We also have policy-based management and set requirements to be able to make sure infrastructure is not being overloaded. According to officials, HP ships 40 million appliances a year and holds 10 percent of shelf space in the non-food category. So it is a major player and ideally positioned on the appliance side to take advantage of the mobile e-services revolution. One of the challenges of managing WAP technology is how unpredictability affects scalability and performance on wireless devices. It is hard to determine the number of service users and usage patterns.
Reliability is another challenge.
Mobile networks are not as reliable as the traditional Internet or telephone networks. Whoever uses cell phones understands this. Security and authentication can also cause problems. In any industry involving financial transactions, users have to be sure the process is secure. HP's Praesidium and Virtual Vault work as well for mobile users as for enterprise users, and have been sold in that market.