Smartphones in the US Enterprise: Benefits, Considerations and Challenges in Mobilizing Corporate Work Forces


December 1, 2010
83 Pages - SKU: GALV6526093
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Countries covered: United States



Mobile US workers will increase at an unprecedented rate over the next 3 to 5 years, surpassing over 100 million workers in that timeframe. Today millions of workers access corporate applications and databases with their personal mobile devices, some of which are sanctioned and supported by their organization’s enterprise, and many of which are not. Primary research reveals that organizations are in a reactive state, feeling pressured to initiate a corporate workforce strategy. Knowing what questions to ask is the first of many hurdles IT managers face.


Additional Information

The study presents the context and key decision points for organizations at, or even beyond, the crossroad of enterprise mobility planning, including:
  • Mobile Enterprise Appropriateness of top US mobile operating systems.
  • Application Platform Selection and the productivity each enable.
  • Mobile Enterprise Application Platform Assessment of market leaders and new entrants.
  • Mobile Device Management Landscape and associated key technology alignments.
Discussions of these enabling technologies would not exist if it were not for a larger force: infiltration of consumer smartphones and changing personal productivity habits in the enterprise. The report includes a discussion of the consummerization of IT, usage trends among verticals, unaddressed pain points, cautious curiosity regarding the convergence of cloud computing with mobile enterprise applications, and enterprise managers’ future mobility wish lists.

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