For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals (Length: 15 pages)

June 9, 2008

The Business Mobility Imperative

To Remain Competitive, Establish A Mobile Operations Role Within Your Organization

This is the first document in the "Mobility Imperative" series

by Chris Silva, Benjamin Gray

with Simon Yates, Walid Saleh


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Whether brought in by employees or distributed by employers, mobile devices enable flexibility, increase productivity, and protect business continuity. However, most companies take a scattered approach to usage, procurement, management, security, and software development of mobility. Enter the mobile operations professional, an ombudsman within IT operations who drives the corporate strategy around usage, devices, networks, mobile applications, and the security and management of the data residing on these devices. Forrester sees many companies combining roles to manage everything from laptops to smartphones. But to streamline mobility decisions and maintain the edge mobility investments provide, it's critical that companies take into account the multiple elements they must manage. Forming a mobile operations role is the right path toward managing this complexity.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemMobility Takes Hold In Enterprises And SMBs

itemMobility Demands More Infrastructure And Service Management

itemMobility Investments Demonstrate Returns

itemManagement And Adoption Decisions Are Scattered Today

itemIt's Time To Consider Mobile Operations

itemThe Role Of A Mobile Operations Manager

Recommendations

itemConsolidate Expertise To Control Mobility And Enhance Its Benefits

itemSupplemental Material

In February 2008, Forrester, in collaboration with Network World, surveyed 531 mobility decision-makers at North American enterprises and SMBs about their use of mobile devices and management software. We also collected drivers behind and successes of adoption of mobile technologies in their organizations.

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itemForrester TechRadar™: Enterprise-Class Mobile Devices And Management Solutions, Q1 2008

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Analyst: Benjamin Gray, Chris Silva
Technology: Client Security & Management, Enterprise Mobile Devices, Enterprise Mobility, IT Adoption, IT Infrastructure & Operations, IT Spending & Budgeting, Mobile Application Development, Mobile Software & Platforms
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America