4 Out Of 4 Analysts Agree – Mobile Tech Is Big And Growing

By Bob Ashenbrenner, President of Durable Mobility Technologies, LLC.

Your job is a lot harder than mine. You have to figure out the right mobile computing tools and software for your organization’s specific needs, work the budget, plan pilots and roll-outs, and then keep it all running every minute of every day. To do this you need information – credible, concise, actionable information that will enable you to develop the best possible mobility solution within your budget parameters. Information that, you’re confident, will help you avoid any costly mistakes while ensuring you make the right decisions to secure your desired results. Thus, you must figure out how cut through the marketing and look beyond the self-serving articles that technology manufacturers use to tout why “our product is best”. That’s where technology industry analysts come in.

Their whole job is to research what’s really happening – and what’s not – in various industry sectors and provide facts and recommendations from an unbiased perspective. That’s why tech manufacturers often cite reports from analyst firms VDC, Forrester and IDC when validating their claims. These reputable analysts have spent months conducting objective deep-dive research into the mobile device market, for example, and can provide credible insights for their customers on how well manufacturers’ solutions will perform in various situations. Today, though, I’m going to reference a new Frost & Sullivan report titled North American Mobile Workforce Management Solutions – Transforming Today’s FieldService Sectors, published in May 2017.