As I explore cloud computing more and more, I am surprised by the number of companies that do not see mobility as being integral to cloud solutions. According to McGuire's Law, the value of a product increases with its mobility. It makes no sense, for instance, to build a next-generation Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application in the cloud without rich mobile functions. Ideally, the SaaS platform is open enough that even new phones, with no specific SaaS application written for them, still work well. More...

Sprint’s Russ McGuire is featured as one of the Masters of Unified Communications on Network World’s special UC community site, where he answers a series of questions about mobility. More...

In a recent interview with Telephony editor Kevin Fitchard, I introduced the concept of "social grass" as a component of how mobility will shape the next couple of decades. If you read that article, you may first have wondered what "social grass" is (other than a vague memory from college, although I'm sure none of us inhaled :) ).  And even if you figured out what I meant by "social grass," you probably struggled to see how it fit into a corporate environment.

Let me take a shot at clearing up the confusion on both fronts. More...