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"User expectations are high within professional services, as they depend on mobile solutions to enable and create exceptional and memorable client interactions and experiences,” Customer Insights and Analysis Program Director Jessica Goepfert said in a statement. “In typically slower changing environments, we are seeing mobility implementations with the goal of streamlining project administration.”
“In every industry, mobility can provide an advantage over slower-moving competitors by helping firms to complete jobs faster, more efficiently, and with fewer errors."
The report also predicted that enterprise mobility management will be one of the fastest growing mobility segments as organizations build strategies to manage and monitor their increasing number of mobile devices.
Mobile device spending is also expected to be one of the top investment areas for enterprise level organizations. However, entities can cut back on this segment by implementing choose-your-own-device (CYOD) or bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategies.
"Successful mobilization strategies demand thoughtful integration to broad digitalization strategies and technologies," IDC Enterprise Mobility Research Director Denise Lund said in a statement. "This means every IT buyer should prioritize vendor solutions that deliver foundational yet flexible and scalable connectivity, security, and device and application management platforms and services.”
“With these qualities, the leverage of today's and tomorrow's innovative cloud services will be possible."
Healthcare organizations need an enterprise mobility solution that can secure and manage smartphones, tablets, laptops, and mobile IoT devices. All of these devices have different requirements and need to be accounted for differently within a mobile strategy.
Enterprise mobility management solutions typically include mobile device management (MDM), mobile application management (MAM), mobile content management (MCM), and identity and access management (IAM). Each of these features monitors a different aspect of the mobile ecosystem to give IT administrators the control and visibility over their mobile environment.
IT administrators need network visibility to control their mobile network. Network visibility allows IT staff to know when and how connected medical devices are communicating with the network and where improvements can be made.
Network visibility gives healthcare organizations control over their networks and the devices connected to them.
Healthcare organizations must also understand what they need out of mobility and must then establish a strategy before launching any devices onto the network. Understanding what devices will be mobilized, what kinds of devices will be supported, and how to reconfigure applications are part of a critical foundation for finding and deploying a mobility solution.
Entities need a mobile solution that is not only secure, but caters to user needs as well. Users need to be comfortable with their mobile devices, whether they are using a BYOD device or a business only device.
An accommodating mobile environment will encourage positive user behaviors while protecting sensitive health data. Without a comprehensive enterprise mobility management solution in place, organizations may be leaving themselves open to potential HIPAA violations and other risks that could threaten the viability of the mobile ecosystem.
The only way a healthcare organization can ensure that their mobile environment is secure and efficient is by deploying an enterprise mobility management solution that manages the physical devices and the applications and network connections.
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