Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Will Business follow consumers into the world of mobile computing?

I'm beginning to observe some movement and interest from companies looking to extend critical enterprise applications into mobile computing environments. There has been a "nod" from business toward mobile computing, but the band wagon has been slow in gaining momentum due to a number of either real or perceived obstacles. Security and application dependability has been forefront in the corporate hesitancy.

To be sure, corporations are already moving in this direction. But companies have so much at stake, that the risks of moving an entire enterprise in an initiative that will require so much commitment and investment will demand considerable strategic consideration. But it seems to me that this is a case where the consumer market will lead the way towards growth in the corporate mobility market place. As more individuals are leveraging mobile technology at the personal level (Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, bill payment and processing, etc) and proving the value of this new frontier at an amazing speed, corporations will begin to adjust to the comfort that comes with familiarity – and familiarity can happen quickly in the tech world.

So stay on the bleeding edge people! Technology is being driven at the grass-roots level more than it ever has!

(An interesting company that is supplying these mobile computing technologies to corporations is Pyxis Mobile (www.pyxismobile.com) … I get nothing from this plug, but this company can give you an idea of a direction this market is moving

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