Think twice about shifting mobile cost to employees; What's next for Wi-Fi

What's next for Wi-Fi?; Slideshow: Best BlackBerry apps of 2009 Wireless Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by Microsoft Comparing Research In Motion and Microsoft Mobile Solutions The concept of working "any time and anywhere" has become popular. To support this concept, many organizations are adopting mobile solutions. As employees use these solutions, their expectations are increasing. This paper compares the Research In Motion BlackBerry solution with the Microsoft mobile solution by analyzing features of the user experience and the administrator experience. Read about their findings. Spotlight Story Shifting mobile cost to employees? Think twice I've noticed a disturbing anecdotal trend in talking to enterprise customers lately, and some recent IDC numbers I just stumbled across seem to back it up. 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