The Mobile Workstyle

THE MABILE WYRKSTYLE Today's workforce is changing the concept of where work is done. A variety of new devices and services are empowering the mobile worker to work where, when, and how he or she chooses. I don't need the office I 2nd that Me either MOBILE PRODUCTIVITY OUT OF THE OFFICE According to a Cisco study on the international workplace, the mobile workforce is now business-as-usual 3 of 5 workers say they don't need to for enterprises around the world. be in the office anymore to be productive MOBILE WORKING WORLDWIDE Increasingly, work is something people do rather than a place people go. 32% of employees globally now rely on more than one mobile device during the typical workday 2% ON AN AIRPLANE ............. WHERE MOBILE WORKERS FEEL MOST PROD UCTIVE 2% IN A HOTEL 2% IN A CAFÉ 38% 46% 1% WORKING IN THE FROM PUBLIC OFFICE НOME TRANSPOR- TATION 9% ENABLING MOBILE PRODUCTIVITY NO PREFERNCE According to a survey by Unisys and IDC, many IT departments are providing workers with mobile devices for work, but many workers report they've supplied their own. of IT managers say companies provide workers mobile phone and cover 87% costs, but more than half of employees with iPhones, Android phones, and iPads report they purchased the devices themselves. THE RIS E OF MOBILE EMAIL Mobile email is booming, enabling the growth of the mobile workforce. According to comScore, between November 2009 and November 2010, fewer people accessed their email through websites and significantly more checked email on mobile devices. The meteoric rise of mobile email is being driven by the popularity of smartphones. of smartphone users 78% access email on the devices Users Accessing Users Accessing Web-Based Email Mobile Email -6% +36% of all mobile users 30% access email on their phones (AS OF NOv. 2010) (NOV. 2009-NOV. 2010) DEVICE-DRIVEN ТАBLET вOоM Enterprise mobility firm iPass More than 65 million surveyed more than 3,500 tablets are expected employees at more than to sell in 2011, and 65% of mobile 1,100 enterprises worldwide to mobile workers are workers use a tablet find out how they use mobile on the leading front devices. Here's what they found: of this push. -27% of mobile workers use a tablet for work TABLET GROWTH IS YOUTH-DRIVEN AGE AGE AGE AGE 22-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 +70% 67% – 63% use tablets - 47% use tablets use tablets MOBILE use tablets WORKERS' AGES MOST FREQUENT USE OF TABLETS AMONG MOBILE WORKERS 36% 35% 12% Send and Surf the Internet Read Watch video content receive email (E-BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS, OR MAGAZINES) SOCIAL MEDIA FOR WORK HOW MOBILE WORKERS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT USE SMARTPHONES WEB CONFERENCING The survey also looked at what types NOTE-TAKING of business apps and services mobile OFFICE SUITES workers use on their smartphones. Gist. SOURCES: IPASS ITPRO• CISCO• UNISYS IDC RESEARCH COMSCORE