tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59420296462862009852024-03-05T06:12:17.775-08:00Nanite SolutionsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08942628240851001709noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942029646286200985.post-31058585449882819412016-09-27T10:02:00.001-07:002016-10-09T20:20:11.381-07:00Praveen Kumar - Author of the popular blog, "The Technologist In You!"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Praveen Kumar - Author of the popular blog, "The Technologist In You!"</span><br />
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<li><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Co-Founder and President</b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of </span><a href="http://www.nanitesol.com/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nanite Solutions</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> a Mobile App Development company</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rich experience in Mobile Strategy and Mobile Application Development</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Extensive experience in Enterprise Application Development and product development.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mentor and Driver on iOS, Android, Microsoft technologies, along with Cloud and Product Development</span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08942628240851001709noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942029646286200985.post-26719658236540538612016-09-27T10:00:00.002-07:002016-10-10T07:58:16.693-07:00Internet of things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Internet of things definition physical objects or "Things" as we call them, embedded with smart sensors with ability to be connected to the Internet becomes "Internet of Things" or IoT. The advantages of IoT is remote management of Physical Objects ("things") from anywhere.</h2>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">The Internet of Things (IoT) is a buzzword that many people are searching google for. This term is widely being queried on many popular search engines, in an attempt to know its significance in real life. Many people want to know whether it matters, whether it is safe and whether it even is not just another hype. Read on and know about IoT, and some frequently asked questions about it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">This is not a completely new concept. The idea has been in discussion for decades among tech gurus and tech companies. This is a simple concept at the core. It is mainly about connecting devices to each other over the web, and allowing them to communicate with each other. It was as far back as in 1989 that the first internet-connected toaster device was launched at a conference.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">The smart fridge is a popular instance, albeit silly. Imagine the scenario that your fridge could inform you through a text message that milk has been finished, as its internal cameras found that there was no milk anymore or that the milk carton has passed the expiry date. Such a device could be actually useful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">However, IoT happens to go beyond smart homes and paired equipments of daily use. It can cover smart cities. Smart bins can indicate when they trash has to be taken out, while smart traffic signals connected to each other could monitor the use of utilities. In industries, sensors could be connected to track everything from crops to components.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">IoT is a better way to monitor and keep track of things, and preventing wastage. The Government is urging energy companies to provide customers with a smart-meter that would show them the data about how much energy is being used. This would help prevent wastage of energy. However, some smart devices focus more on impact instead of efficiency, which indicates why smart heating can be seen more than smart fridges, at least in the United Kingdom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">Just like there are negative points with everything, privacy and security happen to be the biggest issues related to IoT. All the internet-connected systems gather significant amount of personal information about individuals. For instance, the smart meter knows the time when someone is home and the electronics equipments that he or she uses. The information is shared between devices and stored in manufacturer company databases. Cyber criminals can hack these databases and use such information for actual intrusion into homes and facilities.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">However, hackers have not concentrated that much on IoT, given that not many people are using them as of now. This makes the technology comparatively safe at this time. People using smart meter are not likely to face greater losses than what they can face when their PC is hacked. However, there is no surety. As IoT becomes more popular and more people start using the technology, and cyber criminals see the monetary benefits of hacking into smart homes, they can go all out in compromising the safety of the Internet of Things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">The extent of impact actually depends on the industry that you are in. IoT possibly has the greatest scope in manufacturing, as it is helpful for organizing people, equipments and machines as well as tracking them. Farmers are already opting for smart sensors that can monitor both cattle and crops, with the hope that it can increase efficiency and production as well as help them track the health of their cattle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">There are smart monitoring patches and pills available already, which emphasize the life-saving ability of IoT. Many people are also wearing fitness bands or smart watches on their wrists in an effort to track their heartbeat or steps while running.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">There are plenty of uses for this smart technology, and connect medical equipments. There is a smart band from Intel, which can track the number of people actually shaking due to Parkinson’s disease. It can gather data more accurately than simple writing down of information can achieve. There are monitors from Sonamba, which can track daily activities of ailing or elderly individuals and look from potentially fatal abnormalities. Those suffering from cardiac ailments can make use of AliveCore for the detection of irregular cardiac rhythms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 11pt;">Is IoT for real - is possibly the most searched question about the technology on Google. Strangely, it is difficult to offer a straightforward answer for this question. There is a lot of hype and promotion for every new technology these days. It is often tough to decide whether a specific technology is going to break new grounds or not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">With increasing sales and usage of mobile devices, there is a huge growth in the number of mobile apps to be found on different app stores today. However, enterprise apps are enjoying more popularity due to the various advantages, such as greater financial benefits, associated with them. Businesses are ready to pay bigger money for the best apps in their respective segments, to edge past their competitors. In addition, with the rise in demand for cross platform devices and cloud computing, cross-platform app development is anticipated to get more popularity in app development.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Already, Internet of Things (IoT) has become a big thing in mobile trends. It is being regarded as a huge revolution in digital technology. For instance, smart refrigerators, smart toasters and smart cars are becoming more and more popular in homes today. If Cloud has synchronized documents on varied platforms, IoT is set to connect devices across the globe with a wide variety of sensor-enabled devices, Virtual Private Networks and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">According to a 2015 Gartner Report, over 75% of apps failed to satisfy the basic security measures. This means there will be higher need for mobile app security in 2016. The entire year kept developers very busy with handling different security issues. With the way app security is becoming increasingly important, it appears that it is set to be in more developmental stage in 2016 and in the coming years. The race has already begun. Google Android Marshmallow and the Apple iOS9 have already started improving on the security front. Security cannot be neglected if mobile apps have to become a resounding success. Nobody would like to have the security of his banking information or SSN details being hacked or stolen due to an app with poor security features.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Swift, the programming language from Apple, is going to enjoy more attention in the development of mobile application. Apple is going all out in promoting Swift as a systems language and application language. It is also being billed as the programming language of the coming years. Swift is actually created on a sophisticated compiler infrastructure, which allows developers the chance to write code that is more dependable, straight from the beginning. Swift, ever since its release in September 2015, has become a component of the Xcode tools. Although it is not going to be a substitute for Objective C, it is significantly quicker. Presently, developers are familiarizing themselves with the language and its intricacies. You can expect it to be used in tVOS apps, WatchOS and even iOS apps.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">According to employees, the ability to remotely access work data from a mobile device makes them capable of doing their jobs more easily. This information has been shared by the famous Cloud Consulting agency Bluewolf in one of its latest researches. Focusing on personalization over the saturation of mobile apps is expected to drive greater adoption of customer engagement and different tools in the domain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">Before 2015 has ended, Cloud strategy had been adopted by 82% organizations. This is a huge growth, when compared to 74% from 2014. By 2017, Cloud computing is anticipated to touch the 250USD billion mark. It is strange to think that Cloud computing was dismissed by industry experts as just another technological fad, which comes with tons of hype but little practical worth. However, the Cloud technology has truly arrived today and has been acknowledged widely by companies as well as analysts as a driving force for the modern IT scene. It is changing the way upgrades are dealt with, software packages are deployed and data centers are created. But where is Cloud computing heading? Check out some of the newest trends to be seen in this domain in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">In 2015, Cloud technology got its business-level automation - which was driven by the intricacy of creation and management of cloud infrastructure surpassing the capacity of management services and software to keep it in control. In the coming years, it is expected that Cloud will not include developers writing low-level codes to automate infrastructural components. Rather, it will include business-level automation. Companies will put in policies through which they wish to manage their business systems. Intelligent software would be used for the implementation of such policies for supporting enterprises.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">With the mobile workforce demanding more flexibility, cloud computing is becoming more mobile-based. Cloud-based applications can be accessed anywhere and at any time, which is perfect for workers who are on the move at all times. Instead of having to use their desktop PCs at the office, workers can just log into a software with an internet-enabled tablet, smart phone or some other digital device, and execute the task in Google Cloud.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">An increasing number of companies are waking up to the ease of utilizing mobile-based cloud computing apps for business data management, and their advantages in boosting productivity. For instance, analysts predicted that handheld devices would take over 1/3<sup>rd</sup> of business intelligence functionality within 2013. This has come true, and is going to grow further with time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">Hybrid Cloud Computing means using a combination of infrastructures, physical applications and services along with private and public cloud services. It is a unified model that comprises of internal as well as external cloud platforms, which can be used for strategic advantage according to the needs of business. It is expected that companies would concentrate in this area. New productivity tools are already being developed, keeping the needs of Cloud users in mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">It is expected to get more popularity and favor in the coming years. It includes a service provider helping in cloud computing consumption. The trend is gaining more momentum given that users look for cloud services that are not dominated by IT bureaucracy. However, even IT can be a Cloud Service Broker (CSR) itself by developing flexible tools and processes, which can be convenient to adopt for business users.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;">Increased user participation on the cloud are also giving rise to security challenges. 2016 is expected to be the year when Cloud safety is taken more seriously. There are plenty of challenges to meet as of now. Host names, physical locations of documents and IP addresses have to be a part of security audits and assessments, and there is the need to move past archaic security analysis frameworks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Over the last few years, the increasing usage of mobile devices has swept the world, changing trends of business and communication and forcing companies to rethink their branding strategies. With more high-end mobiles hitting the market with every passing day, mobile devices are now outnumbering people with greater intensity. This is certainly going to have a longstanding impact on companies who are looking to establish a closer connection with their target consumers. </div>
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More than 85% of consumers around the world strongly believe that their smartphones are crucial for their day to day lives. Hence it is hardly surprising that the mobile interface is of vital importance to the users. The opportunistic businessmen who are looking to make a direct contact with their target consumers are hoping to do so by setting up optimum mobile strategies for tablets and smartphones. A well rounded mobile strategy is meant to help both large and small companies to reach out to more customers while at the same time maintain a robust industry advantage. </div>
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<b>The role of mobile strategy</b></div>
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As more people are making use of their smartphones and mobiles to stay in touch with one another, browse the web and make shopping decisions, it has become more important for companies to come up with a highly competent mobile strategy. However, developing a mobile strategy is much more than just creating a business app. In order to come up with a competent mobile strategy, you should make sure that your brand or company presents a traditional online and mobile experience that communicates a well rounded business message which motivates the target customers to check out what your business has to offer. With a great mobile strategy, you actually establish a strong presence within the mobile world that goes beyond a mere app interaction. </div>
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<b>Align your mobile strategy with your business goal</b></div>
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Mobile strategies are always coming and going as trends and so before you take on any new strategy as your next move; make sure that it is in line with the goals of your company. It is important to note that unless a mobile strategy is actually contributing to your long term growth plan, it is hardly worth your efforts. You should always try and come up with a mobile strategy that allows you to better connect with your target consumers and provide you with an edge over market competitors. Also when you are using your business app to aid your mobile strategy, make sure that it offers a superior user experience compared to those that are provided by rival apps. </div>
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<b>Design an app that promises great user experience </b><br />
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Make sure that you come up with an app that offers your target users with new and innovative ways to interact with your brand. Most people actually make up their minds about a particular app within the first few seconds of using it. For instance, the majority of your target users are going to expect your app to respond within the first two seconds and more than 85% of people will prefer using your app instead of your mobile website. This is so because even now the majority of mobile websites offer poor user experience. Hence always try to develop apps that bring down the frustration levels of the users to the minimum. </div>
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APIs enable two different systems to interact with each other. This in turn allows you to avoid developing features from scratch. More than 75% of traffic enjoyed by Twitter comes from its API; in other words most of its users come from various third party apps. You can easily use the current user network of various other apps to boost your user base. </div>
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<b>Make your mobile strategy easily scalable</b></div>
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From the very beginning, you should make your mobile strategy scalable and flexible so that it can be upgraded according to the changing times. Experts currently estimate that the market for smartphone and tablets is going to expand to more than 10% per year for the upcoming 4 to 5 years. This will also be followed by the increasing figures of mobile app downloads which is going to rise with every passing year. Therefore your mobile strategy should be flexible enough to allow for rapid growth and development. </div>
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<b>Provide your target consumers with a streamlined experience </b><br />
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You should align your webpage experience with your mobile experience so that your users can easily switch from one device to another. Statistics reveal that only a handful number of users are going to give a faulty or imperfect app a second go and therefore you should make sure that your target consumers can easily move from mobile to web experience. Plenty of social media sites and business sites have benefitted from providing their users with a seamless desktop and mobile user interface. This not only helps the users to have a continued experience from mobile to desktop or vice versa but also lowers their levels of frustration that may come with a faulty app. </div>
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When you are out to develop your own brand’s app, keep in mind that a successful app requires good investment. Even simple apps can cost you thousands of dollars and the price for apps that are high on graphics can go up to millions. To ensure that you app development strategy is successful; you should always have a reliable team at hand that can provide you with competent app design solutions. It is always better to have an in-house app development team as they can attend to your needs in a comprehensive manner.</div>
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In order for a business firm to become really successful, the most important thing that it requires is excellent leadership. A technological visionary with excellent managerial skills can play a vital role for the growth of a company, especially a startup firm. When the right kind of technological decisions are taken, it can make your company and product scalable, thereby keeping your working team active and result oriented in their approach. </div>
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Different types of CTOs or Chief Technology Officers operate within technical firms. The responsibilities that are handled by these professionals may vary from one company to another. Some of the more prominent roles handled by CTOs include the following:</div>
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Efficient CTOs should have the ability to make use of practical knowledge in order to come up with better quality software products. They should also be independent enough and not rely on consultants or professionals under them for regular technical expertise. The CTOs that lack sufficient technical discipline might eventually make decisions that lead to a sufficient amount of technical debt. This may come up in the form of incorrect code that needs to be corrected and recreated later. </div>
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While CTOs are required to handle large scale technical projects, it is imperative to understand that they may not know everything under the sun when it comes to the assignments that they handle. However, it is for this very reason that they need to have a well rounded network of professionals that can handle different types of tasks as and when required. For instance, if a CTO needs to have an iPhone app built within a short time but have no in-house iOS programmers, then the CTO can make use of his network to get the app developed within a short period of time. In this way, the CTO is not required to hire a full time iOS developer but also fulfill the task as and when required. Every efficient CTO has a network of engineers, consultants and development firms that can handle vital tasks such as these.</div>
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<b>Enough work experience </b><br />
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A professional CTO should have sufficient work experience and know well enough how to guide technical strategy and manage teams and people. The technical discipline comes from handling projects from the beginning to the end and learning from the failures and successes. The CTOs should also have firsthand experience in managing complex processes and the people at the same time. A CTO with sufficient experience can make sure that a particular project is handled in the best way possible and the teams associated with the work also performs together to achieve optimum results. </div>
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An efficient CTO should have sufficient knowledge regarding all technical aspects of a particular project. For numerous startup companies, this would mean in-depth knowledge regarding everything that is associated with the development of web software. Nevertheless, it is a hard truth that not all people involved in a technical field are familiar with the workings of the web. Numerous social networking companies actually manage to create only single page mobile apps. However, many of these apps have been redesigned since then in order to update them with enhanced technological features.</div>
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A CTO should be a practical individual who needs to understand what can be achieved and in what ways. He should be able to coordinate with his team members and not be autocratic in approach. Sometimes clients may be required to cut down on technical requirements in order to cater to market demands. Therefore the CTO needs to take on a flexible approach and scale his goals according to the needs of the moment. Even if the CTO desires to make a technically better project, sometimes this may be needed to be sacrificed in order to meet market needs. Therefore the CTOs should be able to make such compromises as and when necessary.</div>
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While a CTO is required to work on individual codes of a given project, he or she should never lose sight of the big picture. The CTO needs to play a crucial role in directing the project and making sure that the final technology or the product that is to be developed is flawless and handled as planned. The CTO should also look out for new technologies that are currently being developed and see how they can be used for the benefit of the project and the company. Such strategic thinking is going to benefit the company both in short and long terms.</div>
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Every CTO worth his salt should be having excellent communication skills so that he can interrelate with numerous people involved in technical and non-technical backgrounds. The CTO will need to communicate with the stakeholders from time to time and make them explain how various technical choices can affect the business goals. The CTO also needs to organize team meetings with engineers in order to explain them how various business goals are going to determine the direction of the technical decisions. Numerous meetings and communications are to be held on a regular basis to ensure smooth handling of various client projects. A CTO will is skilled at communication can combine technical and business aspects of a company and make sure that every project moves in the perfect direction. </div>
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For any company, it can be quite difficult to come up with a solid mobile strategy. Regardless of the business size, there are plenty of things that need to be taken into consideration. There is great complexity, considering the number of people who have to be involved. It is impossible to expect any strategies to draw a mobile-specific plan, given that the needs and objectives of each business are different from the other. For a mobile strategy to be successful at all levels, various things have to be considered. </div>
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Mobile strategy should not be an imitation of your digital strategy. Compared to your website, a mobile app should offer more value to customers. Think about how it will help them interact with your business repeatedly. You have to put the customer first and consider his or her perspective and convenience while designing your mobile strategy. Your mobile application has to ensure a great end-to-end process with all the touch points covered. It should also come with useful features such as data capturing, notifications and geo-location to offer a much better experience on mobile devices. </div>
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A perfect mobile strategy is easily possible when you keep in mind that the mobile has to be a touch point and not only a funnel, web extension, channel or platform. Customers view mobile devices as a touch point to interact with a business. While outlining your strategy, you have to ensure that all the touch points should satisfy the needs of customers and allow the mobile strategy to be one more touch point - although a little quicker than the others.</div>
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It is not enough to have a great mobile app. You should also be able to find out how it exactly converts for your business. You have to determine the Key Performance Indicators and measure how effective your strategy is against them. If properly done, you can easily understand the effectuality of your program or application. You can also set particular annual targets and find out whether the original targets are being achieved. You have to set your Business Metrics, such as Increase Customer Satisfaction (NPS score), Revenue and Market share. You should also set App Metrics, such as App Rating, Active users, New Users, Session Length, Retention rate and Lifetime value. </div>
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<li>Introduction</li>
<li>Various Food Tech Apps in the Market</li>
<li>Categories of Food Tech Apps</li>
<li>Awareness</li>
<li>Market Size & Revenues</li>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">With the growth of the startup space right from e-commerce giants to online cab providers and real estate, entrepreneurs are now focussed in building tech envisioned food marketplace in India. Couple of years when we think of food search and delivery platforms only few names would sprout up like Zomato and Food Panda. But then with the evolving startup ecosystems in tier1 cities like Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi, the tech driven food start-ups have mushroomed to new heights. Presently if you count food tech start the number of players has exponentially increased; the list goes endless with more than 15 players competing with value proposition to gain their market share.</span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-056ca795-a2ff-ae2d-2fbf-c9e689b1f6a7"><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For Indian’s food is almost a religion. With the ever increase rise in better income, livelihood and strong background, the consumption of food has increased than before. Looking at the massive market opportunity it is helping the food tech business to gain traction from investor interest on funding them.</span></span></div>
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Food apps can be broken down into various categories, viz.,<br />
Online Ordering & Delivery apps - For eg. Pizza Hut, McDonalds. Fasoos etc.<br />
Aggregator delivery apps - Swiggy, FoodPanda, TastyKhana etc.<br />
Reviews & Menus - Zomato, Freshmenu.<br />
Table Reservation Apps - BytPlus, BookMyTable, TableGrabber etc.<br />
Deals and Discounts Apps - Little, Dishco, Dishem etc.</td>
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With so much of advancement in technology and so with all the tech-savvy and the not so techie folks might still not be using these apps just because they are not aware. When we spoke to a few people in Bangalore most of them were aware of Zomato and Foodpanda. Many people were not aware of tablebookings or SpoonJoy where you can order a healthy Tofu dish to your home at Rs.99/- free delivery. Lot of people have seen folks with the Swiggy T-Shirts but never really used it and not sure what they do.</div>
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Food Tech Apps generally can use some or all of the below tools for better awareness of their apps to people and local market.<br />
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<li>Social media marketing platforms like Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+.</li>
<li>Social forums. eg- Quora</li>
<li>News and media.</li>
<li>Banner Adverstisements.</li>
<li>Promotional Campaigns (Google Adwords).</li>
<li>Events.</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;"><span style="color: #404040; line-height: 18px;">The market size for food in India, which was estimated at Rs <b>23 lakh-crore</b> in 2014, is set to reach a whopping <b>Rs 42 lakh-crore</b> by 2020, as predicted by </span><span style="color: black;">Boston Consulting Group</span>. <span style="color: #404040; line-height: 18px;">Another</span> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">special trait of the food industry is that many people strongly believe that it tends to fare better in times of an economic crisis because of the ever hungry consumers’ desire for more variety.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">Lets face it! People eat. And they eat thrice a day. Expats and migrants from other states tend to eat out more and spend money on food.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">The food tech apps have bridged the gap between restaurants/eateries and tech savvy consumers, the couch potatos, the deal grabbers and more...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">VCs from the United States and all over are heavily focused on the Indian food tech market with 3.5 billion dollars spent in the first few months of 2015 alone..</span><br />
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<b>Pros</b><br />
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<li>Massive market to cater to variety of different ordering behaviour.</li>
<li>Reduce the pain of consumers in getting the right food with an access to an App.</li>
<li>Better profit margin with the integration of technology and right resources.</li>
<li>High traction of foreign investors in helping food entrepreneurs in scaling up the technology. hence thereby bringing investments for the country too.</li>
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<li>Retaining and building loyal customers.</li>
<li>Catering high quality food based on different customers interests.</li>
<li>Proper maintenance of the logistics, operations and packaging to function efficiently.</li>
<li>Build bespoke business models and strong tech team to get over the competitors.</li>
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<li>Eating Patterns</li>
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In today's modern times people are so tech savvy that they are extensively dependent on their smartphone to make choice of what they should eat and which restaurant they eat at. People select their favourite dishes from variety of menu's of every possible cuisine out there. People easily pick the restaurant to eat at by checking other people's reviews on many restaurants thereby making their decision very easy. Then there are deals and coupons and offers all the time everywhere. There is homemade food, home deliveries, table reservations and more at the tap of a button on your smartphone. With emergence of such food tech as they call it, it has also become very difficult for "mom & pop" shops and old school merchants which are not online to run their business.<br />
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<b>Indian Market Share in Food Techs.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; line-height: 18px;">The market size for food in India, which was estimated at Rs <b>23 lakh-crore</b> in 2014, is set to reach a whopping <b>Rs 42 lakh-crore</b> by 2020, as predicted by </span><span style="color: black;">Boston Consulting Group</span>. <span style="background-color: white; color: #404040; line-height: 18px;">Another</span> </span>special trait of the food industry is that many people strongly believe that it tends to fare better in times of an economic crisis because of the ever hungry consumers’ desire for more variety.<br />
Lets face it! People eat. And they eat thrice a day. Expats and migrants from other states tend to eat out more and spend money on food.<br />
The food tech apps have bridged the gap between restaurants/eateries and tech savvy consumers, the couch potatos, the deal grabbers and more...<br />
VCs from the United States and all over are heavily focused on the Indian food tech market with 3.5 billion dollars spent in the first few months of 2015 alone..<br />
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<b>Spending Patterns</b><br />
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In the western countries the spend versus volume is lower than in countries like China and India but the spend makes for it. According to a survey about consumer expenditures in the year 2013 it has been estimated that the average person spends around $6600 annually on food. In 2014 the expenditure increased by 2.4 percent. In countries like India, sheer volume beats the price hands down.<br />
It is also estimated that the expenditure of the average person on food will only increase in the coming years. Consumers spend 10% of their disposable income on fast food every year. With these numbers we can clearly come to the conclusion that the average person does not think twice before spending on food which can satisfy his appetite.<br />
Patterns of spending include Cuisine patterns, Rate patterns, Luxury, Ambience, Taste, cost and more. Analytics on each of these items can be very rich and with all the tapping of the industry there is still so much more to explore and exploit.</div>
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<b>Eating Patterns</b><br />
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<span class="s1">When it comes to the eating patterns of the average person, a survey conducted in the year 2011 the average person consumed nearly one ton of food. That’s 1,996 pounds of food a year. </span>At least 1 in 4 people preferred to eat some type of fast food every day. The study also revealed some other interesting numbers as well, People ate: 632 lbs. of dairy products (including 31.4 lbs. of cheese), 415.4 lbs. of vegetables (most popular being corn and potatoes), 273 lbs. of fruit, and 183.6 lbs. of meat and poultry.<span class="s1"> Over a whopping 10 billion donuts are consumed in the US every year. Similar numbers goes to Idlis and Parathas in India.</span></div>
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<b>Various useful Analytics</b><br />
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Analytics are important for both merchants and consumers and especially the merchants to drive their business to success and increase footfall.<br />
The web and mobile apps of the food tech industry collect a wealth of information about eating and spending and choices and preferences of people that it can be used and customized to increase revenue easily. A simple analytic can tell that in a specific area filled with college kids and IT folks a specific type (cuisine) food will fly higher versus the other., for eg. Burgers and Pizzas and fast food. People distribution across the city, number of people eating out within 2-3 kms or 5 kms, average spend per person in the locality, affinity to offers and deals, preference for reservations and value added services etc<br />
With the churning of data comes useful analysis. In a locality teeming with teens and college students, buy 1 get 1 offers, 20% discount etc runs very well and footfall can be increased thus increasing revenue. Friday evenings are more popular for pub hopping and fine dining and merchants can create customized deals & attractive offers which is appealing to the consumers.<br />
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From a consumer perspective, data related to reviews and ratings help making the right dining choices, get to know their savings by using deals and offers etc.<br />
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<b>Pros & Cons of Analytics and Food Industry</b><br />
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There are a wide variety of food applications available these days. The consumer can select the restaurant based on the rating provided by others. The applications these days are smart enough to remember previous food orders and a customized menu can be shown to the customer, which will only contain foods the customer specifically prefers.<br />
Many applications offer coupons, deals, which the customer can avail and order the food at special prices with discounts. Lot of data like amount saved in a month/year etc can be shown which can be interesting to the consumer. This can also ensure that your appetite does not burn a hole in your pocket. All these benefits right at the comfort of your couch. Moreover this can ensure better consumer satisfaction. Merchants can get access to a whole wealth of information for better revenue models and advertising spends.</div>
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But there is a flip side to the whole thing as well. Some people don’t support the idea of application saving their preferences, many strongly look at it as a <b>intrusion of privacy</b>. We can also say that the advancement of technology induces the customer to a very unhealthy lifestyle and the customer may also lose touch with the outside world, by not going out to eat more and not socializing enough.</div>
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