Wireless Data for the Enterprise Making Sense of Wireless Business

"...A valuable tool for management considering or already involved in wireless project planning. This book addresses the most important questions that all organizations should ask themselves when considering deploying wireless applications."--Stephen Drake, Research Manager, Wireless & Mobile Enterprise Access, IDCTHE BLUEPRINT TO FOLLOW WHEN DECIDING IF, WHEN, AND HOW TO "GO WIRELESS"Here's THE resource a company needs to determine whether or not to go wireless, and how to use wireless data within your organization. You'll find the information needed to gain priceless perspective on:* Mobile workers* Customers* Suppliers* Setting-up new models for profitabilityWIRELESS DATA FOR THE ENTERPRISE will prove invaluable to IT managers, CEOs, CIOs, corporate decision-makers, technical developers, and anyone else involved with deciding how to use wireless data to improve their business."We believe this book will help corporate managers develop a sense of what is possible with wireless today--to tailor personalized data for users while selecting wireless devices, gateways, and networks. It will show the technical reader how to implement wireless applications that enable disruptive market strategies and new methods to generate revenue, linking enterprise assets securely with people using laptops, personal digital assistants (PDAs), smart phones, palmtops, dashboards, and other varying flavors of mobile devices."Here is the definitive blueprint for firms considering or already implementing the technologies required to "go wireless." Presented in a clear, concise, and jargon-free style, WIRELESS DATA FOR THE ENTERPRISE:* Goes beyond the consumer hype to explain both the pitfalls and advantages of "going wireless"* Offers an unmatched overview of what is currently possible with wireless data, identifying the requirements, illustrating how to implement wireless applications, and focusing on how to make money while doing it* Provides detailed, step-by-step guidelines on researching and developing wireless pilots and "blueprints," including selecting middleware and implementing security measures* Includes eye-opening case studies of several early Fortune 500 wireless adoptersGuiding the reader on a journey beyond the Internet and simple cellular systems to a world of wireless knowledge, WIRELESS DATA FOR THE ENTERPRISE will prove to be a valuable "reality check" for the many claims about wireless, sorting out myth from fact, truth from exaggeration.For managers, it details what can be accomplished in both the business and consumer space utilizing existing applications and networks.An eye-opening futuristic view of how wireless data will touch every aspect of our lives from home monitoring, to wireless coupons, to email access, to news alerts, to wireless business applications makes for fascinating reading, and helps put present day developments in perspective.If you or your firm need a single source for authoritative information detailing everything you should know about "going wireless"--the search ends here.Faigen, George S. is the author of 'Wireless Data for the Enterprise Making Sense of Wireless Business', published 2001 under ISBN 9780071386371 and ISBN 0071386378.