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Enterprise mobility is more than just software or hardware; it's a journey undertaken by business to realise the benefits of a mobile workforce. There is a beginning to the journey, but more often than not no end. As with the introduction of other initiatives this journey tends to be circular. Here is one way of categorising the key aspects of an enterprise mobility journey.

Although vendors such as Samsung are venturing into the enterprise market, BlackBerry retains an edge over the competition due to customer perceptions around the relative security and vulnerability of different manufacturers’ devices. BlackBerry is well positioned in the emerging markets due to its existing footprint across consumers and the enterprise, which is based on its robust messaging and Internet access platforms.

Enterprise social media is currently one of the most hyped technologies in business, which has led to a wide range of companies and organisations jumping on the bandwagon, but also to a lot of denial of the disruption it brings to the enterprise. Let's take away the hype and seriously look at where the true value of enterprise social media lies, and why it is disruptive in ways that many organisations haven't really understood yet.

I wish I could tell you that mobilising an enterprise was always easy. Like with most things worth doing, there are challenges to success. Now, I don't want to put you off mobility in any way - I did, however, want to group the tricks and traps into some sensible categories. Here are the challenges to enterprise mobility...

Huawei's Enterprise Business Group (EBG) is a $1.85bn organisation that operates internationally and whose portfolio extends from telepresence and a very mature contact center platform, through IP telephony systems and data center solutions, to BYOD solutions and GSM and LTE technologies. But as Huawei expands its market presence outside China, it is finding that it cannot necessarily be the sole provider of enterprise solutions...

Essentially, the MAP solution allows applications to be "wrapped" with a range of policies to enable secure access and provide DLP (data loss prevention). This means in a BYOD situation a wrapped corporate application with specific restrictions (such as communications, firewall settings, copy and paste restriction) can sit beside personal applications that enjoy their usual settings.

Few topics have lately drawn more hype and scrutiny than Big Data. Having originated with Internet firms, Big Data has captured enterprise attention with examples that show how organizations, from public sector to financial services firms, telcos, and media derived insights that improved customer retention, operational efficiency, and risk mitigation.

The popular perception of IT within government might be one of glacial innovation and even slower adoption - but we think the Feds are getting a bum rap. Our friends at Fixmo are right in the midst of managing the transformative impact of mobility on government. Granted, it's no easy task, but the appeal of going mobile is proving irresistible to myriad government agencies and organisations.