Rob Enderle

RE: Why RIM's New CEO Is Unlikely to Succeed

RobEnderle — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:07 GMT

Think they've already dropped into niche status, but agree, if they can't change the perception that they have failed they won't avoid that outcome.

RE: Why RIM's New CEO Is Unlikely to Succeed

SteveKsas — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:25:12 GMT

Astute commentary on the IT vs consumer market drivers of the success of Apple vs RIM. I also think one of the main hurdles for RIM is just the overriding sentiment that they are toast, and their tech is old and past it's prime, almost like a pager - remember those? Whatever they do, they better do it fast or be relegated to being a small niche player rather than the dominant force they once were.

RE: Microsoft Fleshes out Windows on ARM: The iPad Is Obsolete?

NeilB — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:48:14 GMT

Rob, I see what you're driving at, but I'm not sure Jobs was as important as he's flagged up to be. Are we really saying that none of his staff were able to learn anything from him whilst working for him? I'm sure a keyboard/more business functionality on other devices may make companies think twice before buying them for staff, but the ipad is far from dead in the water. The apple brand counts for a lot in the general consumer market, and even bad apple products will sell well at the moment.

RE: Microsoft Fleshes out Windows on ARM: The iPad Is Obsolete?

RobEnderle — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:23:27 GMT

Odds favor your position, but recalling Windows 95 and Apple w/o Jobs, I wonder.

RE: Microsoft Fleshes out Windows on ARM: The iPad Is Obsolete?

User2037682 — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:39:10 GMT

I think Microsoft is smart to focus on the areas where the iPad is weakest. However, I don't think they are going to make the iPad obsolete. I think they will attract a completely different sort of consumer than the iPad. I think most iPad users use the device for web browsing, playing games and e-mail, with a smaller subset who use it for productivity because there isnt really a strong tablet out there to fill that niche. I think the crowd using it for entertainment will stick with the iPad, but MS could definitely create a niche market for tablets as a laptop replacement in the productivity area.

RE: Android vs. Windows: The Race for the Desktop

SkjorterUlrik — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:34:30 GMT

Thanks for a good blog post. This fight is always exciting to follow, and luckely in this fights the consumer always (almost) wins.

Interesting to read your observastions. Thanks again

RE: Oracle vs. HP: Oracle’s Fraud Gambit Implodes

User2035647 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:40:39 GMT

If you read the published documents, it is clear that Intel wanted out of Itanium and HP was pushing/paying for continuation of a chip they knew had no future to lock-in their high HP-UX, NonStop support costs. You can fault Oracle for a number of reasons (and undoubtedly Sun sales factored in), but saying the obvious about Itanium isn't one of them. Even Microsoft, HP is their largest customer, dropped support.... They wouldn't even continue as a favor to HP.

RE: Gartner’s Public Cloud Fallacy and EMC’s Secret Weapon

User2015750 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:22:12 GMT

I am sorry to say but I am for the private cloud! I recently joined this business as well! I bought a very good location with unlimited power supply and just in case I bought one of those used marine diesel engines so just in case of a blackout it will kick in. As I client I have always preferred a private cloud that is why I am doing this though with SOPA and PIPA I am having second doubts now.

RE: CES Technology That Could Bleed into Business

User1849894 — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:04:47 GMT

Besides OnLive Desktop, another option for accessing Windows applications from iPads is Ericom AccessNow, a pure HTML5 RDP client that enables iPad users to connect to any RDP host, including Terminal Server (RDS Session Host), physical desktops or VDI virtual desktops – and run their applications and desktops in a browser.

Ericom‘s AccessNow does not require Java, Flash, Silverlight, ActiveX, or any other underlying technology to be installed on end-user devices – an HTML5 browser is all that is required.

You can choose to run a full Windows desktop or just a specific Windows app, and that desktop or Windows app will appear within a browser tab.

For more info, and to download a demo, visit:

http://www.ericom.com/html5_rdp_client.asp?URL_ID=708

Note: I work for Ericom

RE: HP’s Secret to Recovery May Lie in Its Printing Division

User2027828 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:49:46 GMT

As a company, HP has actually done well to survive this long. With today's ever-changing IT landscape, it can be hard for anyone one company to keep up with consumer's demands, let alone come up with the next big thing. If HP focuses on its printers, it might stand a chance to stand out in the IT crowd.

Kathy - printer ink

RE: Windows 8: Advantages over a Windows 7 Deployment

RobEnderle — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:15:12 GMT

Good points. My point on ARM was against other alternatives like Apple or the ChromeOS and as a more secure hedge against viruses. Agreed against a legacy x86 base that isn’t an attractive choice.

While you are right on the beta, the Gartner numbers suggest many won’t be moving to Windows 7 until next year and by then there should both be more apps and a far better idea of the platform. The timing would put you at the beginning of the Windows 8 lifecycle but mid Windows 7 which is slated to end-of-life in 2014 right now. Windows 8 should be good till at least 2016.

Given this is a major change like Windows 95 and Windows 2000 were rather than being at the tail end of the last major change (Vista/Windows 7) being at the front end of the next cycle which should extend to 2018 (Windows 9 should be the minor release on Windows 8) might, in hindsight, be the less expensive path.

Though I agree, until we see beta code that is pure speculation.

RE: Windows 8: Advantages over a Windows 7 Deployment

AaronSuzuki — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:28:47 GMT

“ARM PCs won’t run legacy code and they will only get the Metro interface. From your perspective, this means they won’t run any virus currently in the wild and, given their initial low volume, will likely fall well behind even Apple as likely targets.”

The part you’re leaving out is that none of your old apps, some of which probably ensure that the business makes money, will run on Win8 on ARM. Migrating from XP to Metro-only-8 is a bad idea for businesses. I don’t know of any businesses that will be able to successfully standardize on metro-only apps, and we are overlooking the fact that there are as yet no real metro apps to speak of. Moreover, ISVs have to rationalize selling their apps through Microsoft in a revenue sharing model which will be an adjustment for most business software manufacturers. It is also worth thinking twice about how IT will respond to trusting end users to get all the software they need, and how the enterprise will pay for these applications in volume. This is a nightmare scenario for many enterprise IT organizations: we have a platform that won’t run legacy apps, a business model that is new to ISVs, and the distribution and licensing model is a risk to enterprise IT.

Manageability is a good reason to use Win8 over iPad, but not a reason to wait for 8 over 7. The best and perhaps only reason at this moment to wait is to buy more time for your software suppliers to provide Vista-forward-compatible software so you don’t have to deal with app compat issues. Beta is looming, but Windows 8 cannot presently be evaluated beyond a highly unstable pre-Beta preview release, no supported hardware is available for it, and it technically has no supported applications.

RE: The Death of .NET and the Power of Perception

RobEnderle — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:17:13 GMT

For a company which is headed by a guy who stared at P&G it amazes me they fundimentally don't understand, as an organization, the power and need for strong Marketing. Even after watching Apple. Validates the Confirmation Bias theory though.

RE: The Death of .NET and the Power of Perception

User2024826 — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:00:02 GMT

Rob, you are so right about this. Microsoft completely failed to market .NET to the newest generation of developers, and let's face it, software development has been infused with a hipster mentality in the last 5 years or so. Microsoft is not hip. As an older developer who's been around the block with quite a lot of these technologies, .NET easily stands as the best platform despite the perceptions.

RE: Is WebOS Meg Whitman's iPod?

edgeuser — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 03:46:53 GMT

It's rumored that Windows 8 will cost $68 for the tablet version. I don't know if that's the ARM or X86 tablet version, but it will make Win8 tablets very uncompetitive on the market.

For WebOS to succeed as an open source project, it has to have HP legal muscle behind it. If WebOS developers gets sued for OS patent violations, they have to know HP will come to the rescue. Otherwise, they can go to Android and at least have a customer base to make up for the Android patent lawsuits.

RE: Litigation Wars: Barnes & Noble’s Android Mistake

RobEnderle — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:14:08 GMT

Palm’s patent portfolio rivaled Apple’s and if it came with the OS could likely indemnify against both Microsoft and Apple. Suggesting Apple, Microsoft, and Google might be interested in securing it. HP might be able to recover or even profit from the Palm thing if done properly.

RE: Litigation Wars: Barnes & Noble’s Android Mistake

edgeuser — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:53:09 GMT

More stuff coming out by the day;

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/11/15/171201/barnes-noble-names-microsofts-disputed-android-patents

Where is WebOS in all this? Either they think it not even worth going after an extinct OS, or they are scared Palm's pile of patents. WebOS is looking like a smart choice right about now.

RE: Ultrabooks vs. iPads: Closing the Gap

RobEnderle — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:12:29 GMT

You have a lap on a couch and I use my laptop there all the time, much better for email catching up at least for me. However once you start blending the device with the TV and passing it around, the tablet is better as a super remote right now though I still don't see a lot of folks using it that way. Now if you lay down on the couch we're back to the tablet being better. A touch laptop where they keyboard slid up under the screen might be interesting.

RE: Ultrabooks vs. iPads: Closing the Gap

edgeuser — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:17:29 GMT

Tablets have failed as a content creation device, such as email, docs, etc. It is a content consuming device, games, web, etc. Its awkward to consume content on a laptop (while sitting on a couch for example) no matter the size or weight. Unless ultrabooks can work out some kind flip screen design similar to the Dell Inspiron Duo (http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-duo/pd) competing with tablets is going to be hard.

RE: The User-driven, IT-supported Apple Invasion of the Enterprise

User1984414 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:24:00 GMT

careful with the use of stats to define your argument.

what is 92%? at least 1 iPad in 92% of F500!

I think the saying is: "lies, damn lies and statistics!"

I like the "user-driven demand" premise of this article.

For better or for worse, users like the Apple user experience: it just works!