CIS 500: Mobile Computing And Social Networking
Mobile Computing and Social Networking | Duane BaskinProfessor Dr. CulverRTP Campus | CIS 500 – Information Systems for Decision Making | 9/7/2013Strayer University | | |
I. Introduction.
There are thousands of applications that have been developed for mobile devices which perform a myriad of tasks and processes. In the beginning most of these applications were games. Businesses later joined the mobile revolution and developed their own business based applications to run on these mobile devices. Many mobile business applications can now streamline business processes, reduce operational processing times and provide better customer service. The mobile revolution has forced many industries to reengineer their business processes …show more content…
The ability to send marketing ads and notifications based on user profiles and current locations. The users can request information on a particular restaurant and the information is returned on the requested restaurant within a five mile radius of the requestor 's location. If the query is negative, alternative restaurants can be suggested within a five mile radius. The restaurant selected can be mapped from the requestor 's current location to the restaurants exact location. The phone number if available is also provided, so the requestor can call to request a reservation. Restaurants with their own unique applications can notify the customer when they are within five miles, provide coupons and other customer incentives, and offer the capability to make online reservations and check wait times. Other applications such as social sites i.e. dating are able to match potential mates based on their matching profiles and on their locality using zip codes or GPS …show more content…
"Field mobility solutions improve information quality, decrease transaction times, break down business barriers and give the competitive advantage - all of which are required component of a successful business" (ibid). Additionally, this technology is fairly easy to integrate with existing platforms and offers easy and quick computing solutions.
The number of mobile applications is expected to reach $75B with 70% of the applications geared towards smart phones (Joseph, 2009). Not only are commercial, civic and private organizations utilizing this technology, armatures worldwide have also engaged this technology adding thousands of other unique applications to the thousands currently available. Organizations whether they are civic, commercial or private must join the mobile revolution to remain competitive and relevant.
III. Benefits of mobile computing for the end
I. Introduction.
There are thousands of applications that have been developed for mobile devices which perform a myriad of tasks and processes. In the beginning most of these applications were games. Businesses later joined the mobile revolution and developed their own business based applications to run on these mobile devices. Many mobile business applications can now streamline business processes, reduce operational processing times and provide better customer service. The mobile revolution has forced many industries to reengineer their business processes …show more content…
The ability to send marketing ads and notifications based on user profiles and current locations. The users can request information on a particular restaurant and the information is returned on the requested restaurant within a five mile radius of the requestor 's location. If the query is negative, alternative restaurants can be suggested within a five mile radius. The restaurant selected can be mapped from the requestor 's current location to the restaurants exact location. The phone number if available is also provided, so the requestor can call to request a reservation. Restaurants with their own unique applications can notify the customer when they are within five miles, provide coupons and other customer incentives, and offer the capability to make online reservations and check wait times. Other applications such as social sites i.e. dating are able to match potential mates based on their matching profiles and on their locality using zip codes or GPS …show more content…
"Field mobility solutions improve information quality, decrease transaction times, break down business barriers and give the competitive advantage - all of which are required component of a successful business" (ibid). Additionally, this technology is fairly easy to integrate with existing platforms and offers easy and quick computing solutions.
The number of mobile applications is expected to reach $75B with 70% of the applications geared towards smart phones (Joseph, 2009). Not only are commercial, civic and private organizations utilizing this technology, armatures worldwide have also engaged this technology adding thousands of other unique applications to the thousands currently available. Organizations whether they are civic, commercial or private must join the mobile revolution to remain competitive and relevant.
III. Benefits of mobile computing for the end