Is the desktop dead? Scoble and friends face-off on mobile
Summary: Watch this engaging panel discussion on trends in consumer technology and their impact on the enterprise.
As part of the BusinessNext and (New Media Expo) conference, held this past January in Las Vegas, I asked a couple of interesting and highly accomplished friends — Robert Scoble and Vala Afshar — to discuss the impact of cloud, social, and mobile in the enterprise.
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Famous blogger, author, and Rackspace executive, Robert Scoble, spends significant time with large and small companies to learn about their latest products and innovations. Robert is widely regarded as one of the most influential startup evangelists in the world, and he is currently writing a book on contextual computing with co-author Shel Israel.
Vala Afshar is an author and Chief Marketing Officer (also Chief Customer Officer) of networking equipment manufacturer Enterasys. [Disclosure: Enterasys is a consulting client for market strategy, positioning, and messaging.] Vala's role at Enterasys gives him a unique perspective on mobile, with projects like providing wireless for 70,000 seats at the New England Patriots football stadium, specifically to help the team enhance its fan experience with social computing, video content, marketing, and other mobile applications.
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The panel discussion covered a range of topics including:
- Consumerization of IT
- Impact of "bring your own device" (BYOD) on employees and the organization
- Growth of mobile computing
- Machine-to-machine communications and the Internet of things (IoT)
- Contextual computing
- Big data and "weird data"
- Future of call centers and customer service
- Implications for the CIO
This panel was great fun for both participants and audience, as evidenced by great enthusiasm in the room and high ratings received afterwards.
Watch the entire panel in the video below; I'm sure you will find it enjoyable and informative.
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Apple propaganda
ZDNet is too desperate to write link/click-baiting headlines.
Looks like Linux won the war...
2. Apple OS 24%
3. Windows 20%
4. Other OS including other Linux distributions 14%
Figures by Goldman Sachs (2012). This year is even much worse for Microsoft.
May I be excluded?
Large screen vs. small screen
Re: After you have consumed content on a large screen Windows 8 device
Slow news year...
Fallback vs. Primary Tools
The point is, having the dial-up device was better than NOTHING, meaning better than having NO CHOICE but to go into the office (or spend the night there), but as much work as possible was deferred until we went back to work, where we had so much better tools than at home. And we NEVER wanted to work on a new project from home via dial-up.
Mobile vs. desktop is the same argument. When I am out and about, away from my main computer, it is nice to know that quick inquiries can be made on the smartphone or mini tablet. Fortunately, my laptop CAN be brought with me, with a little extra effort, and if I expect that considerable work will be done away from home, I do so. Basically, the small screen mobile device is the FALLBACK tool for times when internet access, contact info, or schedule info is needed away from home. Oh, and a telephone as well. Heavy work is done on the bigger tool, with faster internet access, at home. And company work mostly at home, with remote access from home the primary fallback, mobile the secondary fallback.
Mobile will not REPLACE desktop (or big laptop) until voice and/or brain wave input, and reliable laser projection on any available surface (or "magic" glasses), is perfected. Even then, your voice may be overheard, and the projected image may be visible to others, in public places.
Desktop versus Mobile