Enterprise Mobility Matters

The commoditization of voice. Why SLAs will now matter for enterprise mobility

So now the dust is starting to settle around how three of the four major carriers (AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon) now all have unlimited voice plans for around $99 per month, with Sprint expected to announce imminently an update to its current unlimited bundle.  Eric Zeman over at InformationWeek had an interesting post around the commoditization of voice and its potential implications around data.  It made me think more about the implications around enterprise mobility.

True Enterprise Mobility Takes One Step Closer Towards Fixed Mobile Convergence

In case you didn't hear this, T-Mobile is set to announce tomorrow that it is following in the footsteps of AT&T, Sprint, Verizon and even Helio, in offering unlimited voice services for $99 per month. I think this is great news on multiple levels, including the further canabilization of the fixed line market....why pay $50/month for a landline and pay another $50 for a mobile phone?  This is all great for the consumer, but I think there are even more exciting opportunities in terms of enterprise mobility around fixed mobile convergence.

The Formula for Mobility Success

In the last 18 months, mobility has become one of the most exciting facets of the I.T. industry. That said, mobility is still a relatively new area for enterprise I.T. departments. Almost every day, new devices, applications, services and tools are driving opportunities for organizations to:

• Accelerate the speed at which they and their employees react to external events;
• Ensure that employees are able to address customer needs as quickly as possible;
• Ultimately fulfill mobility's promise of allowing individuals to be "productive" regardless of where they're located.

Blackberries Impact Enterprise Mobility

Yesterday,Waterloo, Ontario based Research in Motion, had another outage of its Blackberry service. Co-CEO Jim Balsillie had promised back in September that it wouldn’t happen again…especially after it had happened in April and May of last year.  I guess for me the biggest issue with this outage is not just that it happened again, but why is the service having such frequent problems?

SonyEricsson Now Doing Windows Mobile

I don't know why I am so suprised by this announcement, but SonyEricsson announced today at the Mobile World Congress a new line of mobile devices called XPERIA.  As has been the case with most recent SE devices, they are quite slick looking.  But this device, the XPERIA X1, packs some pretty impressive features...including the use of the Windows Mobile platform.

The iPhone Continues to Make Inroads

UK and Singapore based market research firm Canalys announced this past Tuesday that its latest research has found that Apple’s iPhone was the #3 most popular smartphone in the world at the end of the year.  Specifically looking at the US market, Canalys’ research shows Apple with 28% market share, second only to RIM’s Blackberry which had 41% of the market. Where were all those Windows Mobile that HTC and Samsung (among others) make?  A scant 21%.  All I can say is WOW.

Enterprise Mobility now enhancing CUSTOMER productivity?

Being the loving husband that I am, I try to make sure I take care of my fair share of the chores around the house.  Whether it’s doing the laundry, putting away the dishes or what have you, it’s all part of not having large enough bank accounts to have people do it for you. A couple of days ago, my wife and I went to the supermarket to fill our barren refrigerator.  I was pleasantly surprised to see how enterprise mobility had made another inroad into this industry.