Irwin Lazar's "Real-Time" Blog

Enterprise 2.0 conference wrap up

I've posted some thoughts over at http://www.enterprise2blog.com, see http://www.enterprise2blog.com/?p=639 for a wrap-up of coverage of the event.

Best wishes to Lou D'Ambrosio

Avaya announced this week that CEO Lou D'Ambrosio is stepping down due to health reasons.  Charlie Giancarlo will step in until a permanent replacement is found.  I've had the opportunity to briefly meet Lou at a number of industry events, and I've seen him speak numerous times.  He is a dynamic individual who brought bold leadership to Avaya.  I wish him well on what hopefully will be a rapid road to recovery.

iPhone Mania Runs Wild

The latest round of iPhone mania kicked off yesterday with the introduction of iPhone 2.0 at the Apple WWDC.  There has been some speculation that Apple is setting it sights on the corporate market, intent on challenging the dominance of RIM's BlackBerry and Microsoft's Windows Mobile-based devices.  I've had a number of chances to play with an iPhone, and I have an iPod Touch, but I can't imagine using an iPhone as a BlackBerry replacement.  Why?  The lack of a true keyboard.  I find it nearly impossible to type on an iPhone with anything near the speed of typing on a BB.  Not to mention the lack of things like dedicated speed-dial buttons.  Still, it's hard to argue with the success the iPhone has enjoyed so far.

Blogging from Enterprise 2.0

I'll be blogging on news out of the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston this week.  The first big news are social networking enhancements for SharePoint.