Comments on: Is the Enterprise ready for iPhone? http://blog.jeffhaynie.us/is-the-enterprise-ready-for-iphone.html Jeff Haynie on business and technology in Silicon Valley Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:30:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: willkelly http://blog.jeffhaynie.us/is-the-enterprise-ready-for-iphone.html/comment-page-1#comment-2395 willkelly Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:43:42 +0000 http://blog.jeffhaynie.us/?p=375#comment-2395 Here's a question Jeff...Do you think the iPhone's cool factor is actually a detriment to it being embraced on an enterprise level. You think the CEO of 'company name here' looks at it as a serious platform while his 14 year old daughter plays with hers at the dinner table? Hold on, his Blackberry is going off...<br><br>Maybe the bleeding edge companies like your are savvy enough to ready themselves for the embrace, but old school companies that tread lightly in new tech get kind of intimidated by the cool factor because they don't want to sink lots of IT resource money into a passing trend. You and I know that is naive, I think the iPhone is ready for anything, but pre-conceived notions are tough to overcome. Can't help but think back to the Apple vs. Big Blue days! <br><br>What do you think? Is the kid bumping his 'Daft Punk' playlist on the subway with the pink mohawk a bad image for a possible business platform? Here's a question Jeff…Do you think the iPhone's cool factor is actually a detriment to it being embraced on an enterprise level. You think the CEO of 'company name here' looks at it as a serious platform while his 14 year old daughter plays with hers at the dinner table? Hold on, his Blackberry is going off…

Maybe the bleeding edge companies like your are savvy enough to ready themselves for the embrace, but old school companies that tread lightly in new tech get kind of intimidated by the cool factor because they don't want to sink lots of IT resource money into a passing trend. You and I know that is naive, I think the iPhone is ready for anything, but pre-conceived notions are tough to overcome. Can't help but think back to the Apple vs. Big Blue days!

What do you think? Is the kid bumping his 'Daft Punk' playlist on the subway with the pink mohawk a bad image for a possible business platform?

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