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LexisNexis Partners with Mobile Mentor to Mobilise the Legal Profession
27 November 2012 – Global legal content and technology provider, LexisNexis, and trans-Tasman mobile solutions company, Mobile Mentor, today announced a partnership that will enable legal professionals in Australia and New Zealand to embrace mobile technology fully.
As part of this agreement Mobile Mentor will offer its range of services to LexisNexis’ client base of law firms, bar chambers and government agencies by advising on mobile strategy, securing smartphones and tablets and managing mobile devices, services and apps to drive a step-change in productivity.
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Mobile Mentor provides NZ cross-government compliant MDM service
29 August 2012 – Enterprise mobile solutions provider, Mobile Mentor, is today launching its locally hosted cross-government compliant Mobile Device Management (MDM) service for the public sector. The solution is offered in partnership with New Zealand’s leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider, Revera. Both companies are part of the newly formed Stack Alliance, a group of leading ICT companies offering locally hosted services and solutions to the public sector in New Zealand.
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BlinkMobile Appoints Mobile Mentor as Reseller Partner
8 June 2012 – BlinkMobile Interactive, an Australian headquartered Mobile Enterprise Application Platform (MEAP) provider, which enables the rapid development and deployment of mobile business services, has appointed Mobile Mentor as a Reseller Partner.
Mobile Mentor is an independent mobile solutions provider for enterprise and government in Australia and New Zealand and their appointment forms a key element of BlinkMobile’s strategy to further build out its overall Asia Pacific business..
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Mobile Mentor Secures Corporate Content on iPads
24 April 2012 – Mobile Mentor, a leading provider of mobile solutions for enterprise and government, has launched a Secure Content Locker for iPad to provide secure access and version-control for corporate documents that are confidential and time-sensitive.
The Secure Content Locker is part of a broader Mobile Device Management service that Mobile Mentor launched last year and which has been deployed to utilities, government entities and professional services firms in New Zealand and Australia.
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Mobile Mentor Launches End-to-End BYOD Solution for Mobile
1 February 2011 - Until recently, having employees using their personal smartphones or tablets for work could have landed CIOs in hot water, but with what is believed to be Australasia’s first end-to-end solution for BYO mobile, this issue may be a thing of the past.
Mobile management company, Mobile Mentor, have launched a comprehensive BYOD solution for mobile to assist enterprises and government agencies who are facing an influx of BYO smartphones and tablets. The new solution covers mobile policy, security enforcement, device management, user support, personal spend management and governance.
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Making Telecom VAS (Value Added Services) a Success: Mentor TIM
13 December 2011 - Prominent telecom industry analyst and blogger, Alan Quayle, talks about ‘Mentor TIM’, Mobile Mentor’s VAS operation in Brazil and explains why operators should stop ‘bemoaning the OTT (Over The Top) threat’, but follow TIM Brasil’s example and make money out of value added services.
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“Above the law” execs catalyst for BYO revolution” - Computerworld
7 December 2011 - Executive culture and Christmas buying means IT managers should set BYO policies as a matter of urgency, says Computerworld’s Sim Ahmed in his write-up of IBM’s Secure Mobility Event. Over breakfast before the event Sim spoke to mobile experts David Cannon (IBM), Denis O’Shea (Mobile Mentor) and Simon Fennen (Juniper), about the security implications of mobile technology.
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Mobile Mentor launches Mobile Device Management Services
6 September 2011 - Trans-Tasman mobile management company, Mobile Mentor, today launches its new mobile device management (MDM) services in a response to a growing need amongst businesses to better manage and secure different mobile devices.
Mobile Mentor has partnered with AirWatch, one of the leaders in Gartner’s MDM Software magic quadrant, to effectively secure and manage corporates’ iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows and Symbian devices... Read full news release
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Mobile management requires CIO’s attention…
8 July 2011 - CIO’s are embracing mobile technology to engage with external customers, but may be overlooking internal mobile management practices, according to a recent survey.
Mobile Mentor, an independent mobile management service provider conducted a survey amongst delegates at last month’s CIO conference and, according to CEO Denis O’Shea, the results were surprising… Read full news release
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Kiwi companies unite to reduce phone bills
Kiwi companies Mobile Mentor and ZiCi have combined their respective expertise into a partnership that could help corporates get a grip on their telecommunications spending.
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IBM to offer new mobile managed services
IBM New Zealand is expanding its range of service offerings to include mobile managed services. “Mobile phones are now an essential part of every integrated technology environment, so this is an obvious addition to our already extensive range of service offerings,” says Mark Davenport, IBM New Zealand’s global technology services sales manager.
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Family Matters
New Zealander Jude Dobson unexpectedly fell in love with her iPhone "ever since the patient Mobile Mentor chap came and showed me all the wonderful stuff it did."
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Closing the mobile technology gap
Mobile Mentor has uncovered a big international market opportunity and is using an undervalued New Zealand resource to access it: our service culture.
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Numbers looking good for Mobile Mentor
Article, June 28th, 2009
Despite the economic downturn, Mobile Mentor continues to outgrown the New Zealand market, hiring 23 people in the last month, and pursuing international opportunities in the UK, Canada and South Africa. “The mobile industry seems to be weathering the financial storm quite well” said CEO and founder, Denis O’Shea, “and the industry is introducing new products at a hell of a rate, so the complexity is growing, as is the opportunity to generate revenues”.
NZ's best business support companies positive
Press Release, December 19th, 2008
Better business support is improving the lot of thousands of Kiwi companies, helping them ride through the world economic crisis.
Finalists for the 2009 Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards are upbeat about the economy and innovative in services they are providing to support New Zealand companies according to the evaluation panel. There was a record number of entries for the 2009 awards and the quality of finalists was a notch higher than previous years.
Mobile Mentor is one of five finalists in the Business < $5m T/O One on one Offering category.
Record Service Adoption and Customer Satisfaction for Telstra
Press Release, November 20th, 2008
Auckland, New Zealand - Mobile Mentor, a leading provider of one-on-one mentoring & support services for mobile devices announced today that their mentoring service deployed with Telstra, known as Telstra Mentor, has been a phenomenal success. Telstra Mentor has been responsible for greatly increasing customer satisfaction. In Telstra’s most recent investor day meeting, Telstra Group Managing Director, Mr. David Moffatt said “The Telstra Mentor program provides customers with relevant, efficient and simple tutorials that help maximize the value they derive from our services.”
Mobile Concierge Helps Fight Techno-Rage
Press Release, November 12th, 2008
Mobile Mentor is moving beyond mentoring to launch support services aimed at both consumer and corporate customers. CEO Denis O’Shea describes the new ‘Concierge’ service as the mobile phone equivalent to AA roadside assistance for vehicles that will look after all the technical issues related to a customer’s mobile device, including Respond, Resolve, Restore, Replacement and Repair.
Demand for Mobile Mentor’s expert mentoring and support is not only reflected in expanding service portfolio – The company was also recently recognised at the New Zealand Deloitte Fast 50 awards for their impressive growth and received 3 notable awards.
Teaching people to use feature-rich phones
Mobile Mentor has increased the personal productivity of over 25,000 customers through expert mobile phone training, but the potential market is much larger.
This Springwise article takes a closer look at the huge benefits mobile users can receive from a one-hour personal mentoring session from Mobile Mentor to help master their new gadget, and how the demand for this specialist ‘outside help’ will continue to grow as new phones keep on incorporating more advanced features.
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Mobile Mentor: Microsoft NZ Case Study
Mobile Mentor has placed huge emphasis on ensuring they have the best customer management platform to support their growth rate and expansion into overseas markets. Their investment in a Microsoft CRM system has enabled expert capability to manage the business end-to-end and make changes to the customer engagement model without risking data integrity.
The system has now been successfully scaled into Brazil and Australia and is in integral in Mobile Mentor’s day-to-day operations.
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Taking the world by ear
NZ Herald, April 4th, 2008
It was just 4 years ago that Mobile Mentor set-out to help New Zealanders unlock the potential of their increasingly more complex mobile phones. Now Mobile Mentor have trained over 25,000 customers in New Zealand, have successfully expanded into Brazil, have another subsidiary in central Europe and are closing in on a big deal in Australia – and this is only the beginning.
The potential market for Mobile Mentor continues to grow as technology develops, and Denis O’Shea is successfully growing his business across the globe to meet the demand.
Pushing all the right buttons
Mobile Mentor seals its first export deal into Brazil estimated to generate revenue of $50 million dollars over four years.
Just three years after beginning commercial operation with Vodafone New Zealand, Mobile Mentor was mentoring over 1000 customers a month and had developed a huge wealth of knowledge and experience, stirring interest worldwide. “So the key for us is to find the right individual who can do the deal in-country - our role is to transfer our knowledge and get up and going quickly" – Denis O’Shea, CEO, Mobile Mentor.
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Kiwi companies achieve big results in Brazil
he Honourable Phil Goff, New Zealand Minister of Trade, highlights the huge opportunities and potential for small New Zealand companies to achieve big results in Brazil – if they are willing to take the risk. The Minister refers to Mobile Mentor’s successful $50 million five-year contract with a telecom operator in Brazil as an inspiration to other companies realising their potential in larger overseas markets.
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