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Real Savings From Mobile Deployments: IDC |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Monday, 06 August 2007 |
Providing secure access to real-time, line-of-business applications for mobile workers will enable the enterprise to realise the true potential
of the
plethora of new devices, software and innovations coming to market, says industry research company IDC. in the United Kingdom.
However, the mobile and wireless
space is not without its challenges. Technologies are notoriously averse to standardisation, points out the researcher and users
consistently experience technology fragmentation, interoperability
issues and rapid obsolescence.
Next year, says IDC, businesses will be focused on regaining
control over mobility developments - having a clear vision as to how
solutions should evolve to achieve flexibility, ease of use and cost
savings.
"Although a mobile enterprise deployment will require some
up-front investment, most companies expect that, over time, the
benefits will outweigh expenses, and eventually cost savings will be
realised," said Stacy Sudan, research analyst, Mobile Enterprise
Software.
A survey conducted at IDC's 2006 Mobility Conference identified that
the combined IT spend of delegates was in excess of £300 million, with
the average expenditure being £81 million.
In that survey, 95% of delegates indicated their mobile budgets would increase, on average by 40.3%
in 2007. Their key priorities beyond providing email access were
customer relationship management, sales force and field force
automation, and the implementation of additional security measures such
as authentication and digital signatures.
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