Stop by the Financial Mobility Summit website for access to many of the slides presented throughout the program. We have also posted the Flickr stream from the event, so if you were unable to make it this year, you can still feel like a part of the event.
Read on after the jump for more information on the conference and the results of our "Mobility in the Workforce" survey.
Pyxis Mobile, the leading provider of innovative wireless applications for the Financial Services industry, concluded its three day Financial Mobility Summit (FMS) in Orlando, FL, on November 14th. The successful event included a “Mobility in the Workforce” survey of all attendees, with findings that clearly indicate that mobility is indispensable as Financial Services firms look to increase efficiency and grow the top line.
Top executives across the Financial Services and Insurance industries responded to a series of questions on the state of business mobility. Half indicated that, despite the economic downturn, mobility spending will remain level or grow beyond last year’s levels. A majority expect increased growth in the deployment of mobile devices, with more deployments this year than last.
Mobile devices have proven to be critical to operations. A full 100% of respondents indicated that mobile access to business data increases productivity and efficiency, with 86% describing those gains as significant.
Highlights from the event included:
- Bill Chambers, author of Go the Distance and Regional Vice President of Manulife Investments, portrayed the parallels between the challenges and successes in his incredible life story with those faced in complex business situations;
- Michael King, Research Director at Gartner Research, presented his outlook on mobility, and provided guidance for firms toward building a successful mobile strategy;
- Sheryl Kingstone, Director of Enterprise Research at The Yankee Group, delivered a session on wireless and its shift from a nice to have to a need to have, along with practical advice for successful mobile projects;
- Todd Christy, CTO and co-founder of Pyxis Mobile delivered his annual State of the Mobile Market session, highlighting significant mobile advances over the past year, ground-breaking mobile technologies on the horizon, and Pyxis Mobile’s latest product advances.
The theme of the event, echoed by attendees and speakers, was that wireless applications drive efficiency and top-line growth. “We are pleased that the fourth annual Financial Mobility Summit was a resounding success,” says Bob Mazzarella, CEO of Pyxis Mobile. “We got a clear message from our customers and partners that this was a must-have conference, and our results show that the content, one-on-one interaction and networking was, as in past years, invaluable. We look forward to being in Orlando again next year and building on our success in 2008.”
For more information on FMS 2009, please contact Kylee McRae at kmcrae@pyxismobile.com. For more information on Pyxis Mobile, please visit www.pyxismobile.com or email us at info@pyxismobile.com.
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