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Martha Walz @marthawalz

active 6 months, 3 weeks ago
  • ThumbnailRIM announced Tuesday that they will not be releasing PlayBook OS 2.0 until at least February 2012, when they will be “confident we have fully met the expectations of our developers, enterprise customers and end-users,” according to David Smith, SVP of BlackBerry PlayBook at RIM. And what will they do to fully meet these expectations? First [...]

  • ThumbnailHow many mobile devices do you want to buy, carry, and manage? A handset is a given, but can a tablet really replace a notebook? Will the huge (and increasing) diversity of tablet devices and operating environments give new life to the notebook, or are we in the early stages of an epic transition that will [...]

  • ThumbnailWith the latest advances in virtual desktops, virtual meeting spaces (GoToMeeting, etc.), unified communications, and mobile technology, the death of the traditional office should be imminent. There are overwhelming benefits to having a remote, mobile workforce, and companies are slowly shifting to this way of doing business. The simplest benefit for telecommuting (i.e. traditionally office-based workers [...]

  • ThumbnailYesterday, the Justice Department sued to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA, saying that the deal would remove a major player – T-Mobile USA – from the mobile carrier market, hurting competition and likely raising prices in the process. AT&T responded that it was “surprised and disappointed” by the suit and that it [...]

  • Martha Walz from Freelance Technology Writer wrote a new blog post: Make Mine IL · View

    ThumbnailMany companies these days are allowing employees to bring their own devices to use at work. Employees are happy with this arrangement, of course, because they get to choose which devices they are using. But there are some companies out there that are still strictly corporate-liable (CL) in their mobile device policies. Which policy is better? [...]

  • I agree that the market is still searching for the a-ha! use case. I think once that’s established, more enterprises will be jumping on the social bandwagon.
    Martha

  • ThumbnailIt’s been said for the past year that the next disruptive force in technology in the enterprise would be the marriage of social networking and mobile technology. But has it been so? The argument for social networking in the enterprise is to create a more effective and efficient way to interact with clients and colleagues. Mobility [...]

  • The data integrity/data collection habits of the apps I was referring to would be those that pop up when you download something from the Android Market, for example. Even if it’s a simple game, it tells you that it will access your contacts, your network, etc. etc., and most people I know click “ok” without [...]

  • ThumbnailNote:  The Enterprise Mobility Foundation is happy to welcome Martha Walz as its latest contributor.  Martha will be sharing her thoughts on enterprise mobility here and looks forward to engaging with the rest of the EMF community. With the proliferation of mobile devices in the enterprise, the need has arisen for enterprises to find a way to [...]

  • Martha Walz from Freelance Technology Writer became a registered member · View