A Cloud Catalyst for Enterprises

Back in the mid-1990s, at that time Microsoft CEO Bill Gates offered a prophetic observation. The impact of the web, he wrote, would be greater than most people thought, now would take longer to happen than was commonly supposed.Turns out, happily for Microsoft, that he was right.But now, maybe not so pleasantly for Redmond, the confluence of mobile computing, social online interactions and cloud computing are at the same time supporting a wave of change that will both be more impactful than many think -- and as well happen a lot quicker than is expected.More evidence of this appeared this week, building on momentum that capped a very dynamic 2010. Start-up Bitzer Mobile Inc. this week announced its Enterprise Virtualized Mobility solution, which makes a strong case for an ecumenical but native apps approach to mobile computing for enterprises.

Bitzer Mobile is banking on the urgency that enterprise IT departments are feeling to deliver apps and data to mobile devices -- from Blackberries to iOS, Android, and WebOS. Nevertheless knowing the enterprise, they as well know that adoption of such sweeping change needs to be future-proofed and architected for enterprise requirements. More on EVM later.