SiGe and Si CMOS Technologies Growing at a CAAGR of 127 Percent Boston, MA - 18 July 2008 - Strategy Analytics today announced a significant expansion of its enterprise mobility business with the addition of Philippe Winthrop. Philippe, together with Andrew Brown, bring over 20 years of industry experience and a knowledge base spanning the entire business mobility ecosystem.
David Kerr, Vice President, Global Wireless Practice, stated, "We are delighted to add a highly visible and experienced analyst with a proven track record of advising leading hardware, software and solutions companies in the enterprise mobility space. Philippe will be based in our Boston office and will deliver additional support to our Americas-based clients. As the business market for mobile and wireless solutions continues its rapid growth phase, the need for clear, consistent and detailed insight and analysis on ROI and TCO for a range of solutions providers across the value chain will become increasingly critical. Philippe will draw on his extensive experience to lead our expanded activities in this area.
Philippe Winthrop commented, "I am thrilled to join such a highly regarded group of people focused on mobility research and consulting. The Strategy Analytics Wireless Enterprise Strategies service offers unmatched analysis of operator/supplier strategies and the dynamics of competition with detailed opportunity assessment across the wireless ecosystem. I will complement this knowledge base by focusing on key success metrics for delivering enterprise mobility solutions and producing a scorecard of top performing vendors across a range of vertical market and line of business applications.
Key questions such as the following will be addressed:
· What are the key drivers for enterprise mobility?
· What are the key feature requirements and how are purchase decisions made?
· What are the requirements for mobile security and management across key industries?
· What is the TCO of key enterprise mobility solutions?
· What are the most common challenges and hurdles faced in deploying mobility solutions?
Andrew Brown, Director of Wireless Enterprise Strategies at Strategy Analytics, added, "I look forward to working with Philippe. Our existing analysis of business user spending on mobile applications, penetration and market share of mobile email, M2M, notebook and portable device penetration and best-in-class coverage of external and embedded broadband modems will be complemented perfectly by Philippe's focus on evaluating competitive mobile solutions and the benefits seen by businesses that have deployed wireless solutions."