Cloud Computing: Over a quarter of mid-size firms have no mobile strategy

Grazed from ComputerWorld. Author: Antony Savvas.

Over a quarter (28 percent) of mid-sized UK businesses don’t have a mobile strategy in place, according to research. Managed service provider Intrinsic commissioned market research firm Vanson Bourne to question 250 IT decision makers at mid-size companies – employing between 250 and 1,000 – about their attitudes towards mobility.

Intrinsic’s study shows that mobile technologies, including mobile devices and applications, voice and video conferencing and cloud computing, are now seen by almost all IT decision makers (92 percent) as the fourth utility for business, alongside electricity, gas and water. Despite this the study suggests that many businesses are not taking a concerted, strategic approach to embracing mobile, with 28 percent not having a mobile strategy, and 30 percent not having a continuity strategy when it comes to internet access…

In addition, 46 percent had no continuity plans for the loss of mobile devices. Darron Antill, CEO of Intrinsic, said: “The bottom line is that a mobile strategy is now business-critical for almost all mid-sized UK organisations…

Read more from the source @ http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/mobile-wireless/3512697/over-quarter-of-mid-size-firms-have-no-mobile-strategy/

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