Although there are many drivers behind the recent explosion of small form factor computing devices in the typical government enterprise environment – including smartphones, tablets, slate and netbook devices, e-readers, and more – perhaps the single most important and under appreciated driver is Microsoft Exchange-based email.
(Full disclosure: Before joining my current employer, I spent nearly 12 years with Microsoft Corp. where I oversaw the company’s strategic and tactical mobile initiatives across the federal government.) Keep reading →
Federal managers like the idea of agencies providing mobile software applications, but only 15 percent of federal smartphone users have ever downloaded a government-built app, according to a recent survey.
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Government leaders know there will be no silver bullets, only hard choices, when it comes to preparing the inevitable budget cuts now facing federal agencies.
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