Famous Last Words about

Technology in the Workplace

$#@!

Technology in the workplace has

come a long way.

Think about it…

It started with…

Desktop Computers Copy MachineDesk

Phones

Instant Messaging Mobile PhonesInternet

And then...

Desktop Computers Copy MachineDesk

Phones

And then...

Desktop Computers Copy MachineDesk

Phones

Social NetworksMobile Messaging

Mobile Apps

Instant Messaging Mobile PhonesInternet

Technologies that were once

new and intimidating became

commonplace.

And though they were popular in

our personal lives…

Many doomed

them to fail as tools

for work.

$#@!

Let’s take a look back a

few early predictions.

Let’s take a look back a

few early predictions.

(but not so accurate)

The Desk Phone1

”This ’telephone' has too many

shortcomings to be seriously

considered as a means of

communication. The device is

inherently of no value to us.”

− Western Union memo, 1876

But…

By 2008,

Polycom

reached

$1 billion in

revenue.

That’s a lot of

phones sold.

The Desktop Computer2

“In the mid-70s, someone came to me with

an idea for what was basically the PC.

I asked: 'What's it good for?' And the only

answer was that a housewife could keep her

recipes on it. I personally didn't see anything

useful in it, so we never gave it another

thought.”

− Gordon Moore, Intel

Over 300 million PCs

were shipped in 2014.

The Internet3

”By 2005 or so, it will become clear

that the Internet’s impact on the

economy has been no greater than

the fax machine’s.”

− Paul Krugman, 1998

But…

4.3 billion

people used

the Internet in

2013.

Or nearly 61%

of the world’s

population.

Instant Messaging4

”Few companies encourage

employees to use AOL’s instant

messaging service, though

many workers do so anyway.”

− Julia Angwin, Zdnet, 2011

But…

By 2005, AIM

dominated the

IM market with

53M users.

Mobile Phones5

”There’s no chance that the iPhone

is going to get any significant

market share. No chance.”

− Steve Ballmer, USA Today, 2007

But by 2014, more than 500

million iPhones were sold.

Enterprise Social Networks6

”Enterprise social networking sure can

sound a lot like the benefits that were

supposed to be delivered by previous

generations of [software]. Sure, sure, it’s

different this time. ”

− David F. Carr, InformationWeek, 2011

ESN users are projected to top

535 million by 2018.

Mobile Messaging7

”As technology progresses, texting is

slowly becoming more and more

unnecessary. All it does is give us

another way to interact with others with

a lot of added nuances.”

− Alexia LaFata, ThoughtCatalog,

2014

But…

Use of

messaging

apps grew

203% in 2013.

And over 15,000 businesses

are using enterprise mobile

messaging from Cotap.

So before you dismiss enterprise

mobile messaging

as just another trend…

Give it a try.

Meet Cotap

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