3 changes in Enterprise Mobility in 2014 Enterprise mobility remained a buzzword in IT for most of the year. With most CIOs recognizing mobility as the power to transform business processes, improving efficiency and productivity and hence, high on list of priorities according to Ovum’s trend-to-watch report. → Multiple screens but mobile first As predicted, mobile workers commonly used multiple screens to get their job done and collaborate with colleagues back in the office. But, mobile first trend matured as mobile devices became the first point of contact between enterprises and its customers, suppliers and employees. Combined with social and cloud applications this has brought in new ways of functioning among mobile workers. → The driving force? Apps! Enterprise mobility moved away from e-mails to managing core tasks on mobile devices. Apps were driving the evolution as a core part of the enterprise IT application stack. It is no longer a pure mobility pro...

Geolocation technology is at an exciting point in its relatively short history as its services are popping up for consumers and enterprises alike.In the last decade, we have seen great advances in geolocation and digital mapping with the rise of Google Maps, Google Earth, Mapbox and many other services. It is one of those innovations that is making its mark on the enterprise and making companies rethink field service. It is beginning to play a pivotal role in the current Field Service Mobility Systems as it enables real time monitoring and unified perspective of field operations. GPS navigation devices and mobile applications have become ubiquitous, we find them in cars, on tablets and smartphones. Geolocation is natively supported by browsers with the help of Geolocation APIs, allowing applications to detect and track the device's (field worker or even assets) location. The GPS chip inside a smartphone uses satellite data to get accurate position which is then mapped by appli...