Nemertes Impact Analysis:

Announcements at this year’s Consumer Eletronics Expo by Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) and privately held YMax underscore the need for IT managers to keep their eye on developments around consumer and personal technology. Cisco announced plans to extend its telepresence video conferencing system to the home, while YMax announced a femtocell version of its Magicjack VOIP product enabling GSM phones to use the Internet to make calls, eliminating per-minute and roaming fees.

Forty-six percent of IT leaders already say personal technology impacts their business technology decisions.

Impacts:

Enterprises: Keep your eye on personal technologies to, not only reduce operating costs, but also to deliver enhanced collaboration services to your virtual workers.

Vendors: Bridging consumer and enterprise technologies is rapidly emerging as a key to market success, develop technology and partner strategies to bridge the divide.

Investors: Companies successfully crossing over between consumer and business include Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), and privately held Skype.

By Irwin Lazar, Vice President Communications and Collaboration Research

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