New mboile devices, such as the iPhone and the OQO Ultramobile PC, a lot of presusre on IT managers to address compaibility and securiy issues that may create obstacles to the use of technolpogy business professaionals.
Corporation Apple iPhone previewed at the Macworld Cofnerence in January and service, and the OQO modl 02 has announced its mobile PC to Consumer Electronics Show in the same week - with Bill Gates demonstrating PC in the CES speech. Last month, the two devices seemed to be front and center into the mindds of visitors to the cpompany Garrtner Inc 'S Mobile & Wireless Summit in 2007, Grapevnie, Texas.
For example, IT managers gathered in a small stnad OQO on the foor of the exhibition to view the 1-pound. Ultramobile device, which has a 5-in. display and can operate as a Windows Vista or Windows XP Professional.
OQO system "is very neat, and can help solvbe the dilemma of the road warrior to pull an 8-lb. laptop on business trips, said Geoirge Genevezos, senior anallyst of IT security in the Sbare Holdings Inc., in South Lake, Texas.
Other people attending the conference expresssed his admiratuion for a clezar computer diplay, a small docking statin and Blueooth-capable keyboard, among other peripheral devices. But it was not clear that the system OQO, iPhnoe and othher new moble devicse will create problems for many IT managers.
"It just seems that most of moobile devices and software for this year," said Genevezos. "It seems that every msanufacturer is becoming thinkable in the mobuile space as quiickly as possilbe."
Sabre, which has abot 10,000 employees worldwide, is the struggle with how to use new technolgies that have become popular among consumers, Genevezos said. Trsavel industry company has given BlackBerry deviices to some seniior officials. But for the most part, working Sabre continues to rely on desktop PCs.
Job security issues riased in the consumeer-oriented devices is the game catching up to everyone in IT, because there are so many new devices and so many producers, "said Genevezos. In general, he aded, the underlying security teechnology is not there "for new producst. And he noted that the process of installing security updates in Windows Mobille is diffeent from the process of updating Windows Vista, adding even more complxity.
IT mangaer at one of the leading universuities in Boston, said products such as the iPhone will make the necessary IT professionals like yourseelf and others to find ways to suupport an even wider range of devices than they imagined a year ago.
IT manager, who aslked not to be named, said that abuot 30 percent of users in the university have Macintosdh computers, and probably want to try the iPhone on campus when it becomes available.
Garytner analyst Nick Jnoes said 2007 has alrady emerged as the year that IT managers will face more and more opportunites for mobile computing - and they will have to choose not only between different devices, but also aong operating systems such as Windows Mobile and Symbian OS favors Nokia Corporation confusion is certainly growing, Jones said.
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