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IT Innovation Trends – Cisco’s Cius, IT Failure, IT Transformations

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Information technology innovation trends in the news include: Cisco’s enterprise answer for the iPad, the IT project failure curve of death, and IT’s three key organizational transformations. See links below for details on IT innovation trends in the news.

  • Cius, Cisco’s Enterprise Answer for the iPad. CloudAve provides an analysis of Cisco Cius and what it means to Apple’s iPad. Cisco Cius is an ultra lightweight (1.15 lbs) Android based tablet offering HD video streaming and real-time video, multi-party conferencing, email, messaging, browsing, and the ability to produce, edit and share content stored locally or centrally in the cloud. News Item:,/i> Cisco Just Kicked iPad Out of Enterprise Market With Cisco Cius #iPad #Innovation #Android http://bit.ly/anP7hq
  • The IT Failure Curve of Death. EnterpriseIrregular’s Michael Krigsman provides insight and chart on IT project planning. Steps taken early in the project can have a profound impact on downstream success or failure. News Item: The IT failure curve of death – graph highlighting early planning – to maximize option, lower costs #PM #SAP http://bit.ly/biRc5d
  • IT’s Three Key Organizational Transformations.Andrew McAfee writes in Harvard Business Review about key IT transformations for businesses. He sees companies in all industries using computers to accomplish three broad and deep transformations: they’re becoming more scientific, more orchestrated, and more self-organizing. News Item: Why Biz spend more on IT? – become more scientific, orchestrated, self-organizing #Innovation #enterprise http://bit.ly/aIwaxv




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Business Communications Technology Trends – Broadband, Android, m-Commerce

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Business communications technology trends in the news include: lack of competitive broadband services, Android OS now a contender in the smartphone market, and the retail challenge with mobile commerce. See links below for details on SCM technology trends in the news.

  • Lack of Competition for Broadband Services. Gerson Lehrman Group provides an analysis of the non-competitive landscape of broadband in U.S to include pricing, competition, coverage, and investment. News Item: Who’s Broadband Free Market Is It, Anyway? Local Communities, of course. #Broadband #Competition http://bit.ly/bhDbRQ
  • Comparing Business SmartPhones. EyeOnTheWorld blog provides a comparative analysis of smart phones in areas of ease of use, phone service, GPS, keyboard, camera, and applications. News Item: Android Phones and the BlackBerry-iPhone question – Android becoming a superior choice for biz #wireless http://bit.ly/9k8E5c
  • Android OS Surpasses Windows Mobile in Market Share. eCommerce Times reports that the Android OS has blasted past Windows Mobile to claim the fourth position among smartphone operating systems worldwide. News Item: Trends: Android Becomes a Contender in Global Smartphone Arena – surpasses Windows Mobile #wireless http://bit.ly/aiWXX9
  • Retailers’ Challenges with m-Commerce. StorefrontBacktalk reports on the challenges of mobile commerce. It has not earned loyalty or trust yet. Retailers’ mobile experiments are so risky today. One blowup, and consumers are quite likely to abandon mobile and dismiss it as unusable. News Item: The M-Commerce Paradox: If You Succeed, You’ll Fail – the battle of bandwidth, security #WiFi #Mobile #Retail http://bit.ly/bmBg2K




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The Android OS – Open Vs Permission-based Mobile Computing

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

The Android mobile operating system’s promise of open, mobile computing is beginning to bear fruit with Android 2.0 and the free Google maps navigation application. If you are not familiar with Android, it is a mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel. In 2005, Google started sponsoring the development of this mobile, open operating system. In 2007, the Open Handset Alliance was formed and initiated sponsorship of Android. The Open Handset Alliance’s goal is to develop open standards for mobile devices.

Google Maps Navigation – A Game-Changer. The free Google Maps Navigation application for Android mobile phones is an internet-connected GPS navigation application with voice guidance. With Google’s announcement of the free Google Maps Navigation application for Android 2.0, the Android 2.0 operating system now becomes a serious contender in the mobile phone market.

Open Versus Permission-Based Mobile Application Access. It is no longer a forgone conclusion that Apple’s iPhone OS, OS X iPhone, will continue to be the dominant player in the mobile phone market. This is good news as an over-dominant, proprietary leader in any technology market can lead to permission-based access and innovation restrictions. An open, mobile operating system like Android encourages innovation, open access, choice and lower costs for mobile users and developers. See James Governor’s posting, Towards a Permission-based Web. Wherefore Net Neutrality? Or: Maybe Open Source Wins After All, for more on permission-based access versus open source for mobile computing.

Restrictions With Using Proprietary Mobile Technology. An open mobile operating system has many advantages over a proprietary system such as the iPhone.

  • Proprietary Hardware and OS Can Restrict Key Functionality. As an example, iPhone has some weaknesses that may be hard to overcome such as a background-processing capability (i.e., the ability to run multiple third-party apps at once).
  • Third Party Developer Restrictions. Due to the Apple and iPhone’s proprietary nature, third-party developers are restricted in being full partners in developing applications for iPhone versus an open systems environment.
  • Communications Carrier Restrictions. As an example, iPhone has elected to partner with only one communications carrier, AT&T. This decision may be profitable to Apple short-term, but it is limiting iPhone innovation, service capabilities, and making the iPhone a more expensive.

See BetaNews posting, iPhone cannot win the smartphone wars for more on open versus proprietary smartphones. With an open OS such as Android, competition is opening up that will lead to more choices at least cost for mobile phone users. See Wired’s posting, Android Army Pumped for All-Out Attack on iPhone, for more information on handset competition.


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