Survey Shows Mobility Is Mainstream At Work

Computerworld - Two-thirds of workers mentioned they would take a 10% descend income at their next work in lapse for being able to telecommute and use their personal wireless rigging to do their jobs.

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That anticipating is formed on an online consult of 1,303 users from 13 countries, inclusive 100 people in the U.S. The survey, conducted by InsightExpress, was consecrated by Cisco , a of the largest vendors of wireless network products. In addititon to the 1,303 users who responded, the consult moreover queried 1,309 IT preference makers.

All respondents were 22 years or older.

Spain surfaced the list for having the many respondents (78%) who mentioned they would take reduction allowance in swap for more workplace technology flexibility.

However, U.S. residents who answered the "salary vs. mobility" subject were more uniformly split. While 52% would take the descend pay for more tech flexibility, 48% mentioned income was more critical than workplace technology.

The consult moreover found that 60% of workers think it is not essential to be in the office to be productive. That feeling was sufficient more rampant in China, India and Brazil -- countries where workers lend towards to be younger -- than in the U.S. and Japan.

The consult moreover found that 66% of workers design IT shops to enable them to use any mobile device -- either personal or company-issued -- to access corporate networks, applications and data from any place at any time.

In general, the investigate fixed impressions hold by many wireless vendors and users, mentioned Chris Kozup, executive of mobility selling at Cisco. "Work is no longer a place," he said, indicating the worth workers place on being able to answer e-mails or look at spreadsheets from home or whilst roving in a car, watchful for a craft or in attendance a conference.

Kozup mentioned the commentary are profitable for enterprises that contingency adapt, especially, to young workers who come in new jobs and design to have wireless network encouragement (both Wi-Fi and cellular) for a operation of devices.

"The U.S. is comparatively at the back other countries on our perceptions of the subdivision between work and play," he said. "Brazil and China pull reduction of a line.... The rising marketplace countries understand wireless as more critical. The created cultures are frequently the laggards in the worth of wireless."

Kozup mentioned a of the greatest surprises was the high number of people who mentioned they would take a income cut to earn access to more mobile and wireless technology in the workplace.

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