While enterprise mobility trends may have their benefits, organisations need to first analyse whether they would be relevant to business operations before adopting them.
This is according to Nader Henein, regional director for product security at BlackBerry.
Speaking at the IDC South Africa CIO summit yesterday, Henein said companies should be wary of adopting new technology trends which would yield insufficient benefits.
Mobility trends such as bring your own device (BYOD) have their benefits, but they are not always universally applicable for all companies, noted Paul Black, the IDC's programme director for telecoms and networking in the Middle East and Africa regions.
Black chaired a panel discussion and called upon experts to highlight points which many CIOs could potentially overlook when considering mobility.
Henein said business decision-makers should take a cautious approach when considering new trends and proposals for enterprise mobility. "When someone pitches something to you, take it with a grain of salt and always look into underlying reasons."
Henein noted business leaders need to question trends and research and try, where possible, to determine how certain conclusions were reached. "You are essentially making your decisions based on their research and it is your right to know how they came to their conclusions."
Question everything
Andrew Dawson, sales executive at Telkom, says mobility should prompt businesses to ask further questions rather than seek immediate answers.
Companies should consider what time would be best to begin implementing mobility as a strategy, adds Dawson.
"Do you have the right carrier partner, vendor partner and technology partner for your mobility strategy?"
According to Dawson, enterprise mobility should be less about applying technologies and more about implementing a strategy which best uses devices to meet business needs.
"The technology helps to implement strategy."
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