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At its SugarCon customer conference in April 2013, SugarCRM made the case that companies need to dramatically expand their approach to interacting with customers and prospects. This fits into Ovum’s Customer-Adaptive Enterprise framework, and we agree that it is an important strategic change.

Businesses have traditionally lagged behind consumer markets when it comes to adopting new devices, but tablet sales in the enterprise are set to grow substantially in the next few years, according to Gartner. Indeed, Gartner has heralded the devices as the “key accelerator to mobility” for the enterprise, and predicts that businesses will have purchased 53 million tablets by 2016.

Ovum’s multi-market BYOD survey gathered responses from 4,038 full-time employees across 18 countries. It aimed to uncover the extent of BYO PC activity, what was driving it, and to arrive at an understanding of the correlation between BYOD and BYO PC activity – if someone uses their own smartphone or tablet at work, what is the likelihood of them wanting to use their own PC?

Mobility is a subject that incorporates many different categories and discussion points within the world of business. As well as having to create an environment in which members of staff can be physically mobile and thus better able to do their jobs, you need to ensure that your company itself is agile enough to cope with changes in the marketplace.

The digital revolution and, latterly, the consumerization of IT have brought about massive change in verticals such as retail and banking. This has widened the already considerable gulf between ICT adoption in these sectors and in the healthcare sector.

Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported worrying news that Apple had cut orders for iPhone parts due to weaker-than-expected demand. This, in combination with lower-than-expected iPhone sales, led to a 10% drop in the company's share price following the tech giant's most recent earnings call, which was the company's largest drop in share price in four years.

Hiring great people and creating a culture of achievement that is fun, focused and able to get challenging tasks done is not an easy task. Keeping that culture strong and focused on the customer takes a unique leader that consistently earns trust and respect.

How many apps do you have on your smartphone? Of those apps, how many do you regularly use? Most likely the number of apps you actually use is much smaller than the total amount of apps cluttering your smartphone’s home screen