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The same policy logic that Citrix is applying to laptops absolutely applies to handheld mobile devices. It is key to UC because UC is more critical for mobile users than at the desktop.

Eric Krapf

October 10, 2008

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The same policy logic that Citrix is applying to laptops absolutely applies to handheld mobile devices. It is key to UC because UC is more critical for mobile users than at the desktop.

In response to my most recent blog on Wireless and Mobility, Art Rosenberg writes:

I am glad to see the enterprise market moving up the communications food chain to handheld mobility, but they don't realize that they have now entered the domain that the end user will control in terms of choice of mobile device and use of that device for personal (consumer) services that are not the province of enterprise IT.

IT has always defended its position of device management and control because of information security, when information security really has to be location and device independent. I just recently wrote about the first acceptance of this concept by Citrix and its "BYOC" (Bring Your Own Computer) policy , for its employees to purchase any laptop they want for both business and personal use, because Citrix will "virtualize" all enterprise applications and data for security.

Needless to say, the same policy logic that Citrix is applying to laptops absolutely applies to handheld mobile devices. It is key to UC because UC is more critical for mobile users than at the desktop.

So, enterprise IT management, "wake up and smell the mobile UC coffee!"

The same policy logic that Citrix is applying to laptops absolutely applies to handheld mobile devices. It is key to UC because UC is more critical for mobile users than at the desktop.

IT has always defended its position of device management and control because of information security, when information security really has to be location and device independent. I just recently wrote about the first acceptance of this concept by Citrix and its "BYOC" (Bring Your Own Computer) policy , for its employees to purchase any laptop they want for both business and personal use, because Citrix will "virtualize" all enterprise applications and data for security.

Needless to say, the same policy logic that Citrix is applying to laptops absolutely applies to handheld mobile devices. It is key to UC because UC is more critical for mobile users than at the desktop.

So, enterprise IT management, "wake up and smell the mobile UC coffee!"

About the Author

Eric Krapf

Eric Krapf is General Manager and Program Co-Chair for Enterprise Connect, the leading conference/exhibition and online events brand in the enterprise communications industry. He has been Enterprise Connect.s Program Co-Chair for over a decade. He is also publisher of No Jitter, the Enterprise Connect community.s daily news and analysis website.
 

Eric served as editor of No Jitter from its founding in 2007 until taking over as publisher in 2015. From 1996 to 2004, Eric was managing editor of Business Communications Review (BCR) magazine, and from 2004 to 2007, he was the magazine's editor. BCR was a highly respected journal of the business technology and communications industry.
 

Before coming to BCR, he was managing editor and senior editor of America's Network magazine, covering the public telecommunications industry. Prior to working in high-tech journalism, he was a reporter and editor at newspapers in Connecticut and Texas.