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TCO Impacts Companies Considering A PDA
Strategy!
The mobile workforce is growing every
day. Industry research firms predict that by the end of 2005 there will
be nearly one billion handheld devices used by enterprise employees. The
increased productivity these employees can achieve extends beyond simple
scheduling and e-mail access. Employees can implement remote data
access, location-based GPS solutions, and other wireless connectivity
solutions that are secure and enable access to corporate networks and
applications anytime/anywhere.
Executives everywhere are starting to
understand the advantages of handheld enterprise computing and mobility
solutions. Worldwide, businesses and government officials with carefully
planned strategies are realizing rapid, high ROIs from their handheld
computing devices.
"Too many times, companies wake up
from PDA ignorance after it is too late. Once each of your employees
have become comfortable with their PDA choice among the myriad of
different handheld computing solutions, the last thing they want to do
is change devices because it is convenient for their company. The later
corporations move to determine the most appropriate handheld computing
strategy, the worse off they are!" says Rich Tehrani, TMCTM
President,
Perhaps most troubling are the companies
that have not yet embraced a handheld computing strategy. Handheld
computers unlike personal computers are infiltrating corporations from
the bottom up with limited MIS or other corporate involvement. This
becomes a problem for corporations when they realize they must now
support devices from a large group of manufacturers and worse, support
expansion jackets and storage slots of every conceivable type such as
SD, CF, PC, Memory Stick, and others.
According to Marc Robins, TMC Vice
President and Group Editorial Director, "It's been estimated that
the enterprise TCO for each PDA is as much as $2,500 per year, as you
must also include the cost of providing support, network connectivity,
replacement units, training, and necessary software applications. By
embracing centrally managed mobile infrastructure software, and by
enforcing policy management and automatic "healing" tools, TCO
can be significantly reduced."
The newest and most advanced handheld
computing solutions will be on display at "Planet
PDA - The 2nd Global Summit On Enterprise and Custom Volume Handheld
Computing Solution." The event will be held on May 13-16, 2002
at the Boston World Trade Center.
Planet PDA provides a first-class
learning forum for anyone involved in implementing handheld devices into
the enterprise. Don't miss this chance to compare the TCO for a variety
of portable computing devices, including PDAs, tablet PCs,
ultra-portable notebooks, and laptops.
For complete conference information,
visit www.planetpdaexpo.com
or to exhibit or sponsor this event, please call Hilary
Inman at (203) 852-6800, ext. 146.
If you're interested in speaking at
Planet PDA please contact John
Gatens at 203-852-6800 ext. 271 ().
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