Representative Markey, My name is Philippe Winthrop and I am the Managing Director of The Enterprise Mobility Foundation (click here to see my bio on LinkedIn). The EMF is an independent (downtown) Boston-based think tank, whose sole mission is to evangelize best practices in terms of how organizations can reap the greatest benefits from deploying [...] Enterprise Mobility in Industries
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An Open Letter To United States Representative Markey Re: The ‘‘Mobile Device Privacy Act’’
Representative Markey, My name is Philippe Winthrop and I am the Managing Director of The Enterprise Mobility Foundation (click here to see my bio on LinkedIn). The EMF is an independent (downtown) Boston-based think tank, whose sole mission is to evangelize best practices in terms of how organizations can reap the greatest benefits from deploying [...] Lessons Learned In Enterprise Mobility in Retail
This was, admittedly, a rather disappointing weekend. No no…I’m not talking about the emotionally crushing defeat that my beloved New England Patriots suffered yesterday in Superbowl XLVI. I’m talking instead about a visit I made to a “Big Box” retail store. I went to that store looking at kitchen appliances. The most exciting part of [...] The Fourth Amendment Vs. (Mobile) Risk Management
For better or for worse, the world of enterprise mobility is, in my opinion, saddled with an alphabet soup of acronyms. EMM, MDM, MAM, WEM, MEAP, MCAP….I could go on and on. Call it society’s ever increasing need for speed, and a small peppering of ADD (oh, wait…I just did it myself). One of the [...] Bricks & Mortar Should Embrace and Not Fear The Savvy Mobile Shopper
It’s (once again) a great day to be a Boston sports fan. The late (and great) Myra H. Kraft must have called in a few favors last night when the New England Patriots squeaked by the Baltimore Ravens for a spot in the forthcoming Super Bowl. Hopefully she also called in a few favors so [...] Apple’s New Textbooks: The Enterprise Mobility Perspective
As we speak, Apple is showcasing in New York City its new iBooks 2 platform, alongside its new wonderfully immersive Textbooks. In one respect, I’ve been wondering when this would happen in the education space. Nevermind the green side of the equation (less trees being turned into pulp), there are wonderful improvements in terms of [...] A Christmas Carol: The Enterprise Mobility Edition
I’m not going to even bother telling you what time it is right now, because it’s that early here on the east coast of the United States. It’s pitch black with the sun not set to rise for quite some time, and I am getting ready to fly off again to the West Coast. At [...] e-Discovery vs. Bring Your Own Device
I know, I know…it’s been a while since you’ve seen me ramble on about something in enterprise mobility. The truth is, I’ve been unbelievably busy with work and getting the last minute details sorted out for my impending nuptials. The other fact of the matter is that people are heads down implementing enterprise mobility (it [...] Recapping The 2011 Enterprise Mobility Boot Camp
Hello from beautiful San Diego where CTIA is kicking off its Enterprise and Apps show today. Yesterday, the Enterprise Mobility Foundation held its second annual Enterprise Mobility Boot Camp during the pre-conference day. Let me start off by saying it was an absolutely surreal experience. We had planned on having 130 seats available….and we even [...] Finding the Optimal Mobile Strategy: Apps vs. the Cloud
I’m writing you from one of my favorite places. The Acela Express train heading back home from New York. I’m not sure I know why I like it so much. Maybe because it’s such a convenient way to get from Boston to Gotham City or that during the trip, there is 1) leg room, 2) [...] Mobilizing Your Business: Challenge or Opportunity?
That was the name of the panel session I moderated yesterday at GigaOM’s Mobilize event in San Francisco. You can actually catch a replay of it here. As is often the case, I was very fortunate to have an unbelievable panel to discuss the main issues around enterprise mobility. The panelists included: Julie Palen from [...] 
