"IT has a new challenge on its hands: ensuring that users can access and collaborate on content anytime, anywhere and on any device."
From a recent news post on mobile devices management vendor; Mobile Mentor. The author presents yet another example of how consumer technology trends are impacting the enterprise. Presenting both challenges and opportunities. As we continue to make mobile technology an intimate part of our everyday lives, why would we put our machines down when we head to work?
"The mobile collaboration challenge must account for supporting content access, sharing and collaboration across multiple smartphone and tablet platforms."
"Many enterprise content management systems lack the ability to serve data to mobile devices, or in order to enable mobile access, a lot of configuration work needs to be performed and then updated."
Affordable access to fast networks connections is of course the essential facilitator.