Comments on: 3 New Choices for Enterprise FMC http://gigaom.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: When the Cell Phone Is the Office Phone, Taxing It Is Wrong | 123 All Reviews http://gigaom.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135805 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:51:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135805 [...] longer the status symbols of the privileged few who work in international finance or software sales. Fixed-to-mobile convergence, which involves companies issuing cell phones to employees in lieu of actual desktop phones, means [...]

]]> By: When the Cell Phone Is the Office Phone, Taxing It Is Wrong http://gigaom.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135804 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:29:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135804 [...] longer the status symbols of the privileged few who work in international finance or software sales. Fixed-to-mobile convergence, which involves companies issuing cell phones to employees in lieu of actual desktop phones, means [...]

]]> By: vantelo http://gigaom.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135803 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:11:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135803 Hard to argue that FMC is the direction things are going, but, as for a number who knows. As part of the overall convergence / mobility discussion, the 451 group released a report last month about notebooks replacing desktops and enabling enterprise mobility via WLAN. Add a softclient and voila! The report is here: vantelo.com along with links to many other IT analyst reports.

]]> By: Katie Fehrenbacher http://gigaom.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135801 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:51:01 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135801 Remember the $450M figure is for capital expenditure on FMC infrastructure only.

]]> By: anon http://gigaom.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135802 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:13:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135802 For years, people have been talking about what FMC is and what it can do. Sure, it can do lots of things (FMC corp’s mission statement: Feeding the world, protecting health, and providing the conveniences of life. fmc.com :-))

Regarding Enterprise FMC, it is over hyped. Unified messaging platform, but not even $1B market opportunity? According to ABI, by 2011 only $450M! When was the last time market research firm under estimated market size? Remember, they do sell reports:-)

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135798 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:37:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135798 FMC is under-hyped.

  1. It is the real solution to finally getting decent coverage in everybody’s house and office, not this nonsense about femtocells that has been going around lately.

  2. wVoIP on your cell phone is FMC! FMC is a large tent that covers any strategy to have a single device work on both cellular networks and LANs.

  3. Any business that has its act together will use FMC because it delivers on the idea of a single user device that works everywhere and delivers integration with your unified messaging platform of choice.

I agree there is not much money to be made by startups in this field, but there is plenty to be made by the Ciscos and Motorolas .

]]> By: Adam http://gigaom.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135799 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:56:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135799 What about Cisco and Nokia?

http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2007/prod_021207b.html

]]> By: anon http://gigaom.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135800 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:55:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/3-new-choices-for-enterprise-fmc/#comment-135800 FMC is over hyped.

  1. Enterprises won’t adopt FMC for several reasons
  2. wVoIP is FREE!
  3. Small businesses simply will use cellular plans. They are not interested in FMC.

Good technology, but not much business potential. Several startups for last 2-3 years have been burning cash with little or no revenue.

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