Enterprise Mobility Matters

Some thoughts on the Mobile Business Expo

It's now the top of the 2nd inning of the second game of the World Series where my mighty Boston Red Sox are playing against the Colorado Rockies.  As I relax in front of my TV, having just returned from the Mobile Business Expo at Interop, I began to reflect on the last three days.  I had a great time, attending some very informative panels and had the opportunity to meet a lot of interesting people working for innovative organizations in the wireless and mobile space.  There were a couple of things during the event that really struck me.

At the Mobile Business Expo

I'm writing today from my hotel room in NYC as I prepare to participate in the Mobile Business Expo at Interop at the Javits Center on the Lower West Side.  I'm here to participate on a panel that will be discussing the current state and outlook of the mobile business applications market and what are the key challenges the industry faces that could hinder the adoption of those applications.  Well, as I took the Acela train down from Boston yesterday afternoon, I think I came up with the #1 problem.

Productivity from Unified Communications - yes, it IS possible

As opposed to continue watching Daisuke Matsuzaka pitch another game where he breaks my heart, I figured I could actually be more productive and talk about things that make me smile (like enterprise mobility) as opposed to make me cry (like the Red Sox vs. the Indians).  Current score Cleveland 4, Boston 0.

I wanted to share with you the fact that I recently completed some exciting research on unified communications that looked to define the productivity gains from using those technologies.  Click here to get a copy of the report while it's still free.

Windows Mobile learning from the iPhone?

Chalk this up to "I told you so."  One can argue that these filings are updates to some existing patent filings, but the reality is Microsoft is yet again innovating by leveraging ideas from other vendors.  I'm actually suprised that Apple has not looked to do anything about this.

Sprint CEO is Gone. Could he have Forsee-n it?

OK, another really bad title for a post, but in all seriousness, could Gary Forsee, the now former CEO of Sprint, predicted that he would be out of a job, effective immediately?  Not that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting Gary, but my sense is that no he did not see this happening so quickly.  He thought he had the right strategy in place in terms of a very aggressive adoption of WiMAX as the springboard for the company's 4G strategy and financial growth.  Too bad he's the only one convinced of this.

Webinar on wireless expense management

In case you are interested in wireless expense management, come listen to a webinar I will be participating in, hosted by Rivermine.  The research shows that Best-in-Class organizations were able to reduce the overall cost of their wireless monthly services by 40% as compared to all other organizations.

There's a new kid on the LBS block

Surprise, surprise, surprise.  Nokia decided to do something rather interesting today by announcing it plans to acquire NAVTEQ.  This deal doesn't completely surprise me at the abstract level, but some of the details do.