enterprise

RIM Launches BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0

Below is the Press Release from the BlackBerry site. Next Generation Mobility Platform Delivers Rich Set of Advanced IT Administration Features and Smartphone Controls Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM, TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 5.0 – the next generation of RIM’s secure, push-based server software for [...]

May 4, 2009 Read the full article →

Enterprise Mobility – one or many device manufacturers?

We hear from device manufacturers that the enterprise should stick with one solution.  That message makes sense coming from them…  They want you to have only one provider.  However, a lot of the commentary out there (from research analysts to the end of the long tail) tell us that we should have variety; some have [...]

March 27, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Strategy Basics

**Please note -Visionaries, futurists and extraordinary thinkers need not read this.  But if you are like the author… you probably should.** One of the first steps in drafting your mobile strategy is to determine where you need to be.  This may sound basic but I only mention it because many times I have seen people [...]

February 26, 2009 Read the full article →

Mobile Policies

Regardless of the name you use, mobile policies are both needed and lacking in the enterprise.  Over the last few years many organizations have begun piecing together policies around the use of mobile technologies and the behaviours of users when mobile.  In a previous life I have written and spent quite some time thinking about [...]

January 6, 2009 Read the full article →

Optimizing the iPhone for Business

If you enjoyed our post on the iPhone and Enterprise Mobility and if you are still considering the iPhone as an option for your enterprise then you might enjoy these articles over at itbusiness.ca. How to optimize the iPhone for business Eight reasons to pick the iPhone over the BlackBerry Storm for business More on [...]

December 15, 2008 Read the full article →

Enterprise Mobility, Social Networks and the End of Email

With this post we hope to launch a discussion here at the Mobile Strategy Blog on a topic we keep bumping up against directly or indirectly: social networking and enterprise mobility. We don’t completely agree with the idea that social networks (and the technologies/applications that make it possible) will soon invade and take over the [...]

December 10, 2008 Read the full article →

Vettro and Antenna – a few more thoughts

Just wanted to post a quick note on how intrigued I have been with the number of searches from Google sending visitors to this article: Antenna Software acquires Vettro (sort of).  In that article we quickly brainstormed on some implications around the deal where Antenna software picks up some of the Vettro assets.  So who [...]

December 7, 2008 Read the full article →

Enterprise Mobility on One Device

Is it possible to ‘do’ enterprise mobility today on only one device?  Are you doing it?  Should you be doing it? As we think about this for future posts take a look at Paul Golding’s lesson over at Wireless Wanders: DON’T BUILD A BUSINESS ON ONE DEVICE (or API) He adds (from the developer’s point [...]

December 4, 2008 Read the full article →

Like Minded Blogs #2

As we surf the blogosphere seeking interesting and valuable material on mobile strategy, enterprise mobility or just general tidbits on mobility (i.e. Mobile 2.0, mobile web, mobile advertising) we come across other interesting bloggers from time to time.   One important criteria for us is whether we believe the other site brings value to you as [...]

December 3, 2008 Read the full article →

iPhone and Enterprise Mobility

This post is not meant to be a thorough analysis of the iPhone in the enterprise.  I am sure that much has been written on that from both friends and foes of the iPhone.  Instead we would like you to comment on why the release of the iPhone has been good (and still is) for [...]

November 29, 2008 Read the full article →