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Choosing the Right Wireless Application Platform: Page 8 of 16

Are the variety of sizes, shapes and capabilities hampering your ability to choose the right platform and mobile device for your organization's needs? Don't be overwhelmed. The answer is coming
April 09, 2004
  • Simplify deployment by minimizing the number of platforms you support. It remains to be seen, though, whether enterprises can limit their choice to a single platform, as many have done on the desktop with Microsoft Windows.
  • Use off-the-shelf applications whenever possible. The number of available applications is much lower than for desktop platforms, but that will change as the number of installed devices grows into the tens of millions and as enterprise application vendors look for new ways of augmenting and selling additional capabilities.
  • Realize that this is a dynamic and quickly evolving technology area. Existing platforms have strong enough capabilities, and there are sufficient application choices, that enterprises should clearly move forward, but with care. These platforms are far from the point of commoditization. Expect continued experimentation with new feature sets and vigorous jockeying for market position among vendors.

    PETER RYSAVY is president of Rysavy Research (www.rysavy.com), a consulting firm specializing in wireless networking.


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