Are you considering movement solutions? You should first consider "one-time" when you consider "moving". This is a suggestion for the mobile solution expert Nick Jones from Gartner. "You should be able to create an app, configure it, use it to be implemented, then discard it after 18 months."
Jones said that is affected by wireless network technology, the future wireless market has a large degree of uncertainty. Between short distances and long-range wireless networks (standards and private), their development is developed, their volatility for various application types and volatility of the network field for 12-48 months, enough to make the nearest movement Deployment becomes an old thing within a year.
For example, when a long distance (radio wave) wireless network is extended from 2G to 3G, Jones Description, from 2001, the United States and Europe have spent nearly 18 months into GPRS (General Packet Wireless) Serving), followed by 12 to 18 months to divide them into two parts (GPRS and EDGE), which will then go through 24 months that will be concentrated as WCDMA. Jones' blueprint reveals the development of CDMA. In the United States, CDMA is the main challengers of GPRS, from the beginning of 2001, to CDMA2000 1XRTT, until CDMA 1X-EV DO and CDMA 1X-EV DV (which is Verizon is tested by San Diego and Washington DC test) However, their future will not be smooth.
Moving solutions The greater troubles encountered in the work of architects are short-range wireless and equipment, as well as changing wireless connection costs. Jones divides the blueprint into a neighboring network (active RFID, passive RFID and neighboring area), personal area network (ultra-wide frequency, 802.15.4, Bluetooth and private PAN), LAN (private network, 802.11 AF and 802.15.4) and metropolitan Net (802.16, private fixed network, and 802.11b). Many of the technologies we can see are strictly vertical, while the other part is horizontal. Between complexity and possible development of each program, the person who configures mobile app must decide whether they will try some solutions, and if they try, which network technology is the most appropriate.
By the way, in an interview with Intel's president and CEO - Craig Barrett, he repeatedly mentioned 802.16 (can also be understood as WiMAX), explained that this is a strategic technology of Intel. Intel's sales and market vice presidents also talked about the company's production of 802.16 silicon.
"The overall value chain is covered with volatile veil," Jones said. "The success of mobile is not in the strategy, but the tactics" Perhaps Jones' comic in the June theory is a blessing to seek work safety. Can you let your boss are confident that the company should discard existing configuration within 18 months and whether you are willing to discard the old technology. Once the expected value is reasonable, you may not need to be responsible for more strategic decisions.
In Jones, each company must prepare for multiple devices. Jones said, comparing mobile platforms and comparison evaluations, comparison mobile platforms and comparison assessments, comparable to oranges. Because each platform has its own strength, and the needs of individual users are different, so IT departments must accept such facts: set unified equipment standards, especially the standards that are abandoned with equipment development, almost impossible to complete Task. The final problem is the "management diversity" mentioned by Jones. Despite this, Jones still claims that Microsoft's PocketPC is located in a player's position in a variety of mobile customer platforms deployed. However, he did not mention whether there would be a situation in the future. The advantage of PocketPC may be in versatility, Outlook does not work in Symbian, RIM or PalmSource platform. Market Survey Company Canalys report show that in Europe, HP's POCKETPC-based PDA is far ahead of Palm, the latter is the traditional base of Symbian and Palm.
I asked Jones, the most common cross-platform technology Java is significant, and his answer is not optimistic, he calls this mobile technology to be incomplete and blame the current manager (mainly Sun and network operator) Dead delivery. Finally, Jones believe that if the new manager can keep up, Java can promote management diversity. Finally, Jones did not point to predict that 70% of the possibility "" someone will create more standard universal Java. "
The "someone" here is unquestionable, it should be IBM. "Deep Blue" first extends its Java faith to its field, IBM recently announced its mobile Java version, known as a WebSphere Micro Environment, which will be integrated into PDA-Tungsten of Palm Solution Group. .
However, management diversity will also face challenges. To face the challenge of your face, Jones has another idea: transfer your mobile project to the IT service organization. You should be an integrator, "Jones said." Unfortunately, there is no moderate one-stop solution. The safest bet is to bring yourself to an IT service provider, let them handle what we can't solve, so that we can manage mobile solutions with minimal overhead. Cooperation with large IT service providers can minimize risks. "
