Mark Blowers is a Senior Research Analyst with Butler Group. Mark joined Butler Group in August 2000, and maintains an ongoing interest in mobility and connectivity, authoring a report on the Wireless Internet Revolution and Communications Convergence, along with presenting at Butler Group management briefings on wireless and communication technologies. Mark has also researched many other aspects of Enterprise IT, including reports on Server Operating Systems, Server and Storage Consolidation, Linux in the Enterprise, Enterprise Architecture, Managing the Storage of Information, and Measuring IT Cost and Value.
The major challenges that mobile devices such as the iPhone cause enterprises
are in the areas of security, management, control, cost, and heterogeneity.
The adoption of such devices by employees tends to be in many instances
user-driven, as features such as ease-of-use, better screen, e-mail,
calendars, and contacts provide greater convenience, and can motivate the
workforce to use the new device for corporate use. If IT organisations do not
provide an appropriate security and management infrastructure then there is a
risk that unapproved devices could compromise corporate information.
Over recent times, both Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and smartphones
have greatly increased the functionality and capabilities offered, and the
distinctions between them have narrowe... (more)
Mark Blowers is a Senior Research Analyst with Butler Group. Mark joined Butler Group in August 2000, and maintains an ongoing interest in mobility and connectivity, authoring a report on the Wireless Internet Revolution and Communications Convergence, along with presenting at Butler Group management briefings on wireless and communication technologies. Mark has also researched many other aspects of Enterprise IT, including reports on Server Operating Systems, Server and Storage Consolidation, Linux in the Enterprise, Enterprise Architecture, Managing the Storage of Information, and Measuring IT Cost and Value.
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