I can think of no better way to jump back into Blogging than our announcement today of our predictions for 2010. Apologies that we’ve been quiet for a while… turns out we’ve been very busy finishing out 2009 modeling the future.
Mobile Management Predictions for 2015
Working with our customers from Business and IT Execs to mobile admins and support teams and with our partners, industry pundits, media friends and more, we have crafted our ‘most likely’ view of the enterprise mobility world by 2015.
In this process two things became very clear:
- there is a tremendous opportunity to transform the business with Mobility
- there is truly a complex mix of Mobility challenges head
So as you work with your organization to mobilize your business, consider a “build to suit” strategy where your mobile IT management capabilities are designed to evolve in lock step with mobile user requirements.
Here’s the Top 5 Predictions for 2010:
Prediction #1: Enterprise-connected mobile device penetration will grow from 10-15 percent today, to upwards of 60-80 percent five years from now! This massive gain in mobilized workforce has employee-owned devices leading the charge.
Prediction #2: Device and mobile delivery platform diversity will continue to expand, with most organizations moving from one mobile platform and a handful of approved devices, to least 2-3 mobile platforms and 15-20 different devices by 2015. Yes this includes BlackBerry, iPhone, Google Android, Palm WebOS, Nokia Symbian, and Windows Mobile/Phone.
Prediction #3: Enterprise mobile applications per user will extend from one critical set of applications – primarily email, PIM and calendaring today – to five critical applications per user by 2015. Key mobile applications include CRM, SFA, ERP and corporate portals as well as unified communications and collaboration.
Prediction #4: Enterprise mobilization strategy will evolve from being focused solely on employee productivity, to one that includes customer engagement. Every business and brand will have to mobilize to engage with their customers.
Prediction #5: Mobile complexity will increase exponentially, placing severe pressure on IT’s ability to deliver high quality service without either a large expansion in mobile support resources or leveraging an automated approach to mobility management.
You can read the full story in our predictions announcement here.
Over the next few weeks we will continue to explore this topic of Mobility Evolution to 2015…
So what do you think of our predictions?
What do you see ahead for yourself and the industry?
Brian C. Reed
BoxTone
Tags: Best Practices, Enterprise, Mobility, Predictions
