The trend everyone has been talking about for the past year - the transition to work-from-home programs - is now underscored by new evidence.
Indeed.com, a career services website, reports that the number of job listings that mention "remote work," "telecommute" or "working from home" has doubled over the past year and is still going up.
Mobile phones have never been more critical to business communications than they are today.
They have become essential tools in the remote working arrangements that are the norm for many businesses even as pandemic measures are lifted.
So it is enlightening that new research from Nemertes reports that business users vastly prefer the native mobile phone experience over commonly deployed Mobile...
In a few days we will mark the dawn of a new decade.
So it's a good time to reflect on how much has changed in the past 10 years in terms of how, when and where we work.
It's also a good time to remind ourselves how communications technology has evolved in that period to support these changes in workstyle.
A thought-provoking piece by Julia Cho in The Atlantic lists some phrases that today's young people probably have never uttered:
"I'll get it."
"He's not here right now."
"It's for you."
Cord cutting is now the norm for businesses around the world.
Entire work environments and business processes are now designed for workforces that are distributed, getting stuff done remotely from home or Starbucks or on the road. Teleworking, remote working, virtual workplaces and work-from-home programs are increasingly critical to the operations of many businesses.
So it's increasingly...
If you run IT or telecommunications for an enterprise, you've probably heard the buzz about Global Private Mobile Networks.
Every company of any size has wrestled for years with how to truly integrate mobile devices and mobile communications with enterprise operations and IT.
Global Private Mobile Network (GPMN) services are the new way to integrate mobility and manage it from a single pane of...
Cisco Jabber is a powerful tool for enterprise collaboration and communications.
Now it is even more powerful: You can give your Jabber users the ability to communicate with people outside your enterprise on any mobile phone, thanks to Tango Networks' Jabber SMS solution.
High profile companies went “Mobile First.”
The “Second Wave” of mobility swept into view.
Enterprise text messaging became a critical tool for communicating with customers.
Mobile communications recording and new privacy regulations affected corporate regulatory compliance.
The first Android phones were launched 10 years ago. The iPhone turned 10 last year.
And in the last decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous and central to the way consumers communicate and lead their lives.
Now the impact of smartphones is reverberating throughout the work world as well.
Enterprise mobility is rapidly evolving as more businesses look to take advantage of increasingly flexible and useful mobile communications technologies.
October 11, 2021