Last week I had the pleasure of working with the Samsung enterprise team at the CTIA Wireless & IT event in San Diego, CA.
I (and many of the press & analysts I met with) were very impressed with Samsung’s current strong focus on the enterprise and working with the leading eFMC and Mobile UC solution provider, Agito Networks, to enable the Samsung dual-mode Windows Mobile devices for enterprise mobility applications.
We were demoing (see below) the Agito RoamAnywhere solution which extends the enterprise extension from the PBX onto the Samsung dual-mode smartphones as well as extending location-aware presence with integration into Microsoft OCS 2007. These capabilities are extended both across the cellular and WiFi networks enabling customers to reduce mobile expenses while extending wireless coverage and improving productivity.
In addition to the strong interest in seeing the joint solution from Samsung and Agito, there was much interest from users in the Omnia II which is an upcoming Windows Mobile 6.5 device and the Samsung Moment that runs Android, both of which are sporting beautiful AMOLED displays. The general conclusion from discussions with many folks is that while Android is very promising and great to see more devices being released from leading smartphone manufacturers such as Samsung, the platform still has some ground to cover before it is enterprise-ready.
– christian
Read the Agito/Samsung Joint Press Release
