Mobile devices and social media in the workplace

More than 900 IT professionals around the GCC contributed to the survey conducted by Gulf Business Machines (GBM). iPad 10:16 AM NUMBER OF PERSONAL MOBILE DEVICES PER IT PROFESSIONAL of the respondents stated that their organizations allow 62% them to çonnect their perşonal mobile devices to thẹ wireless or wired network. IDEVICE 6.8% DEVICES 23.8% DEVICES 32.6% DEVICES 18.4% DEVICES 5 7.4% +5 DEVICES 11% MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES IN THE REGION RESTRICT EMPLOYEE ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS 35% RESTRICTED PRIVATE PROPERTY slig ШП 33% O SEMI RESTRICTED NO TRESPASSING 32% UNRESTRICTED Nou in Tuse RESPONDENTS REPRESENT A WIDE RANGE OF ORGANIZATION SIZES OPERATING WITHIN THE GCC REGION below 50 employees above 1000 employees 18% 6.2% KSA 34.3% 5.2% Qatar 4.2% Oman 6.5% Bahrain 25.1% 22.6% 7.4% Kuwait 50-250 employees 70.5% UAE 250-1000 employees GBM OCTOBER 2012 I www.gbm4ibm.com f gbm4ibm y @gbmcomms