A recent offering, the BlackBerry Application Suite, allows the RIM OS to be virtualized on Windows Mobile 6 handsets, meaning the BlackBerry experience and RIM OS-based applications can run on Windows Mobile. The downside is that while BlackBerry Connect can deliver mobile data from BES to a non-BlackBerry device, you'll likely have to manage these handsets through another device management system. And while the BlackBerry Application Suite is an interesting concept, we've been unable to articulate just what the real benefit is for the enterprise.
• Sybase iAnywhere bases its competitive advantage on the breadth and depth of its application mobilization as well as its device management. Both feature sets have allowed Sybase to land big contracts, such as with the U.S. Census Bureau to provide database and device management support for 500,000 mobile devices (see the press release ).
Sybase is also one of the few vendors to offer mobile instant messaging in addition to standard collaboration tools, like e-mail and calendaring. This can be particularly useful for younger staffers who see IM as an ubiquitous communications medium. It quoted us $19,900 and $165,000, including management.
Bottom line, Sybase's mobile e-mail product is well suited for companies that already rely on Sybase for either mobile device management or mobile application support.
To NOC or Not To NOC?
All these systems are designed to sit securely behind the corporate firewall. The main difference is how data gets relayed from behind the firewall to endpoints on a mobile network.
Verizon is demoing crowd analytics technology that uses 5G along with AI and mobile edge computing to give stadium operators insights into the flow of fans throughout a venue.
As we move closer to fully realizing the potential of Wi-Fi 7, it becomes evident that the RF, signaling, and throughput tests are not merely procedural checkpoints but the pillars of excellence in wireless communication.
With low earth orbit (LEO) satellites fast becoming the norm and 3GPP unifying telecom standards around the globe, the satellite IoT and machine-to-machine (M2M) sector ought to be looking at a bright horizon. But is this the case?
