The consumer market for mobile devices and web services is in a hiatus period, squeezed by price wars and lack of differentiation, as the users wait for the next big thing, whatever that may be. That is intensifying the mobile companies’ interest in the enterprise space, where developments like unified IP communications, hybrid PC/tablet hardware, and enhanced security and manageability all give more room for providers to add value (and revenue). This is Microsoft’s turf to defend, and for once it even has hardware in pole position, with the Surface Pro, which has been eagerly copied this year by Apple, with the iPad Pro, and by Google, first with the Chromebook Pixel and now with the Android Pixel C. These…