HP buying Palm – will it help us do amazing?
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April 30, 2010 8:00 AM
Since the inception of this blog back in 2005, we've been talking about the importance of edge computing devices and the movement of more of the business interaction out to the edge. Yesterday's announcement of HP's purchase of Palm shouldn't have come as too much of a surprise - although I was not involved in the purchase in any way. Palm has a range of patents that span the mobile hardware & software space that should strengthen HP.
The movement to a "mobile first" approach from a value generation perspective and everything as a service will be bolstered as well. The mobile device is the computer we always have with us; the possibilities to incorporate its capability are only just being tapped. It can help an enterprise know quite a bit about the context of the individual who is carrying it that can be used to reduce latency and minimize interruptions.
Organizations have been talking about developing products and services that would allow people to work from anywhere, anytime, anyway they wanted. The only problem is most aren't practicing what they preach. HP definitely seems to have internalized this philosophy (at least compared with when I was part of EDS). The advancement of mobile really does change the way people work and allow them to streamline (and some would say integrate) their business/work life.
We'll see how the various service offerings in the mobile space can take advantage of the purchase as well:
Originally posted on The Next Big Thing blog
| Blogger Profile: Charlie Bess | |
| Charles Bess has worked in the Information Technology industry for about 30 years supporting a variety of large organizations and industries. Charlie has performed a variety of formal and technical leadership roles throughout EDS and now HP. He is a licensed professional engineer and in 2002, a senior member of IEEE and was recognized as a Fellow within HP for his focus on value delivery and innovation. Currently he is focused on the Chief Technologist functional relationship between HP and its largest clients. In addition to these activities, Charlie has also worked as a public speaker, advisor to SMUs MBA program and supported engineering and computer science activities at Purdue University and University of North Texas. He’s been blogging on technology and business value related topics since early 2003. |  |
