Mary McDowell Quotes (17 Quotes)

This represents the first generation of the E-series family and certainly we expect to extend it over time.

Enterprises face increasing challenges when it comes to selecting devices, enabling access to e-mail and securing corporate data, while carriers are facing more and more complexity to support these demands.

We are making a lot of enhancements to devices specifically for enterprises. And I take to heart Johnston's comments on some of the enhancements we can do on the browsers.

We will manage this in a way that protects the interest of partners that do have competing devices.

The E-series is the first set of products specifically designed to meet business users' needs yet meet the stringent requirements of the IT professionals that are called upon to make sure these solutions work.

can bring corporate e-mail to the masses.

We are focused on changing the economics of mobile email adoption with Nokia Business Center. As the leading mobile phone manufacturer in the world, we have the distinct advantage of being able to make a great mobile business device that can be used to make phone calls, do email, or use other applications. Considering 70 percent of people who use popular email devices also carry a mobile phone, the opportunity for us to provide one device and solution that perfectly addresses both the voice and data experiences is tremendous. In the current landscape, many industry players are going after a slice of the potential mobile email market. Nokia is going after the full 650 million corporate email inboxes. We want to knock down the barriers to mobilizing the entire corporate email market.

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We are extending our consumer franchise to business users and addressing their unique requirements,

This is an opportunity to take mobility for business from the office and extend it across the business. But it's not as simple as just handing an employee a device. You need to show how it's used.

The device needs to be business-oriented. This is not simply a matter of repurposing consumer devices for businesses. We are building a new competency for business users and the IT management that supports them.

We will continue to make this site part of our future growth plans. If you know anyone, we're hiring.

We want to make it simple for our business customers to mobilize their workforces, no matter what their starting point,

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Nokia's McDowell said her company was working on some of Johnston's requests and has a particular focus on making smart phones more useful to enterprise customers. We have a little different perspective than some other vendors, ... We don't see cell phones as 'junior' laptops but as the principal productivity tool to keep connected to customers and your colleagues.

Our experience is in the consumer space, now our next challenge is in the enterprise. Today mobility is something of an executive toy, and we think that's about to change.

Mobility up to this point has been an executive toy. Now it's time to bring it to the masses.