Number of mobile workers set to rise
Mon, 19 Oct 2009
Enterprise mobile workers will make up 73 per cent of the workforce by 2012, according to research from Forrester.
Alex Donnelly, portfolio manager at Damovo UK, said this prediction was likely to be accurate as "more and more people are expected to and want to work more flexibly".
The use of mobile working technology will "create better business efficiencies and more flexible working for users," he added.
"We communicate socially through, voice, SMS, email, and social network updates on our mobiles. People are recognising what these tools can [do] and want to use them more in the corporate environment. It will create better business efficiencies and more flexible working for users," Mr Donnelly said.
However, the Forrester report also found that with the number of mobile workers increasing, enterprises are currently supporting more than one mobile operating system, adding unnecessary complexity.
Mr Donnelly said the key to any mobile strategy is to support a defined common number of platforms and have appropriate device management applications in place.
Brett Caine, general manager of mobile working firm Citrix Online, recently claimed that widespread internet access and collaboration technologies are allowing businesses of all sizes to mobilise their workforce.
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