In September last year, WhatsApp announced that it would be making a play for the enterprise market. Keen to monetise their offering, they discussed plans to offer small-to-medium sized businesses a reliable platform to communicate with their customers. The idea behind the expansion of the Facebook-owned messaging app is to allow customers to do thingsRead more
Aside from the obvious benefit of helping your organisation reduce costs, the real value of mobile management is to offer greater visibility into your entire telecoms environment. This transparency allows a business to monitor usage, track their mobile environment efficiency, and increase employee productivity. According to Fin24, the professional services industry is changing at aRead more
Last year, we shared our insights around the various approaches to mobile device management. We compared different policies and shed some light on just a few of the lesser-known mobile deployment models all businesses should consider – from bring your own device (BYOD) to Corporate owned, personally enabled (COPE) and everything in between. In 2018,Read more
According to research by Boston Retail Partners, 84% of retailers intend to implement mPOS (mobile point of sale) in the next three years. Using smartphones, tablets or dedicated wireless devices as mobile cash registers or electronic point of sale terminals, many larger retailers have already begun to deploy these mobile solutions in their stores. But theRead more
In 2018, ZDNet predicts that mobile will become core to digital ecosystems. McKinsey believes that mobile offers countless opportunities for profit and growth. And a 2016 study by Forrester Research explained how mobile was set to change the global business landscape. While many businesses think that they’ve already checked the box on mobile, smart businessRead more
Gone are the days when shopping was something people had leave the comfort of their homes to do. As such, retailers need to offer their customers an additional incentive to get out of the house. They need to offer experiences. In the US, Nordstrom, a chain of luxury department stores, recently announced that it would beRead more
Most business leaders are aware of the benefits of mobile. But what are the potential costs? All too often, businesses embrace the mobile wave – and the increased productivity, improved workforce morale and greater efficiency that comes along with it – without considering some of the hidden costs of their digital transformation efforts. As mobileRead more
