Putting the office into our pockets [ABSTRACT]
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By Marcus Austin

Abstract

With the increasing ease with which users can access consumer data via their mobile devices, the pressure is now on companies to provide business data and applications to staff this way.  Marcus Austin looks at the double whammy this presents to companies in that not only do they have to open up their networks to the outside world, they also have to deal with the challenges presented by the range of mobile devices being used.

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With the increasing ease with which users can access consumer data via their mobile devices, the pressure is now on companies to provide business data and applications to staff this way. Marcus Austin looks at the double whammy this presents to companies in that not only do they have to open up their networks to the outside world, they also have to deal with the challenges presented by the range of mobile devices being used.

What's inside

Consumers are used to downloading data on their mobiles and now want to do the same with their business data and applications. This means that businesses not only need to open up their networks to mobile users, they also have to deal with all the problems that accessing mobile devices entails such as detecting the type of device that's accessing their site, the variety of screen sizes and the variation in connection speeds.

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