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To date mobile devices have largely been excluded from the business intelligence world because of their limitations and because of security concerns. That, according to Forrester Research, is about to change and the extension of BI to mobile devices will in due course change the nature of BI, it suggests.

"IT has a new challenge on its hands: ensuring that users can access and collaborate on content anytime, anywhere and on any device."

From a recent news post on mobile devices management vendor; Mobile Mentor. The author presents yet another example of how consumer technology trends are impacting the enterprise. Presenting both challenges and opportunities. As we continue to make mobile technology an intimate part of our everyday lives, why would we put our machines down when we head to work?

Network access control is an aspect of computer security that has been around much longer than the BYOD phenomenon and all the issues thrown up by having mobile devices accessing corporate IT systems. However BYOD has given NAC a new lease of life, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan.

A couple of weeks ago we talked about how the BYOD phenomenon had moved beyond employers simply accommodating, managing and securing employees’ mobile devices and were starting to look at how these devices, and the functionality they bring, could be exploited to strategic advantage; an idea dubbed ‘holistic mobile engagement’. It seems that, by and large, Australian organisations are yet to reach this level of maturity.

If your image of the average Teleworker is somebody sat in front of a computer at home, think again. Research by the ACMA shows more teleworkers using smartphones than desktop computers, and this does not include workers whose work role takes them out of the office.

We talked a couple of weeks ago about how companies that have surmounted the challenges of managing and securing mobile devices are looking at how they can make mobile technologies core to their operations, what Forrester Research calls “Holistic Enterprise Mobile Engagement”. Now Denis O’Shea, CEO of mobile management company Mobile Mentor, spells out a three-step process that can take a company from mobile chaos to mobile mastery.

There has been much attention given to managing the security aspects of mobile devices in the enterprise and as the push to use mobile devices has accelerated this has, quite rightly, been the number one priority. However, rather than having an ad hoc approach to allowing mobile devices into the corporate IT environment, every organisation should have a comprehensive policy that tries to anticipate and develop a company position on all the issues that can arise.

We’ve heard plenty about the ‘bring your own (mobile) device’ (BYOD) phenomenon: the drivers behind it; the problems it brings, the solutions to those problems. Now, Enterprises that have surmounted these challenges are looking at how they can make mobile technologies core to their operations.