Overview
Undeniable Facts
Wireless technologies are reaching maturity, have been proved in the market and are meeting performance expectations. Latest technologies are transforming phones into mobile PCs whilst secure quality connectivity is available everywhere with an increasing range of business applications and software platforms offering mobile as standard.
Time to Get Excited
Your organization can achieve real business benefits through mobility; even the most cautious organizations are making sound investments with real ROI. Mobility is a top priority in all regions; budgets are growing rapidly across all industry segments; the knowledge is finally available to prevent you playing catch-up to competitors.
Be Careful
The traditional approach of creating "islands of mobility" is not sustainable – to realize maximum benefit to the business there needs to be a rationalized approach to deployment integrated within your IT infrastructure. As you choose to invest you need to resolve challenges around the lack of standardization, increased complexity, high volatility of technology and rapid obsolescence.
Organizations need a strategy that manages and contains the disruptive effects of mobility on the business and IT, securing all end points, networks and applications though a common approach.
Unavoidable Realities
Consumerization will open major challenges for your organization as employees increasingly influence technology decisions or use personal devices to access corporate applications. This demand will grow with users becoming a key factor driving mobility. Organizations must embrace the trend and find ways to meet user expectations whilst preserving security and manageability.
Achieving a Solution
Gartner’s Wireless & Mobile Summit will provide core knowledge and cutting edge market updates allowing you to mobilize your organization, whilst minimizing disruption and ensuring maximum preparedness for the foreseeable future. The summit will arm you with clear insights into developments around mobility, network evolution, device management, security, infrastructure innovation, and the potential of Unified Communications.
A Co-Located Event
Co-located with the Gartner Enterprise Networking & Communications Summit
The Gartner Wireless & Mobile Summit takes place at the same time and same location as the Gartner Enterprise Networking & Communications Summit.
With voice and data communications rapidly moving to IP, enterprise networking forms a key challenge for the modern IT executive and their ability to enable the business. Gartner's first annual European Enterprise Networking & Communications Summit will provide you with the latest strategic insights, operational examples, and technological advice allowing you to drive cost-effective innovation within your business, to plan and to capitalize on your investment in the new architecture.
Sounds interesting?
Visit europe.gartner.com/en for further information and to view the conference agenda. Combo tickets are available giving access into sessions for both events.
Conference Chair
- Monica Basso
- Research VP, Italy
- "The disruptive effects of the iPhone not only affect the mobile industry, but also enterprises. Consumerization is unavoidable and enterprises must embrace it."
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