition (MET) process presented considers input from the four significant dimensions of an organization economic, technical, process, and social making it a well-rounded and complete process.

    The Material Presented in This Book Forms the Basis of the Popular Workshop Designed and Led by a Leading Expert in the Field

    Based on extensive research, literature review, and practical experimentation in METs, this comprehensive text presents emerging best practices, exhaustive case studies, and examples of successful transitions. It also provides detailed references, and a glossary of key terms and commonly used acronyms.

    Whether you are an engineer, network manager, business manager, or other decision maker, this book will show you how to develop customized integration strategies that will set your enterprise on the path to achieving the competitive advantages today’s mobile innovations make possible.

    Glossary of Acronyms in Mobile Domain

    Mobility Terms Definitions

    Foreword

    Preface

    Acknowledgments

    Mobile Business Overview

    Mobile Enterprise Transition Goals and Framework

    Mobile Enterprise Transitions: Economic Dimension

    Mobile Enterprise Transitions: Technical Dimension

    Mobile Enterprise Transitions: Process Dimension

    Mobile Enterprise Transitions: Social Dimension

    Enacting and Managing Mobile Enterprise Transitions

    Mobile Enterprises: Expansion, Growth, and Management.

    Mobile Enterprises: Sustainability and the Environment

    Case Study: Applying METM to a Medium-Sized

    Pharmaceutical Enterprise

    Case Study: Applying METM to a Small-Sized Travel and

    Tourism Enterprise

    Case Study: Applying METM to a University for a Sustainable

    Environment

    Appendix A: Mobile Enterprise Transitions (METs)—Research Project

    Appendix B: Mobile Enterprise Transitions (METs)—Example Use Cases from Various Case Studies

    Appendix C: Modeling CASE Tools

    Author

    Endorsements

    Index

    Biography

    Unhelkar, Bhuvan

    This book in your hands provides a carefully crafted approach that intertwines the wide and varying dimensions of economy, technology, process, and sociology together in a comprehensive and cohesive approach to ensure successful transitions and management of mobile business.

    — Edward Yourdon, Computer Hall of Fame Inductee