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When we think of Mobile Device Management, what comes to mind first, second? third?  I submit that everyone will have a different take on this subject.  The reason being is that from its core, mobile device management is quickly cascading into mobile small computer management.  As the proliferation of highly adaptive devices spreads like wildfire in the enterprise ( Iphone, Adroid, Blackberry) how are IT staff and wireless managers going to deal with all the parts?  I believe a new breed of super managed providers will start to emerge as victors in the fray of the sea of MDM vendors. Take for example looking at a combination of a “perfect storm” of these three players for an interpretation of a potent connection of services: RoamBI, Boxtone and GSG . With this mix you would have real-time business data, application business intelligence, mobile management, monitoring and support, security, expense management, sourcing, invoice managent and cost optimization.  So, is this on the radar screen for major players? Time will only tell.  With multi-platform, multi-carrier, multi-function device management, companies is this space will have quite a muti-facited task when multiplying these task components together.

Mobile data usage is absolutely surging, average U.S. subscriber chomping down about 230 megabits of data per month! This is a 50% increase in just six months. IMHO a whole new industry is going to form just to manage this data as the networks grow faster and stronger. Similar to the way operating systems in the computer were app/platform driven and then migrated to web based applications. You can see this happening as various mobile OS’s proliferate. There will be a time when the mobile OS battle won’t matter,nor apps as the only thing that will be important is access to the mobile cloud.

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OK, so this is a bit extreme, but hey if you really want to have a choice in the Ipad carrier selection for internet access, this is an all in one solution in the link below. Of course I would recommend just having a MIFI with a wholesale data plan on an MVNO that has more options on data pricing.. and keep the MIFI in your pocket!

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So AT&T decides to raise the ETF to $325. Since Verizon Wireless has implemented a $350 policy and has survived it without the FCC crying complete fowl, well why not.. The subsidy game is turning back to the carriers, but its more likely to pay for the advertising needed to battle incoming competition, profit center ahoy! Better watch your bill or have a trusted advisory help you through negotiation.

I eagerly await Verizon’s response to this change of data plans by AT&T. As these new “curbing” plans go into place on AT&T and customers bills go through the roof, you will see an emergence of throttling applications become more visible. I am a big fan of MobileIron http://www.mobileiron.com who has a great tool set for proactive data management on iphones. I could see these folks at MobileIron, cheering this decision as another reason for device management and control applications to begin moving outward.

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