How Motorola is "eating its own dog food"

November 22, 2006, 10:46am PST | Length: 00:01:35
CIO Patricia Morrison explains why the benefits outweigh the risks when Motorola uses the products that it makes.

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How Motorola is "eating its own dog food"

>> So, is this a case that as you develop products, you're eating your own dog food?

>> Oh absolutely. We use a lot of Motorola technology. Part of what's happening in the world is, as the Internet goes to the air, and the possibility for seamless mobility, gives us capability that we can have our people closer to our customers all the time, and actually just be more efficient through mobility. And so we use a lot of Motorola product in order to make that happen. Anywhere from the Q, obviously, but even our wymax technologies that enable us to bring up a new facility really quickly, by putting a canopy on it for connectivity.

>> Now aren't there some risks, in terms of using prototypes, eating your own dog food.

Laugh And that, you know, some of the operations or business processes you're trying to accomplish may not be completed, because it's too early in, in the prototype stage?

>> I think that the, the risk to the user's experience is definitely true. If you put a prototype device into the, you know, the user community there is a little bit of tolerance, for it not being exactly what they want. Or having all the features and functionality that they may have switched from. But, the risk, of not doing that, I mean, what we've learned from experiencing that within our own company, is so powerful for what we can deliver for our customers. That it's definitely worth the trade off.

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