Three trends are converging on organizations and their IT departments: cloud computing, mobile computing and the consumerization of IT. This shift is changing the way we work. For example, only 17… Read more »
There are three main forces now disrupting how IT departments provide services and change the assets they procure, develop and support: cloud computing, mobile computing and the consumerization of IT. In… Read more »
Four out of five companies (80 percent) surveyed by GigaOM Research say they support mobile phones in the workplace. This shows that mobility is a key aspect of today’s workforce, and… Read more »
The size of the business has little impact on whether an IT department supports the use of smartphones in the enterprise. The support of mobile phones by enterprises is lowest among… Read more »
While the iPhone gets all the headlines and is the fastest-growing platform, support for BlackBerry is still highest. Of those that support mobile phones, 70 percent of respondents polled by GigaOM… Read more »
The larger the enterprise, the more likely the company will support multiple platforms. Two-thirds of large companies support the iPhone (compared with 60 percent of small companies), while 70 percent of… Read more »
Mobile communications apps such as Skype/VoIP are the most popular apps across every size of business according to a recent enterprise mobility survey GigaOM Research conducted. Nearly two-thirds of large enterprises… Read more »
Fifty-one percent of enterprises today support tablets, according to survey data from GigaOM Research. In other words, tablets enjoy strong support, despite the continued strength of desktop and laptop computing among… Read more »
When GigaOM Research asked those enterprises that currently support tablets if they would purchase tablets for their employees, only 4 percent indicated they do not purchase tablets for any employees. The… Read more »
According to a recent GigaOM Research survey, 65 percent of respondents think that significant variations exist in the types of apps supported by different sizes of businesses in office productivity. Large… Read more »