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What Google Android Means to Business Users and the Enteprise

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Posted by: AZA43

This article talks about how Google Android could affect business smartphone users and the IT departments that support them.

Right now, Android is largely aimed at consumers but it will undoubtedly affect corporate users, as well.

Check it out.

AZA


Posted by: FL1134

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...What makes Android truly valuable to developers and users is that the entire software stack is open source, says Tom Kelly, CEO of MontaVista, which offers its own flavor of mobile Linux, as well as related development tools. To date, MontaVista has provided an open-source mobile OS, but the upper-layer functionality has been provided by a number of closed, proprietary software stacks, Kelly says. (MontaVista is not currently a member of the OHA but it plans to join, according to Kelly.)

"Enterprises will benefit [from Android] because the availability of open-source code for the entire software stack will allow the existing army of Linux developers to create special-purpose applications that will run on a variety of mobile devices," Kelly said.

Many of those applications could target specific business needs, and thanks to the open software stack, corporate smartphone users could employ a variety of devices to access the apps.

In-Stat's Hughes notes that devices built for use with a completely open platform like Android could also help companies offer a wider variety of mobile devices to their employees....


What? How is sandboxed java completely open? Upper-layer functionality? Programmers want lower-level access.




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