FEATURE: ENTERPRISE MOBILITY
IN THE FINANCE INDUSTRY, 56 % WILL DISOBEY THEIR MANAGERS TO COMPLETE A TASK— WHILE THREE- QUARTERS ARE HAPPY TO TAKE IT ISSUES INTO THEIR OWN HANDS WITHOUT GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THEIR IT DEPARTMENT will recognise the need to move beyond basic network management to a more predictive model. Visibility will become the hot topic in network management, with IT realising that you can’ t manage what you can’ t see.
• Analytics and indoor location services – While numerous use cases have emerged over the past few years for location, many businesses are trying to move beyond simple location apps to utilising location-based information to improve customer loyalty, determine how best to invest their time and resources, and increase revenues.
In the coming year, we’ ll see enterprises increasingly using analytics to determine how best to use the information they’ re gathering through location services.
• Integrating third-party apps into the network to deliver mobilefirst, IoT-ready networks – One of the important challenges facing enterprise IT is keeping up with the rapid pace of innovation. With new mobile technologies emerging, users wanting more flexible options in the workplace, and the increasing number of IoT devices looming on the horizon, enterprises need to move quickly to ensure that their networks are prepared.
For these reasons, one of the key trends in 2017 will be a move to integrating third-party applications into the network and, as a result, a move toward more open, softwarebased network platforms. www. intelligentcio. com INTELLIGENTCIO
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