Enterprise Mobility Matters

Thoughts on the new Blackberry Bold

If you read this blog with any sort of frequency or regularity, you might know that I am a rather content Windows Mobile user.  I like the fact that it's so tightly integrated to my desktop environment and I also like the look and feel of my T-Mobile Dash (a.k.a HTC s620).  That said, as an avid gadget freak, ahem, I mean enterprise mobility analyst, it's important for me to know what new devices are coming out in order to better understand trends in the industry.

More thoughts on Mobile Advertising

Wow.  What an incredibly busy time since my departure from Aberdeen.  Three weeks ago, I was in Salt Lake City to spend time with the good folks over at Celio Corp.  Two weeks ago, I went to San Francisco for some work I am doing with the largest event marketing agency in the world.  This past week, I was in Cleveland for an event at Case Western Reserve University to talk about mobile advertising.  There, I had the pleasure to speak not only on an interesting panel regarding the future of mobile advertising, but also its impact on enterprise mobility.

Mobile Advertising the Next Killer App?

You may have seen an article in the New York Times that came out in early April regarding a field trial of 2D bar codes at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.  The article highlights some of the challenges the school has faced with this project.  Others were less flattering in their assessment of the project.  QVC thinks it's the next killer application.  Of course they would...  (and we know I think otherwise)

I am actually going to an event in Cleveland this week to speak on a panel about this very topic.  If you are in Cleveland on Thursday and are interested in Mobile Advertsing, you can sign up here.

A New Dawn in Enterprise Mobility

Sounds deep doesn't it?  It's actually not as big a deal as you might think.  However, regular readers of this site know that I have a penchant for creating "colorful" titles for my post.  This post is not actually about a new company that is coming out with an emerging solution for mobility, nor a new way for organizations to adopt mobile solutions.  This new dawn is in fact for me.  About two weeks ago now, I left Aberdeen Group.

IBM Invests in Enterprise Mobility

During a celebration of the 10th anniversary of its offices in India, IBM announced yesterday it was investing resources in mobility.

The new IBM Research program will entail a number of efforts to bring simple, easy-to-use services to the millions of people in the world who have bypassed using the personal computer as their primary method of accessing technology, and are instead using their mobile phone to access the web, conduct financial transactions, entertain themselves, shop and more.

Great and welcome to the party.  This is such a typical IBM initiative.  At face value it sounds great, but when you start peeling back the onion....