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Diverse Business Needs Driving Wireless Applications Wide Array of Technologies
NEW YORK, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The next-generation of wireless
technology has a new focus: enabling mobile business operations. This
transcends the old wireless goals of voice roaming and a local data dynamic in
favor of a new focus on enabling business operations remotely. Data-capable
devices are in wide deployment, with nearly 90% of IT executives indicating
their organizations either support or use such instruments, according to
Nemertes' latest benchmark study, "Next-Generation Wireless".
WiFi integration is now becoming an important business tool that has
largely been deployed to reduce the cost of cellular access. "Enterprises are
demanding mobility solutions," said Mike Jude, research analyst with Nemertes
Research. "Vendors and carriers must understand and develop wireless solutions
that are aimed at improving business operations."
Another key finding is that next-generation wireless requires a shared
service responsibility between the enterprise IT organization and the carrier.
Nemertes found that support for mobile devices continues to increase, with 23%
of IT executives indicating support for Blackberry devices, up from 13.8% in
2007. Yet these devices are actually on carrier networks. Improved service
expectations of users can only be met by closer collaboration between IT
organizations and carriers.
The study also found that smaller companies are spending about the same
proportionally on wireless as large companies, approximately 4% of their IT
budgets, indicating that wireless is an essential part of business, regardless
of size.
The benchmark indicates that IT executives must include wireless in their
IT planning process since wireless is increasingly augmenting or even
replacing fixed infrastructure. "Excluding wireless in IT planning will deny
the maximum benefit of wireless investment and will likely generate additional
costs downstream as poorly designed or implemented networks require
replacement or reengineering," Jude says.
About the Benchmark
The five-volume benchmark, Advanced Communications Services, examines
several key areas, including building a better WAN, wireless trends, branch-
office recommendations, organizational best practices, and contract-
negotiation analysis.
About Nemertes Research
Nemertes Research is an analyst firm that specializes in analyzing and
quantifying the business value of emerging technologies. We select technical
and business issues to research based on input from our clients and benchmarks
participants. You can learn more about Nemertes Research at our website
www.nemertes.com.
SOURCE Nemertes Research Inc.
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