+1 to both you and MBS. Beyond a certain point, I simply hate acquisitions, as the value often bypasses consumers/customers almost entirely.
*ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…* On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife < [email protected]> wrote: > We're using Airwatch in our organization. Good product, oversold when we > were looking. I think we're still short on some of the functionality that > they had "promised". That said, it will be nigh impossible to get a decent > discount on purchase now. > > Joe > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith > > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 4:46 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] AirWatch and VMware, sitting in a tree. > > > > Wow. > > > > That is -- I think --- a damn shame. > > > > In my opinion, AirWatch was the #1 player in the MDM space -- as long as > > Windows' Phones were not one of your targets. > > > > This acquisition, in my opinion, will cause Microsoft-centric shops to > ignore > > the AirWatch solution. And, eventually, it will be marginalized. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 5:08 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [NTSysADM] AirWatch and VMware, sitting in a tree. > > > > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9245617/VMware_acquires_AirW > > atch_to_boost_mobile_device_application_management > > > >

