How work and enterprise IT will change in the new mobility era (Replay)
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 Karen Ambrose Hickey, EditorOur webcast with GigaOM Pro, “Examining the Post-PC Era: How Will Work and Enterprise IT Change in the New Era of Mobility” had valuable insights for Enterprise IT based on mobility and device trends. The Q&A was very interactive, covering many issues. Here’s the replay, slides and report, along with key takeaways:
- Cost shifting is moving to employees. When connectivity became used for personal and business, it became less clear who pays.
- Tolerance has decreased; device variability increased. Make it easy for the user.
- The first person coming to IT with an iPad2 will be a C-level exec.
- The iPad had less problems getting accepted because there was no incumbent. The iPhone had to displace the entrenched Blackberry.
More tidbits:
- IT needs to stay a step ahead and understand these devices
- CIOs need adaptability and a natural curiosity about ways to change the business
- Consistent with our Mobile Workforce Report, polls during the webcast showed that most respondents had between 2-3 devices for work and if they could only pick one device, first was a smartphone, followed by tablet
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Tags: Android, cost management, enterprise mobility, iPad, iPhone, mobile workforce, smartphone, tablet
