Mobility, A Top Priority For Most Indian Organizations: Report

Additional highlights from the report:

BYOD

More than 20 percent of employees use their personal devices to access work related information on a regular basis in around one-third of organizations

Top usage refers to email, specific app & calendaring when it comes to company information access

BYOD policy adoption is at a fairly nascent stage. Of the organisations which have adopted, 25 percent created in last 6 months and 60 percent in last one year; Even the highly regulated BFSI has seen traction in the last 6 months

Back-up, restore and protection of personal data figures high on policy priority

Social media sites are at the top of the restricted list

Lost devices, maintenance and procurement and security of enterprise data on employee mobiledevices are the key concerns with BYOD implementation

Security, policy compliance and ability to support multiple mobile platforms are the top three factors taken into consideration by organisations while implementing BYOD

More than three-fourth of the organizations surveyed remain sceptical about benefits outweighing the risksfor BYOD

More than half of the organisations are aware of the more flexible and evolved version of BYOD policy like COPE (Corporate Owned Personally Enabled);highest awareness levels in IT/ITeS and Telecom sectors

MDM, Apps & Cloud

Security compliance and back-up & restore emerged as the top priorities for MDM

Email, Sales Force Automation and Social networking for collaboration emerged as the top three enterprise application used

One in every eight organisations explores customised enterprise apps for their mobile workforce. Manufacturing and BFSI lead this space.

Around 50 percent of the organizations are considering a move to cloud for their mobility requirements, especially in Telecom, Media and Entertainment followed by Healthcare vertical
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