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Submitted: 2010-10-20 11:13:25 | Word Count: 510
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New mobile devices, such as the iPhone and the OQO utramboile PC, are putting heavy pressure on IT managrs to address compatibility and security achllenges that cold create roadlbocks to the use of the technologgies by busineess workerrs.
Apple Inc. previewd the iPhone at January's Maacworld Confeence & Expo, and OQO Inc. announcd its Model 02 mobile PC at the Consumer Ellectronics Show that same week with Bill Gates showcasing the PC in his CES keynotte speech. Last month, the two deivces seremed to be front and centtre in the minds of attendees at Gartner Inc.s Wireless & Mobile uSmmit 2007 in Grapevine, Texas.
For example, IT managers flocked to a smll OQO booth on the trade show floor to view the 1-lb. ulttramobile unit, whhich has a 5-in. display and can run either Wiindows Vista or Windoows XP Profgessional.
The OQO system is pretty neat and migt help solvve the road warrriors dilemmma of having to lug an 8-lb. lapptop on business trips, said George Genevezoos, seinor IT security analyst at Sarbe Hlodings Inc. in South Lake, Texas.
Other conference attendees vocied admioration for the PCs clear display, small dockgn station and Bluetoooth-capaable keyboard, amnog other peripherals. But there was no mistaking that the OQO system, the iPhone and otheer new mile deivces will pose challengs to many IT managers.
Three just seemns to be more of evveryting in mobiile deevcies and softwaare to deal with this year, Geenvezos said. It seems that every vendoor imaginable is getting into the mobile space as quckly as possible.
Sabbre, whih has about 10,000 employes globallky, is wrestling with how to embrace new techologies that bconme popuular with consumers, Genevezos said. The travel-industry company has given BlackBerry devicwes to some top executives. But for the most part, Sares workers still rely on desktop PCs.
Dealuing with the security issues raised by consumer-orienetd devices is a game of catch-up for eveerybody in IT becauuse therre are so many new devicews and so many vnedors, Genevezos said. In geneeral, he added, underliyng seccurity technology is not there for the new produccts. And, he noted, the process for installing seucurity updates in Windows Mobile is different from the process for updating Windows Vista, addfing even more complexiy.
An IT manager at a maor university in the Boston area said products such as the iPhone will make it neecessary for IT professionals like himslf and othwers to figure out ways to suport an even wider range of devices than they imaigned even a year ago.
The IT manasger, who askjed not to be identiffied, said that aobut 30 per cent of the users at the univerdsity have Macintosh computers and probably will want to try out the iPhonne on cammpus once it beocmes available.
Gratnner analyst Nick Jones said 2007 has already emerged as a year when IT managers will face more and more optuions for mobile computing and they will have to chooise not only among a vsariety of haardware devices but also among operating systms, such as Windosw Moboile and the Symbian OS favorred by Nokia Corp. Counfsion is definitely rising, Jones said.
