5 trends that will mark the enterprise mobility in 2018

Enterprise mobility is becoming a priority for large organizations, especially in the area of customer service and the workforce itself. So much so that some consulting firms are already advancing the 5 trends that will mark the enterprise mobility in 2018.

But when it comes to enterprise mobility, we refer not only to mobile devices and to workers who are able to perform their tasks outside the traditional workspace, but also to an improvement in productivity and employee efficiency that allows a higher return the investment. For this reason enterprise mobility is consolidated as an essential function that guarantees the growth of the organization and business.

In this sense, by 2021, the BYOD market and business mobility are expected to experience massive growth that will double its value to over $ 73 billion compared with $ 35 billion in 2016.

Key trends in enterprise mobility in 2018

Despite the difficulty in predicting the future growth, development and expansion of the mobile technology sector in the business and business world, Pratham Software (PSI) has defined 5 trends that will mark business mobility in 2018: 

1. The adoption of cloud technologies will accelerate. The reasons are multiple and diverse, but among them the growing sophistication of services, their greater and easier availability and security, their lower cost, or greater flexibility and scalability, among others.

2. BYOD transforms from trend to norm. Indeed, the corporate momentum given to the trend of “bringing your own device”, and the demonstrated advantages in terms of mobility and productivity, will facilitate a strong push for BYOD adoption throughout 2018. 

3. Enterprise applications will be based on location, allowing users to attend even when users are not using them, thanks to improved connection speeds, or background updates, among others. At the same time, the increase of commercial applications that make the leap to mobile devices will free the users of the computers, and will continue its development through a greater and better integration of elements like the camera or the microphone of the devices, which in turn will serve to improve augmented reality experiences and provide a more immersive experience to users. 

4. IoT growth will continue, which will facilitate and improve the collection of data and transcendental information for strategic decision-making. So much so that the total number of IoT devices at a global level is expected to outperform mobile phones by 2018 as the largest group of connected devices.

5. Artificial Intelligence will continue to gain prominence by facilitating greater efficiency in work, improving interaction with human beings, providing more and better data to improve decision making, and so on.

Ultimately, enterprise mobility has been one of the main destinations for IT investments during the years 2016 and 2017, and the advantages provided will probably not only allow this trend to continue in 2018, but also with a greater momentum and diversification.