McGuire’s Law

My latest article for Christian Computing magazine is on the power and the danger of the iPhone. It can be read here: http://www.ccmag.com/2011_11/ccmag2011_11mcguire.pdf

Bonus: Purushottam Darshankar describes Scaling Enterprise Mobility deployment against challenges

In order to be winners in the new mobile era, businesses will not only need to capture the power of mobility, but also manage the danger. Highlighted below are recent examples of the danger of mobility and how some firms are beginning to manage it:

• Soul loss
• Mobile spam
• eWaste
• Poor user interface
• Thieves

In order to be winners in the new mobile era, businesses will not only need to capture the power of mobility, but also manage the danger. Highlighted below are recent examples of the danger of mobility and how some firms are beginning to manage it:

• Challenging user experience
• Intellectual property battles
• Backhaul
• Presidential responsibilities
• Failed gadgets

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Now playing: Matthew Smith - Watch The Rising Day

In order to be winners in the new mobile era, businesses will not only need to capture the power of mobility, but also manage the danger. Highlighted below are recent examples of the danger of mobility and how some firms are beginning to manage it:

• Driving while distracted
• Beeps
• Cellphone zombie armies
• Skin rash
• Lack of trust
• Mobile messaging addiction
• Mobile enterprise data in the cloud

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Now playing: Katie Herzig - Shovel

Bonus: Network World’s John Cox proposes “4 steps to take control of your mobile devices”

In order to be winners in the new mobile era, businesses will not only need to capture the power of mobility, but also manage the danger. Highlighted below are recent examples of the danger of mobility and how some firms are beginning to manage it:

• Loss of mobile access
• Undiscovered phone features
• SME IT security
• Sensitive data left on used devices
• Violated IT policies
• Mobile wannabes

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Now playing: The Benjamin Gate - Lift Me Up

Bonus: David Goldschlag answers the question: How CIOs Can Encourage Innovative Enterprise Mobility

In order to be winners in the new mobile era, businesses will not only need to capture the power of mobility, but also manage the danger. Highlighted below are recent examples of the danger of mobility and how some firms are beginning to manage it:

• Dead batteries
• Genius shortage
• Frustrating interfaces
• Train conducting while texting
• Lost phones
• Hungry cab seats

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Now playing: Judd and Maggie - Under My Roof

Bonus: Purushottam Darshankar  describes the “Evolving security needs for Enterprise Mobility”

In order to be winners in the new mobile era, businesses will not only need to capture the power of mobility, but also manage the danger. Highlighted below are recent examples of the danger of mobility and how some firms are beginning to manage it:

• GSM buzz
• Smaller, non-persistent cache
• Disappointing 3G speeds
• Pavement
• Usage charges

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Now playing: Bebo Norman - Long Way Home

Bonus: CIO Today says “Enterprises Should Define Their Mobile Strategy”

In order to be winners in the new mobile era, businesses will not only need to capture the power of mobility, but also manage the danger. Highlighted below are recent examples of the danger of mobility and how some firms are beginning to manage it:

• Lost devices
• Bad app design
• Too many radios
• Too many platforms
• Latency
• Cracks
• Texting while, well, doing just about anything
• Irresponsible phone use

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Now playing: Bebo Norman - My Love

In order to be winners in the new mobile era, businesses will not only need to capture the power of mobility, but also manage the danger. Highlighted below are recent examples of the danger of mobility and how some firms are beginning to manage it:

• Data security fears #1 hindrance to launching mobile apps 
• Device fragmentation
• Device management
• Lost devices
• Power management

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Now playing: Bebo Norman - Just To Look At You

In order to be winners in the new mobile era, businesses will not only need to capture the power of mobility, but also manage the danger. Highlighted below are recent examples of the danger of mobility and how some firms are beginning to manage it:

• Insensitive ringtones
• Hoaxes
• Data on refurbished phones
• Data security
• DWT
• Device manners

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Now playing: Andrew Peterson - The Ninety and Nine