The Wireless Workplace

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The Wireless Workplace
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Dan CwenarChief Operating Officer, Access Data
Corp.Bob EganVice President, Research
Director, Gartner Group Dr. Jens
TrötscherCorporate Product Management, LHS
Group, Inc.Rick BilodeauDirector of Product
Marketing, 3com Corporation
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The Wireless Workplace
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Our Business Challenges

• Geographic Distribution of Workforce
• MA Activity
• Business Expansion
• Workforce Mobility
• Work from anywhere / anytime
• Access to talent
• Customer Demands

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Our Buying Challenges

• Rapid Evolution of Standards
• Product Obsolescence
• Confusion
• PCS, GSM, CDMA, TDMA, WAP, 3G, GPRS, UMTS,
  W-CDMA, MO-SMS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, HomeRF...
  
• What is Real and What is Hype?
• What and when to buy

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What is Wireless?

• It can be
• The Last Mile
• The Last 100 feet in the Workplace
• Satellite Connected (remember Iridium?)
• A PCS Node
• Palm VII Network(Palm.Net)
• Rapidly Evolving
• Evolution of Human Interface

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Examples of Wireless Today

• Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)
• Palm VII
• Others with attachments
• PDA Wireless Phone
• QualComm pdQ Phone
• Nokia 9000 Communicator
• NeoPoint

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Examples of Wireless Today

• Two-way Pager E-mail
• RIM Blackberry
• Wireless Computing
• Apple (iBook) with AirPort Wireless Ethernet
• 3Com AirConnect Wireless Ethernet
• MobileStar access in Public high density areas

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Examples of Wireless Today

• Other
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• and dont forget...
• Garage door opener
• Baby monitor
• Wireless stereo speakers and RF remote controls

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Mutual Fund Industry Benefits

• Dealer Distribution Firms
• Wholesaler Call Reports?
• Direct to Consumer Firms
• Streaming Content?
• Institutional Firms
• High volume networks?

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Mutual Fund Industry Benefits

• Possibly?
• Mobile Offices
• Sales Representatives
• Client Servicing
• Trading, Notification of trade activity, Alerts,
  Market data, etc.
  
• Fulfillment
• Literature, campaign material, etc.

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Todays Discussion
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Bob EganVice President, Research
DirectorGartner Group
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The Wireless Workplace
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Dr. Jens TrötscherCorporate Product
ManagementLHS
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The Wireless Workplace
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Rick BilodeauDirector of Product Marketing3com
Corporation
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The Wireless Workplace
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Questions and Answers
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Thank You
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The Wireless Workplace