The Mobile Workforce & Why You Should Care

APP FEVER Businesses Want More Mobile Sales Solutions More employees than ever are using tablets and other mobile devices to increase productivity. Particularly among sales teams, demand is growing for mobile apps that help them close deals quicker by ensuring they have all the data they need at the ready. Learn how much the demand is growing. Why Does Your Organization Need Better Apps? Companies who support sales mobility achieve, on average, a 20% increase in: 75% 000 000 00o of organizations are using iPads Quota Customer Forecast in the sales force attainment retention rate accuracy Devices that global professionals use at least weekly for work: 63% 48% 21% Laptop computer Smartphone Tablet Growing Fast: 29% of professionals in the U.S. and Europe were anytime, anywhere workers in 2012 Up from 15% in 2011 15% 2011 29% 2012 82% 53% 37% Use multiple apps Use more than one Work from various devices locations By 2017, 905 million tablets will be in use globally – at work and at home = 50 million tablets Corporate Deployment on Corporate App Stores In a 2013 survey, 2,258 mobility decision-makers were asked whether their firms planned to purchase packaged mobile apps for employees using tablets and smartphones in the following categories: I Europe I North America 70% 61% 62% 58% 59% 55% 54% 53% 51% 49% Productivity applications Email/calendar Collaboration File synchronization/ Dashboard, KPI sharing intelligence other than email Excitement Abounds Many companies are excited about current device-management implementations. In a 2013 survey, 431 mobility decision-makers who implemented/expanded third-party MDM solutions were asked: "Has your firm's mobile device management solution met its expectations on the following benefits?" Improved employee user experience Delivered more secure data to multiple platforms % who said their expectations were exceeded: Europe Europe 40% 41% North America North America 33% 20% Sources: Schadler, Ted, et al. "2013 Mobile Workforce Adoption Trends: More BYOD, More Devices, More Mobility, More Apple: Forrester Research: 4 Feb. 2013. Forrsights Mobility Survey, Q2 2013. Qvidian THE BUSINESS OF WINNING