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I came across a very interesting article on the impact of the mobility revolution on businesses, and important mobile productivity tools that companies need to enable their employees with. We hear talk all around us of mobility being the next big thing, and advertisers and software developers making a beeline to be participate in this great growth. This has been spurred by a combination of factors - the deep penetration of mobile devices, a large percentage of these mobile phones being "smart phones" - powerful internet friendly phones, and the emergence of wireless internet technologies like 3G and 4G. Businesses have been equally impacted by this growth because workers more from their mobile phones as in their consumer role. Besides, there is a greater pressure on employees to be "mobile" given phenomena like outsourcing, offshoring, and telecommuting. The article lists out four essential "mobile collaboration" tools that companies need to enable their employees with. 1. Push Email. Push email lets employees access their corporate email (Outlook, Exchange or any other) from their mobile phones, and keep it in sync. Push email is the most important tool for workers because email is the most popular non voice/sms feature that mobile users use. 2. Push Contacts and Calendars.  Push contacts and calendars enable employees with other business information they often need to interact with. Push calendars let employees keep on top of schedules and coordinate meetings on their mobile phones, even when they're away from their desktop. They can also keep their calendars in sync with their Outlook or other business calendars. 3. Mobile Collaboration Software. The next level is to enable users with tools which not only let them access corporate information on their mobiles, but also collaborate on data with their coworkers. These new generation of collaboration tools server a range of worker productivity needs - sharing of contacts, calendars and files; working together on files, or coordinate activities with project management tools. Â
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