The Business Impact of Mobility
It almost goes without saying that the business community has taken great advantage of mobile data—perhaps to an even greater extent than of Wi-Fi. For all of the justifiable security concerns over BYOD, it seems that the boost in productivity is well worth the trouble.
Viewed from a business’s perspective, this is easy to understand. For a business, the promise of BYOD is that for the very small cost of a data plan and a phone (about $1,200 per year for a data plan, plus a one-time $100 phone cost), the business claims access to workers for a much greater percentage of their time, including nights, weekends, and vacations. It’s rare today for a business to operate only during the 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. shift, but even ...
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