what can OEMs do to close the problematic divide of BYOD? Also, can limiting BYOD to proven devices meet the demands of the employees? I'm thinking BYOD is way over zealous. I mean wouldn't apps have to created for each device? I don't necessarily find corporate IT departments to be the smartest beyond the stereotype of propeller heads.
I use Chrome to access the message boards all the time and haven't encountered the problem you describe. What do you mean, the text box doesn't display?
Sounds like a win-win!! Even better when the 'user' goes home and connects intuitively to their Windows environment, gestures and all (picking at Samsung-Apple lawsuit). oh and btw
"Microsoft is instead trying to make a device that the enterprise will buy and deploy to users, but which users will be happy with."
Alan Reiter - I read Christine's blog and, frankly, it's like saying mp3 music is bad for the music industry or ebooks are bad for the publishing business. Like mp3 and ebooks, BYOD is happening and won't stop, and CIOs should deal with it because it could be useful for both employees and employers. Companies that don't offer employees choices are the dinosaurs.
The difference is that MP3s and ebooks are in demand by customers. BYOD is in demand by employees.
BYOD will continue to be tolerated until it starts resulting in security disasters and lost work. And also when enterprises become more aware of hidden costs.
kq4ym - While the feaures of the new units do seem useful improvements, I'm not convinced it will be enough to bring renewed or new customers to Microsoft.
Not directly. But possibly IT will buy the Windows phones for employees, who will find they like them and buy more in the future.
This was how Microsoft sold a lot of consumer Windows devices in its heyday. People looking to buy a home PC said to themselves, "Might as well buy Windows -- I need it to connect with the work computer." Windows was the default purchase, and the Mac didn't offer enough differentation to overcome that default.
Nowadays, employees are more likely to say, "I use a Mac at home but at work they make me use Windows." Microsoft needs to counter that -- and a strong Windows phone offering would be a good start.
(The contrast between Windows then and now isn't original to me-- it's from former Microsoftie Joey deVilla, aka "Accordion Guy.")
I wonder if Microsoft is trying to counter the BYOD trend. Rather than employees bringing their own devices into the workplace, Microsoft is instead trying to make a device that the enterprise will buy and deploy to users, but which users will be happy with.
I haven't a clue how likely, however I do recall Bill Gates speaking of tablet computers in 2000 (was the first time I've heard of such device). Looking at Windows 8 and and Windows 8 mobile, they seem to go hand in hand. I do believe it is Microsoft's time/turn to gain marketshare in that arena and it's going to be interesting observing the unfolding. I think the landscape will look quite different in 2 to 3 years.. the mobile landscape. I'm really really liking Windows mobile 8 from a distance.
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