Enterprise Mobility Matters

Dear Santa: Here Are My 5 Wishes for Enterprise Mobility in 2010

The mercury in the thermometer has dropped considerably in the last few weeks. There’s now also a considerable amount of snow on the ground, and people have in their homes a wide range of colorful lights on at night. I guess that means I have to accept that we are in the holiday season and that the end of the year is upon us.

While the holiday season is certainly a wonderful time to spend with family and friends, it’s also a great time to reflect on the past year, as well as think about the year to come. With a hot cup of cocoa in front of me, here are my five wishes for enterprise mobility for 2010.

Where Has Inside Looking Out Gone?

As everyone is winding down for the holiday season, I wanted to give a quick update to what I have been up to with this blog.  As I am sure you have noticed, I have not interviewed someone for some time in the Inside Looking Out: An Executive View on Enterprise Mobility series.  Rest assured, the series is not gone...it's just on hiatus.  I'm working on a couple of new things for this web site that I think will make the series even more interesting, so please stay tuned for the new year.

Happy holidays everyone!

Why Security Matters For Enterprise Mobility

Hello from the frozen tundra of Boston.  I've actually been rather under the weather for the last few days, hence the dearth of blog entries here.  There was one article that caught my eye however that I did want to comment on once I was back on my feet.  In case you may have missed it, it was reported last week that Iraqi insurgents were able to hack into the US military's "Raptor" unmanned drone systems.

Consolidation Continues in Wireless Expense Management

In case you missed it, the world of telecom expense management had a bit of a shake up yesterday.  Virginia based Rivermine announced it had acquired New York's MBG.  Telecom expense management is, quite frankly, one of the most unsexy business areas I can think of.  That said, it is of vital importance to organizations large and small, especially when you look at it in the context of enterprise mobility management.

So why does this acquisition matter?  Read on and you'll see.

Is Windows Mobile 7 Delayed Another Year?

There was some pretty interesting news coming across the web today.  As originally reported by Windows Mobile Poweruser and MSMobiles.com, Microsoft UK head of mobility Phil Moore is quoted as saying that we won't see Windows Mobile 7 until Q4 2010.  Ugh.

This is clearly not a good thing for the Windows Mobile ecosystem, but let's see if we can take both a glass half full and half empty perspective on this news.

Tiered Wireless Data Pricing - Is This A Good Or Bad Thing?

As most of you have probably seen, Ralph de la Vega, CEO of AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets eluded this week that his company is considering a tiered pricing model for data.  Most people have been up in arms about this, saying that it's just a way for AT&T to not only squeeze more money out of its customers, but better cope with the fact that its network can't handle all the traffic that comes from the iPhone.

I'll say: "Ya...So what?"

Why Expense Management Isn't Just For Corporate Liable Devices

I have to admit something to you.  Yesterday's entry was intended to be provocative and stir debate.  I know.....skocking, especially from me. 

I wanted to see how people would react to the notion that wireless expense management wasn't relevant...and that theoretically, one day, we wouldn't need it - if only because we were ALL going to be using individually liable devices.

Could Wireless Expense Management Be Only For Corporate Liable Devices?

It's just before 7am this morning.  I couldn't sleep.  The Patriots lost a heartbreaker (again) yesterday, which all but ruined my Sunday.  This is only a slight exaggeration.  Regardless, I decided to think about happier things, such as enterprise mobility and individually liable devices (Hey, I never said I have a life). I started thinking about wireless expense management - what would happen if we no longer had corporate liable devices?

Creating an Enterprise Mobility Application Strategy

What an absolutely crushing day.  I won't go into the boring details, but suffice it to say that this will be a relatively short post.  Let's hope that quality will triumph over quantity of words this evening.  Via the wonderful world of Twitter, I stumbled upon an interesting blog post from MobileFrame.  It's an interesting post regarding a mobile application strategy.  While I agree with most of it, I think it's missing some of the more basic - and strategic - points.