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22 May 2008

Security 'still a concern for enterprise mobility'


Security concerns are preventing larger deployments of enterprise mobility, a new report from analyst Datamonitor hsa revealed.

According to the research company, employees are increasingly attempting to integrate advanced consumer mobile devices into business-critical processes, something that is causing headaches for IT managers.

Daniel Okubo, technology analyst at Datamonitor, said: "Enterprises are fighting a losing battle against employees when it comes to mobile devices and they should consider supporting a limited selection of devices rather than banning them outright.

"Allowing a range of the most popular devices will improve employee satisfaction and encourage more of them to embrace mobile devices and improve their productivity when away from the office."

Although the majority of IT managers questioned by Datamonitor considered security a barrier to the adoption of mobile systems, the analyst predicted that enterprise spending on mobile devices will triple from $6 billion (£3 billion) today to $17 billion (£8.6 billion) by 2012.

Analyst Aberdeen, meanwhile, predicts that that enterprise mobility will be a top investment priority in 2008, with an average year-on-year increase in planned spending of 7.6 percent.

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