by Administrator
2. March 2010 17:33
A new study out by iPass this week has revealed the habits of the world's mobile workers. The Mobile Workforce Report questioned 3,500 mobile employees in 2009 and the results were quite surprising.
Overall, the vast majority (63%) said they preferred smartphones to laptops, with the iPhone being the most popular device. 32% said they preferred Blackberrys but 54% of Blackberry users said they would swap to the iPhone given the chance.
Although the iPad is yet to ship, it's already proving hugely popular with mobile workers. 24% of respondents said they would prefer an iPad to an Android device or Netbook.
"The adoption of consumer devices and services by enterprise users is making enterprise mobility expensive and chaotic to manage," said iPass' Evan Kaplan. "Attempts to ignore this trend and deny employees the consumer devices they crave will not only drive up the cost of enterprise mobility, it will turn employees and IT departments into rivals versus allies."
The survey also revealed that the majority of mobile workers have no idea how much their operations cost. Only 36% admitted they knew how much their mobile connectivity costs their employers. 41% said they had received an unexpected mobility charge, while 9% reported a surprise charge of more than $500.
With the number of mobile workers set to rise to more than a billion by the end of the year, it's key mobile workers get to grips with their connectivity costs and devices now before the security and financial risks become too large to manage.
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