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Mobile Architect, Dominion Enterprises

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Mobile Architect with 19 years of professional experience in software engineering. Previously Sr Principal Software Engineer with Symantec Corp, developing security software solutions for enterprise level scanning products. Worked for NASA developing Earth observing software for scientific analysis. Also developed ...

Mobile Architect with 19 years of professional experience in software engineering. Previously Sr Principal Software Engineer with Symantec Corp, developing security software solutions for enterprise level scanning products. Worked for NASA developing Earth observing software for scientific analysis. Also developed systems for various other government organizations.

I have been immersed in developing mobile applications across iOS, RIM, and Android, as well as studying mobile industry trends for the past two years.

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Sept. 8, 2011

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Gartner says 50% of web sales will be generated from social media and mobile apps by 2015. Agree?

I disagree. It will be more than 50%.

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Mobile Application Development

Sept. 8, 2011

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What do you see as the latest trends in mobile app development?

Location based apps obviously are the big, from coupon apps to FourSquare. Apps are starting to us social media as more than just a "Share" capability, entire apps can be built on the Facebook backbone leveraging the FB API (and not just games, but SMB ... more

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Mobile Applications

Sept. 8, 2011

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How interesting is Symbian Belle for mobile app developers?

I appreciate and am interested in the NFC capability that Belle has, but as a developer I am not interested in owning or developing any Symbian platform apps. My target end users are using iTunes and Android Market and that is a huge factor for ... more

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Mobile Application Development

Aug. 15, 2011

erica byrd and 4 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Securing the Mobile Enterprise: Do the interests of enterprise collide with the demands individual? [8/11 @ 11 am]

What are the top 3 things that enterprises need to consider if they're going to support BYOD?

1. MDM system that fits the needs of the enterprise (number of users vs cost vs internal infrastructure setup vs ongoing administration costs).
2. Suitable & flexible device management policies to cover everyone from executive management to LOB sales. One size does NOT fit all ... more

General Management

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Enterprise Mobility

July 15, 2011

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If you are a developer, do you design apps differently for tablets and smartphones?

If you are a developer, do you design your apps differently for tablets and smartphones?

Information Technology

July 12, 2011

erica byrd and 9 other people answered this question

Google+: Please share your first impressions of Google's social media site.

I agree with Dwane - I would like my twitter posts integrated, and it would be great if I could attach the posts to a specific circle. I would NOT like to receive email for each twitter post of my friends', though. more

Information Technology

July 12, 2011

erica byrd recommends this answer by Andrew Baker

To what degree do you trust a cloud provider's capability to keep your information private?

I try to stick with services whose processes (as I understand them) are likely to minimize data loss in the event of a breach. And, I also take my own steps to mitigate what might be lost, by using encryption or other technologies as appropriate ... more

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Cloud Computing Security

July 11, 2011

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July 11, 2011

erica byrd and 1 other person answered this question

August 8-12 is Focus IT Security Week. What type of events would you like to see?

Securing corporate resources in a mobile enabled enterprise.

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IT Security Week

June 29, 2011

erica byrd and 7 other people answered this question

How do you prevent scope creep on a complicated IT project?

There is no such thing as scope creep in Agile methodologies. There are only new iterations. It might be the driving factor to switch to Agile. I embrace what you refer to as scope creep because it means there are constant cycles of features being ... more

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Enterprise Resource Planning

June 29, 2011

Thomas Fruman selected a best answer for at this roundtable

Applications and Cloud Computing: Trends, Issues, Strategies [6/29 @ 1 pm]

How do you share data and functions between public and private clouds?

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Cloud Computing

June 22, 2011

erica byrd is speaking at this roundtable

Applications and Cloud Computing: Trends, Issues, Strategies

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IT Architecture

June 22, 2011

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How do you measure the success of your mobile sector?

I try to help our businesses align their business goals with metrics, identify KPIs and targets, and then measure using SiteCatalyst. This tool from Omniture/Adobe is a beast but it is what our enterprise uses. In attempting to filter this data into some easily digestible ... more

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Measurement & Metrics

June 22, 2011

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Would you agree that there is no money in "business" phones anymore?

Personal phones are now business phones. The lines between personal use and business use are blurred forever. We engage with our work WAY more than the traditional 40 hour work week of distant past even if it is just because we monitor email while at ... more

Information Technology

Consumerization of IT

June 14, 2011

erica byrd and 2 other people answered this question

How can RIM give incentives to developers to build apps?

John -
I tend to live the world of "it should be like this" and not "this is how it is". When I take off my rose colored glasses, I agree and am all too familiar with how enterprises manage risk. There is a shift occurring, ... more

Information Technology

June 14, 2011

erica byrd and 3 other people answered this question at this roundtable

Applications and Cloud Computing: Trends, Issues, Strategies [6/29 @ 1 pm]

What are the most common mistakes made when designing or implementing APIs?

The most common mistakes I see when try to use an API are typically in the design, but also sometimes in the implementation. An effective API should had have a philosophy that is apparent to the user. This philosophy would be the set of current ... more

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Cloud Computing

May 26, 2011

erica byrd recommends this answer by Glen Marshall

How do we build enterprise mobile apps with a valid security model for enterprise data?

We need to deploy technologies that put data communicated to/from and resident on mobile devices under that same security policies and assurances for all other enterprise data. I'd recommend the immediate use of VPNs, as is now often done for mobile laptops. Mobile platforms that ... more

Information Technology

Data Management

Enterprise Applications

May 23, 2011

erica byrd and 14 other people answered this question

What are the best apps for making the iPad function like a laptop?

My company has recently migrated our email to the cloud thanks to Google Apps/Docs. Due to this, the built-in Email App for iPad is my primary business app. With this migration, I can now access all of my email (including sent emails from other devices ... more

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