ipad considerations in business - big opportunity!
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The iPad as a business tool is really taking hold. Why? Because the opportunity to be more effective, as well as the flexibility it provides in the mobile environment, is finally being understood. Catch the train, but it is moving fast!TRANSCRIPT
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iPad Considerations In BusinessOctober 2011
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Change Environment
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Change Management
“Change is inevitable, but it is rarely easy. Among the greatest difficulties associated with change is the ability
to even recognize its need at a time when we can actually do something about it. Sometimes, when we finally realize that change is inevitable, the vision or energy needed to push forward in a new direction is
elusive. Or worse, when competitors recognize the need for change before us, we are by default pushed into a
precarious position where our next steps become impulsive rather than strategic.”
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From Digital Darwinism: Who’s Next?Brian Solis
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Big Picture – What’s Going On?
Value proposition?
“Lean-Back” computing is taking hold
Shift to mobile environment
What it means
Typical business opportunities?
How to get started...?
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Value Proposition?
Time – can you use more?
Organization – are you as organized as you want to be?
Flexibility – do you have the flexibility quickly becoming expected in business today?
Control!
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Value Proposition?
More Time + Better Organization+ Greater Flexibility
= Improved Control
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“Lean-Back” Computing
Old Way...
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New Way...
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“Lean-Back” Computing
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Kleiner Perkins Report – “Top 10 Mobile Trends”
http://www.slideshare.net/kleinerperkins/kpcb-top-10-mobile-trends-feb-2011
…Early Innings of a
Massive Phenomenon
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Organizations are seizing opportunities
Employees are moving ahead - companies need to address and embrace to their advantage
PWc Report – “Unleashing Enterprise Mobility”
http://www.pwc.com/us/en/technology-forecast/2011/issue1
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Mobility
It’s Not Coming – It’s Here...
Apple – Quarterly Sales by Product Category
$18.4 BILLION in iPad sales -5 Quarters
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Mobility
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Websites Getting Designed for Mobile...
Laptop Browser
iPad
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Mobility Factors...
Need to be mobile and location-independent
Greater speed and convenience improves awareness and responsiveness (“Situational Awareness” and “Information Agility”)
Increased desire to go “green” Economic factors – efficiency and cost
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Factors Driving This....
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What It Means
Business Opportunities: Improve client service Drive new business (or retention – reducing
client turnover) Differentiate your company (or at least keep
you competitive against your peers) –“Competitive Advantage”
Increase efficiency of processes, and naturally, decreases the cost of running the business (or enables more productivity – “capacity creation”)
Speed responsiveness to information requests
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Organizational Leverage
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Summarized from: Leveraging Technology Tools, theprogressiveaccountant.com, August 1, 2011
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Typical Business Opportunities?
Website – browser vs mobile browser
Interactive document capabilities
Marketing tool/ content library management
Business intelligence, peer analysis reporting (dashboards?)
Executive reporting
Information management – internal knowledge management
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Executive Reporting / Dashboards
Executive Dashboard / Portals
Potential uses fit many different scenarios
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How To Get Started…?
Create group to facilitate process
Brainstorm session(s)
Ask the “obvious” questions
Prioritize, prioritize
Commit to process
Get easy wins to create momentum and buy-in
Recommended reading
Seth Godin “Poke The Box”
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Thornhill iPad Services Offering
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Contact Information
Don Tomoff, CPA, MBA
Partner, Business Advisory
If additional information is desired or you would like to better
understand our firm’s capabilities, please contact us:
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Kurt Walcutt, CPA
Partner, Tax
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