The trusty internet browser that has been around since the Netscape days of the 1990's has largely been a lay person's user interface to the internet and sundry consumer internet apps accessed via the browser.
Fair enough
Let's stipulate: In the last 30 years that browser user experience has improved dramatically, to be sure.
Something different
But in recent years, and especially accelerating in 2024, the "enterprise-quality" browser had made inroads in the enterprise business world. New browser companies (*) have formed and are addressing the heightened security needs of the enterprise as well as a myriad of other needs (see below). This opportunity is not lost on the traditional guys from Microsoft, Apple, and Google; they also have their versions of an enterprise browser. (*)
The general requirements set is this:
- The need for an easier and less complicated way to integrate business apps into the browser.
- More of a "windows" (small 'w') look with multiple app windows in a common display, decidedly different from a row (or column) of tabs.
- Security protections that are more demanding in the enterprise setting.
- Network, IT, and data protection functions built-in
So in the PMO you may see new browsers and some of your favorite apps, like Office, database engines, scheduling and costing apps, statistical apps, and others that are somewhat "bolt-on" apps to the consumer browsers (Chrome, Edge, and Safari) become a more integrated app set on the enterprise browser.
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(*) Island and Here, formerly OpenFin, but also "Edge for Business" from Microsoft and "Chrome Enterprise" from Google
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