VisionMobile’s 360° workshops offer a crash course in complex industry sectors. The workshops provide a 360°, comprehensive, independent analyst view into buzzing, complex topics such as mobile open source and the mobile handset business.

360 Degree Insights into Complex Industry Sectors

Workshop : Mobile Open Source

360° Workshop - Mobile Open Source

Open Source is one of the most misunderstood topics, yet one which has already created commercial disruptions, like Google’s Android, the WebKit browser core and Sun’s Java open source strategy. Companies are now evaluating their strategy in the complex labyrinth of open source. This one-day intensive workshop is a must for companies wanting to understand the economics, legal issues and complex landscape of Linux and open source software vendors in the mobile industry, and make informed decisions on their own positioning.

Key topics covered:

  • The Economics of Open Source: business models, community culture, successes and failures
  • Open Source Licensing 101: understanding GPL, top-10 licenses and their implications, patents, derivative works, risk mitigation and best practices
  • The Brave New World of Mobile Linux: Linux vendor taxonomy, OEM and operator strategies, industry forum dynamics and handset forecasts.
  • The Wild West of Open Source: Java (Sun vs Motorola vs Android), the WebKit disruption, Funambol, Microsoft Shared Source, open source hardware and other case studies.
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Workshop : Mobile Handsets 101

360° Workshop - Mobile Handset Business

This one-day intensive workshop is aimed at companies eager to understand the commercial dynamics, the competitive technology landscape and the market trends in the mobile handset industry. The course dissects the mobile ecosystem, its key players, analyses the balance of power, the regional differences and profiles the key movers and shakers. The course is a must for companies eager to jump into the revenue opportunities of the mobile industry, based by a solid understanding of the complex dynamics and technologies.

Key topics covered:

  • The mobile value web and the operator-manufaturer bipole dynamics
  • The mobile handset lifecycle, from industrial design and brand licensing to last-mile customisation and post-sales service deployment
  • Behind handset technologies: the taxonomy of 100s of solution vendors, from RTOS and virtualisation to on device portals and UI frameworks
  • Understanding the complexities of mobile service delivery: from WAP to Active Idle Screens.
  • Emerging business models: Handset Business 2.0
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