Comments on Gartner’s Top 10 trends that will transform mobile between now and 2015

Tech Republic just posted this article listing Gartner’s top 10 trends that will transform mobile between now and 2015: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/hiner/top-10-trends-that-will-transform-mobile-between-now-and-2015/9543

In my opinion, another missing trend is Wireless Health, so I’m wondering if Gartner thinks that all the issues with payments, etc will not make it a trend… Hoever, given how much money Qualcomm is investing in it, plus with Continua driving the standardization to enable easier device development, I would think this would make the list before Augmented Reality, which I am not too certain about.

As far as M2M, there are far more other standards to look out for, including Zigby, as well as deeper developments in the data analytics, as was obvious from the last CTIA!

CTIA Enterprise 2011 quick review

Today is Friday, the day after the Fall 2011 CTIA that was held here in San Diego, and so I am writing this while it’s still fresh in mind, although I am still a bit tired.

My very first major discovery was on the very first day, Monday, after I registered, picked up my badge, and started reviewing the show program to see which companies were here, on the exhibit floor, what information tracks I would be interested in, etc. This first discovery was not who was here, but who was not! And that was Qualcomm!!! No booth, no logos, no sponsorships, no tracks dedicated to Qualcomm specifically. Pretty weird considering that San Diego is Qualcomm’s home so you would think they would support CTIA in San Diego…

The exhibit area was pretty well dominated by the M2M related “stuff” – modems, certification companies, tracking companies, integrators, and even Sprint’s big booth was very much all about M2M. Sprint has been in telemetry for a while, so they may be considered a leader in the m2m. I was told by one of their booth guys about a system on airport buses that collects and analyzes on-bus traffic of people using facial recognition software to identify race and gender as well as eye tracking to see what demographic is looking at their on-board screens that deliver ads. This is also used for security as well (duh!).

So the next steps in m2m seem to be more in-depth analytics, which was also one of the big things discussed and promoted, as that Sprint example.

Additionally, both LG and Samsung had very big booth with all sorts of connected items, from tablets and their use as enterprise/business items (airplane seats with built-in tablets), to refrigerators that have recipes on the screen built into the door!

Wireless Health had an interesting session with a panel from EMC Corp, Qualcomm Employee Health, and Blue Shield. Topic focused on how technology and incentives are used to promote better health behavior in the work place. The obvious gap, which was acknowledged when I asked the question, is the lack of real preventive steps. It’s one thing to help people fight obesity, but how about preventing them from getting there and understanding any possible predetermined factors that might contribute and how to personalize preventive capabilities.

Networking for women

Last night I attended an Athena event for the first time in a few years. I was a very active member for severals years up until a couple of years ago, and even was one of the finalists for their Pinnacle award in 2004.

I was reminded last night how nice it is to be in a women dominated networking group, where the group dynamics and atmosphere are really much different than all the other technology networking events I usually attend, which are far more “testosterone” driven.

There were writers, lawyers, scientists, entrepreneurs and corporate business leaders there last night, and the discussions were lively, mainly focusing on meet and greet and get to know the women in the room.

I shared my experience of starting my company, Zaxis, with a couple of the women, and by answering their questions about how I did it, and what I thought were my greatest accomplishments, I was reminded that I really did create something important, and that my experience has value to others! Sometimes, when I get declined for a new opportunity, or a CEO I just interviewed with rejects me with the excuse “She’s too much of a race horse”, I get frustrated and feel diminished, so last night was a very nice energy and self-esteem boost! I will definitely get my membership re-instated and go back.