‘Quote from Sam palmisano wall street jounral pc is the past , now it all goes on te mobile phone.

ibm is the blackberry, 25000 offical mobile device users thoguh the enterprise level, 64 countries, 9k managers,.. interesting, sellers as well. nominal fee of about 20 quid a month, growth is 1000 users a month. prediction of 100k smart phone users by 2012. policy shift to go to your own device

connectivity

empowered

intersectiion btw tech, edu , busin – mobile technology sitting in the middle. Blue pages internal directory for ibm mobile on the blackberry.

workplace mobile usage – not courseware (pushing e-learning content. people do not want the traditional courseware, just in case learning. not needed for mobile, you would go to the desktop. Just in time learning is desirable. evidence of othe companies porting courseware could be usefyl for compliance traingin.

mobile usability

* fewer options
* easy
* specific intent for uses
* speed tp access how to avboid abandon 30 sec

network learning

* finding others globally – networking learning
* strength of weak ties 2nd and 3rd level connections

transofrmation – what is ibm doing

60 mill over 5 years see conference link to full report

* enablement giving users the tech
* enterprise to end user experience, consistant etc
* growth markets

txts for new hires, using what people already have. quick tips, reminders esstentially. learning plan reminders

performace support sellers, just in time info. checklists e.g. interacting with clients

latest informatiopn before client meetings’