Shane Kempton Presents at SXSW

Heard of SXSW? For 25 years, this music-plus-film-plus-interactive event has drawn more than 30,000 creative professionals from all over the globe to Austin each March. The five-day extravaganza showcases presentations from the best and the brightest in the area of emerging technology – including Phase 2’s own Director of Consulting Shane Kempton.

Shane presented “Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Techno-Priests,” which explores how, as technology continues to become more personal and integrated with our lives, it has begun to affect how we see our relationship to the world around us – in ways that more closely resemble religion.

“This presentation was really fun, and the audience was fantastic. I had a phenomenal experience at SXSW and hope to be invited back,” Shane said.

Shane has been designing, developing and implementing software since the beginning of the internet boom and has always focused on web-based development. From large-scale enterprise management software implementations to custom we application development, he has a wealth of experience using technology to improve business. In his role as Director of Consulting and Chief Software Architect, Shane uses his vast experience to bring together people, processes and technology into practical, business-minded solutions.

Want to learn more about Shane or his presentation? Drop him a line at shanek@phase2online.com or 405-917-3788.

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New Phase 2 Clients

Phase 2 is proud to announce that the following companies have chosen to partner with us on their website, mobile application and custom business software projects:

  1. North of the border, Phase 2 is working with WSI, based in Toronto, on building their corporate web presence and their franchisee management portal. WSI is a technology franchisor with franchisees all over the world.
  2. Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics is the world’s leading provider of prosthetics and orthopedics. Phase 2 is leading their mobile strategy.
  3. Edmond’s Building Products Development, Inc. (BPD), has hired Phase 2 to help with their new web property. This entails a product catalog with their inventory level and in-depth product details.
  4. Phase 2 is helping P&R Dental Strategies, Inc. with their user interface and user experience, as well as overall re-haul of their core software systems. P&R Dental Strategies is one of the nation’s top providers of claims management data sources in the dental practice areas.
  5. Last but certainly not least, Bob Moore Auto hired Phase 2 to build a really cool iPhone coloring book app for children to use while their parents are going through the purchase process at the dealership – that was the original intention anyway. Now we’re seeing children using this addictive app everywhere! Keep an eye out for future apps from Bob Moore.

We’re looking forward to helping these businesses meet their online and software goals. Welcome!

Want to be a part of our growing client family? Contact Heath Clinton at heathc@phase2online.com or by phone at 405-917-3778.

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Mobile Apps for Business – What You Need to Know

Have a business? Have an idea for a mobile app? Great! Everyone has a great idea designed to propel their business forward at some point – whether its to enhance productivity, make internal systems more efficient, or to provide information to customers. It’s also a great idea to take advantage of the way that business is run today – online. But turning your idea into a reality could be more involved than you think, and there are a number of things to take into consideration.

Here are the common questions we get from business owners looking to go mobile with an iPhone app.

Where do I start?
Apps aren’t something that every web developer can build, which is why you have to research developers who have this unique skill. Phase 2 is fortunate enough to have a team of developers that are skilled at creating business- and user-friendly apps. Have a great idea? Get in touch with us – we can help guide you along and hopefully make your dream a reality.

Will my app work with iPhone?
The short answer is maybe. Many business’ ideas can be converted into a mobile app for a variety of different phone platforms, but there are some limitations that – for now – make some concepts ineligible to be an app in the Apple app store. This is something that is discovered in initial development and discovery meetings.

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Making Sense of Cloud Computing

Every tech magazine and techie news site is talking about the power of cloud computing these days; but many people are still struggling to know exactly what the term means.

In the most basic sense, cloud computing means hosting files or applications, including custom-built applications, on virtual, online servers that you access via the internet. A familiar example of this would be using web-based Gmail versus your Outlook server at the office. Gmail is hosted in the “clouds” while Outlook is probably hosted on a server inside your organization’s network. With cloud computing, there is a significant shift in workload from local computers, which no longer have to do all the work and host applications we use everyday. Read More »

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Creating a Mobile Website – How to Get Started

Every article I’ve seen in recent weeks is saying that investment in mobile apps and websites will rise significantly in 2011. And why wouldn’t it? If you don’t already have a phone with mobile browsing, you probably will soon. Most of us upgrade our phone at least every two years when our contract is up with our carrier if not much sooner.

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