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Mobile workforce in the Enterprise

Unleash the power of a mobile workforce. Information workers used to be bound to their desktop PC, but today’s mobile workforce needs immediate access to enterprise data, systems, and processes through their mobile devices or productivity will suffer. Fortunately, powerful mobile devices and high-speed wireless networks have unleashed information workers and taken information work well beyond the four walls of traditional business.Consider the numbers.•The world's mobile worker population will grow to nearly 1.2 billion people more than a third of the world's workforce by 2013. (IDC, February 2010)•54 percent of companies cite effective management of remote employees as the biggest concern for executives in managing a mobile workforce. Despite this concern, employee satisfaction and competitive advantage were ranked as the top benefits gained with a mobile workforce in addition to cost savings. (Runzheimer International, December 2010)•The number of enterprise customers using mobile cloud-based applications will rise to more than 130 million by 2014. (Juniper Research, March 2010)

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