* Posts by yinal

1 publicly visible post • joined 12 Feb 2011

Nokia's 15-year tango to avoid Microsoft

yinal
FAIL

well deserved..

I was a proud 9500 (Later e70) user.

I did every single possible effort to keep Symbian - and yet I failed, even if I controlled the server end at my company..

EMAIL DID NOT WORK ON NOKIA

I did tell to every single Nokia exec, they simply did not listen..

I used NAM (Nokia Access Mobilizer)

I used N1BS (Nokia One Business Server)

I used NBC ( Nokia Business Center)

I used Intellisync (Nokia's half billion dollar acquisition)

That is where we gave up.. Around 2006 we got it, Nokia's engineering organization was out of sync..We did switch to Blackberry...

I tried to tell this to everyone at Nokia Enterprise Solutions Partner Conference in Boston in 2006, they simply laughed and they told me 2 things basically (after explaining why I could not see the big picture)..

1- Intellisync is the best, and it is here to stay

2- You don't get it , we have the world's largest installed OS base Symbian (x times Microsoft), it is the best

I was like Cassandra,Nokia simply did not listen..

Microsoft story is not new - In 2008 they did dump Intellisync and switched Exchange.. Changing the OS is not big news..

well deserved..