{"id":16173,"date":"2012-03-21T10:12:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T08:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16173"},"modified":"2012-03-21T10:12:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T08:12:17","slug":"on-mobile-devices-in-the-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/21\/on-mobile-devices-in-the-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"On mobile devices in the workplace"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/collaboration\/one-quarter-of-work-devices-are-smartphones-and-tablets-forrester-finds\/\">Web Worker Daily<\/a> shares the results of an interesting study done by Forester Research:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Forrester Research decided to find out recently, asking more than 10,000 information workers in 17 countries about\u00a0what devices they use to get their jobs done.<\/p>\n<p>The results are now in, and while the fact that more and more knowledge workers are importing their smartphone and iPad addictions to the office probably won\u2019t surprise you, the extent of the use of these devices and employees\u2019 willingness to pay for them might. The survey found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Globally, one-third of devices being used for work are non-Microsoft.<\/li>\n<li>One-quarter of devices used for work are mobile (i.e., smartphones and tablets).<\/li>\n<li>In Europe and North America many workers choose which devices they use themselves: Seventy-three percent select their own smartphone, 53 their laptop and 22 percent even choose their PC.<\/li>\n<li>Forty-eight percent pay the entire cost of their tablets themselves; 41 percent shell out for their laptops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That might be good news for mobile workers looking to get stuff done on the go and on devices of their choice, but it adds up to less cheerful reading for Microsoft. The report concludes that \u201cmobile devices will become the majority of devices used for work, surpassing PCs\u201d and \u201cWindows\u2019 device share will fall below 50 percent by 2016.\u201d It goes on to suggest this will demand a shift in marketing on the part of Microsoft, obliging the company to target individual workers as much as IT decision makers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Their Microsoft predictions is something else. \u00a0But for the rest of it, I think it&#8217;s quite important for anyone who is involved in office planning and management. \u00a0The world is changing&#8230;<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Web Worker Daily shares the results of an interesting study done by Forester Research: Forrester Research decided to find out recently, asking more than 10,000 information workers in 17 countries about\u00a0what devices they use to get their jobs done. The results are now in, and while the fact that more and more knowledge workers are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/21\/on-mobile-devices-in-the-workplace\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On mobile devices in the workplace<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62],"tags":[429,1141,139,17],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-16173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","tag-culture","tag-mobile","tag-office","tag-work"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24790,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/01\/upcoming-android-devices\/","url_meta":{"origin":16173,"position":0},"title":"Upcoming Android devices","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"October 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The touch screen on my Nexus 4 is dying. \u00a0There's a strip right across the center, which doesn't work anymore. \u00a0The device is still alive, but it won't last long. \u00a0In fact, I've already borrowed an old Sony Xperia from my brother, for the day when the angels will take\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Android devices","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Android-devices-500x323.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16570,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/26\/new-york-times-drops-blackberry-app\/","url_meta":{"origin":16173,"position":1},"title":"New York Times drops BlackBerry app","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 26, 2012","format":"link","excerpt":"New York Times drops BlackBerry app BlackBerry users can no longer use the official New York Times app to read news stories over their devices, in a fresh blow to Research In Motion, the maker of the smartphone once considered an essential tool for business professionals. \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9691,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/11\/21\/mobile-version-is-up-and-running\/","url_meta":{"origin":16173,"position":2},"title":"Mobile version is up and running","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 21, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I came across a simply, but really useful plugin WP Mobile. 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