The Seamless Enterprise

Sometimes you read a headline online that just makes you feel like the world is heading in the right direction. That happened the other day, with this article on TMCnet. It proclaims, “Mobility and UC: A Match Made in Heaven.” (more…)

There’s a lot of hype about cloud computing and mobility these days. In fact, Marc Ferranti comments in Network World that the venture capital market is opening up to more investments in social networking and cloud computing. It seems like a lot of people (and the smart money folks) do indeed “get it.” That said, what some still fail to see is how mobility is a key enabler and driver of all of this activity.  (more…)

Last month, I wrote that “the days of two-phone living may just be numbered” in a post focusing on how the mobile phone is clearly becoming the dominant device in corporate America. Now Gartner is pinning down that number, with a prediction that by 2011, North American enterprises will be supporting more mobile phones than desktop phones. (more…)

Most of us have gotten so used to coping with two phones that we don’t give much thought to what work life would be without that juggling act. You know how it goes: Check both voice mails several times a day, take the call on your mobile phone even though you’re sitting right there by your deskphone, make sure your business card always shows both your office and mobile numbers, etc. (more…)