« The 5% solution? | Main | VONCAMP! Nothing to Promote but something to participate in. »
January 21, 2008
When A Nokia VP talks we should listen...
Veli-Pekka Kivimaki ,Nokia speaks at 9 AM on March 19th at Spring VON
Veli Pekka (VP) Kivimaki has been working on supporting the Enterprise and business users use of Nokia’s wireless devices. This includes supporting Nokia’s Dual Mode, WLAN, and integration of Unified Communication services. He is at the edge where employees as end users are more in control than the enterprise itself. And its clear that the employee and the employer (as represented by IT) have a gap in their view of Unified communication.
While companies waffle regarding the use of VoWiFi, the emphasis on productivity gains when CRM and other corporate apps meets mobility is considered a given. But while the employee is seeing the web on wireless as the great gain, so the tie into the apps is incrementatl value.
And the employees are gaining in plurality as smartphone prices drop below $200 the device in hand are likely to be personal preference. Already indicators are that over half of the employees who only own personal cell phones reference them in their away messages.
The result is more power on the edge and that normally drives working groups to move independently from the IT staff.
And as more employees look to access the corporate network via the wireless web the concern for security mounts in the IT department.
This is not a service provider but the business implementation issue and it requires sound strategies by IT to support the gain, while avoiding the pain. These are among the strategies Nokia is looking to support and foster when it comes to Unified Communication.
Posted by carl at January 21, 2008 11:35 AM