Mobile Darwinism Impacts the Workforce as Devices and Social Media Proliferate and Network Satisfaction Declines by 25 Percent According to New iPass Report
Mobile Workforce Report Finds Mobile Enterprise Employees Carry 3.5 Devices for Work (64 Percent Have a Tablet), Prefer LinkedIn Over Facebook and Juggle at Least Three Tasks at a Time
(firmenpresse) - REDWOOD SHORES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/06/12 -- (NASDAQ: IPAS), a leading provider of mobility services for and telecom , today published its quarterly , which examined the impact of 'Mobile Darwinism' in the workplace, as technology and data consumption are evolving faster than business infrastructure and mobile networks are able to adapt. The report found a among respondents, as mobile device usage, social media adoption and data consumption are on the rise. Only half of those surveyed are satisfied with their data coverage and just a third are satisfied with network speed.
At the same time the number of devices carried for work has grown to -- this includes at least one laptop, a smartphone and a tablet. In fact tablet adoption has grown to 64 percent of respondents in 2012 from 41 percent in the second quarter of 2011. According to the report, business users are within range of a . Mobile employees are taking advantage of these Wi-Fi networks, with 58 percent of respondents reporting they actively use Wi-Fi more than two hours a day on their smartphones, 73 percent on their tablets, and 83 percent on their laptops. Yet, according to a recent Gartner study, by 2015, 80 percent of newly installed enterprise wireless networks will be obsolete due to initial installation of non-scalable technology.
"Mobile employees are seeing a significant reduction in service levels due to the rapid rise of data consumption," said , chief technology officer at iPass. "An enterprise's adaptation strategy should include investing in better management tools to monitor usage, upgrading infrastructure to address the new capacity requirements, licensing outside network services and requiring employees to use inexpensive and secure Wi-Fi connections when possible."
This quarter's report found that . Half of respondents use it to network with colleagues or business contacts, 30 percent to learn about a work topic, 26 percent to communicate with contacts, prospects or candidates, and 18 percent to research a prospect or candidate. As enterprises increasingly integrate social media into their business activities, LinkedIn is preferred as the social network of choice with 70 percent of mobile workers using the site in a professional capacity well above Facebook at 18 percent, Twitter at 17 percent and Google+ at 14 percent.
The report also revealed that . Yet 35 percent of mobile workers feel less productive when they multi-task, but do it anyway. The typical mobile worker juggles three or more tasks at a time, and 45 percent say they can handle five or more tasks at a time. And while the smartphone continues to be the device of choice, the laptop is unanimously the single best device for multi-tasking according to the survey respondents.
The is published quarterly and based on a survey of more than 1,800 mobile enterprise employees at 1,100 enterprises worldwide between January 11, 2012 and February 3, 2012. The iPass Mobile Workforce Report can be found at .
iPass helps and telecom ensure their employees and customers will be well connected. Founded in 1996, iPass (NASDAQ: IPAS) delivers the world's largest commercial Wi-Fi network and trusted connectivity platform. With over , iPass gives its customers always-on, frictionless connectivity anywhere in the world -- easily, quickly, securely and cost effectively. Additional information is available at or on , the iPass blog.
iPass® is a registered trademark of iPass Inc. Wi-Fi® is a registered trademark of the WiFi Alliance. All other trademarks are owned by their respective owners.
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