Not many companies will be able to deny the value of the mobile workforce. The increasing demand from employees needing to extend the use of their handheld devices to access enterprise data will require the enterprise to investigate and implement mobile solutions.
Considering a mobile enterprise strategy purely in the context of the device (cellular phone or PDA) dramatically limits the strategic vision and potential for creating a true competitive advantage.
Devices represent one of the "building blocks" of any mobile solution, much like the electrical installation relative to the entire house: critical components, but not the complete picture.
Mobile solutions should consider five "building blocks":
1) Application
2) Device
3) Connectivity
4) Authentication (security)
5) Enterprise touch-points
Solutions should be device and connectivity "agnostic" and must consider aspects such as asset management, application management and access.
The development of a mobile enterprise strategy should follow an organised approach and must deliver the required results. It demands research and analysis of business needs, commitment from the business, strategic planning, selection of and/or design, development and deployment of business and custom solutions, testing, training, maintenance and ongoing management.
Mobile solutions are evolutionary by nature; they should be sequential and proceed step-by-step to extend the organisation and prepare the company for the advent of new and maturing technologies.
With DeARX Services (DeARX) you have access to a "one-stop" total solution, from initial research through the selection, development, deployment and ongoing maintenance of a comprehensive mobile enterprise solution geared to grow with the business, all the while making the solution more efficient and responsive.
At DeARX, we believe the mobile enterprise is fast becoming a reality. DeARX is well positioned to tackle any mobile strategy for the enterprise, and deliver solutions that take existing business processes to the mobile workforce.
DeARX offers scaleable solutions based on OpenHand, a product offering fast, secure, real-time access to e-mail, calendar, contacts and tasks from almost any mobile device from anywhere in the world. OpenHand is a unique mobile solution which enables real-time, remote access. Other products on the market are based on synchronisation where e-mails are pushed over the air and contacts and calendar need to be synchronised at the desktop.
DeARX develops and integrates mobile solutions to help corporates, telecoms and government bodies to increase productivity and improve efficiency by making it possible and practical to run business applications over mobile networks.
"Enterprises get hooked on wireless e-mail; then look beyond the inbox for what other applications need to be made mobile. It is for this reason enterprises should ask potential vendors what else can you do for me other than make my e-mail mobile? Enterprises should not be so short-sighted and stop with wireless e-mail users will want more - as will the corporation - as productivity gains and customer satisfactions and retentions are realised," says Gartner.
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