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Consumerisation of IT, Mobility discussion shifting to the smart devices usage The hype about the growing move to BYOD (bring your own device) has many industry pundits predicting the demise of corporate-liable policies for mobile devices. Listen to a podcast on the subject from Telecom Junkies (podcast) Damovo published in their Oct 2011 newsletter a study by Citrix predicting some major shift in the next 2 years to BYOD ... more. |
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One of the biggest challenges to many comms managers is controlling communication costs. The use of cellular devices by mobile workers has continued to grow and with it the difficulty in controlling costs. Despite a trend toward reducing cellular tariffs, cost trends keep increasing.
Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) has arrived, or has it? It been with us for years in one form or another but there is not much deployed beyonfd the humble mobile extension. Has 'Mobility in the Enterprise' been overtaken by the trend toward the Consumerisation of of IT? There is still confusion about what is what, and that confusion delays decision making.
What about BYOD ... is this yet another dimension to the mobility jigsaw puzzle. Are companies starting to commit to policies (not just one offs for certain influencial employees) and look at device management in order to stay ahead or will business resist the pressures being brought to bear by their users (who are also consumers).
Policy aside, the vendor solutions provide the connectivity options from the fixed world, your partner(s) should be adding value by helping with putting it all together.
There is no doubt that Aastra have the strongest portfolio of mobility solutions for the Enterprise business, the challenge is translating them into true business solutions.
Aastra are recognised for having one the most comprehensive range of mobility solutions available for a client with solutions based around,
Mobile clients can be either normal mobiles (mobile extension deployments) or smart devices upon which the mobile client application (AMC) is uploaded to. Network connectivity internally and externally (cellular or Wi/Fi or both) need to be examined along with application access and security. Having a larger deployment of smart devices requires additional management tools to be implemented.
Partner competences are critical in both understanding of the inter-operabilities and in the actual professional project management and implementation required to achieve a successful outcome.