Managing the Benefits and Risks of Mobile Computing
Is the use of Smartphones good for business? The answers are yes and no. Explore some of the compelling benefits, risks, and what the best-in-class are doing to manage both. And, find out why some are avoiding certain mobile devices and why.
The use of Smartphones and Tablet computers are resulting in some compelling benefits and very real business risks. One of the primary actions to manage the risk-benefit tradeoff of using these supercharged pocket devices is to limit their use in the workplace. But, the organizations allowing more employees to use Smartphones experience higher revenue and profit, while those with fewer employees using Smartphones post lower revenue and profit.
If the benefits are that obvious, then why are organizations limiting the number of employees who can use Smartphones? Because the business risks are not only very obvious, they are currently enough to outweigh the benefits unless appropriate practices and controls are implemented.
If you know which policies, practices and controls to implement, and which phones are best to avoid for now, then you can do what the best performers are doing: which is to let more employees use Smartphones and Tablet computers.
In this groundbreaking benchmark report, the IT Policy Compliance Group reveals the key Apps driving the use of Smartphones and Tablet computers in the workplace today, which devices employees can bring from home and which can’t, the business benefits and risks of using Mobile computing, the actions organizations are taking to manage its benefits and risks, policies and practices governing the use of these devices in the workplace, operational and legal challenges contributing to business risks, and the practices and controls most responsible for determining outcomes being experienced by organizations.
In addition, the report covers current employee usage rates, whether Smartphones or Tablet computers are being artificially limited in the workplace, which of the two are expected to increase in use, which are expected to decline in the next two years, and what current sentiment about mobile phone and tablet platforms (including Android, Apple, Blackberry and Windows) means for you by 2013.
To learn more, download the full report.
