If you just look around a meeting room, you will see that everyone is using a mobile device at work these days. The growth of BYOD and mobility in the public sector has gained steam as more and more leaders and employees want to have access to work-related data on a mobile device.
In this look back at 2015, we explore how mobility has created new challenges for federal agencies as they try to balance mobile solutions with security and creation of a true strategy that will allow for greater control of data and scalability of solutions for workers.
Getting Back to Basics – Laying the Foundation for a Successful Mobile Strategy
Today’s fast pace of change can spur an organization to create a mobile platform that is absent of the foundation it needs to scale and grow to support mission critical activities and applications. Getting back to the basics and understanding the importance of a sound infrastructure and a solid digital strategy is the first step in creating a scalable mobility strategy at any agency. The first step is to map out a mobile game plan to avoid getting pigeonholed into a certain technology that may not be scalable, or, worse, will become obsolete.
Infrastructure: The Backbone of Mobile Success
Regardless of whether or not it was planned or approved, employees are bringing devices—often times multiple devices—into the workplace and accessing work files and sites on these devices. While many organizations have embraced the trend, not all have a well-crafted, intentioned strategy behind the use of mobile devices in the workplace. So just how do you build an effective mobile strategy that is not only secure, but also scalable and benefits the organization’s bottom line?
Mobility Making Gains at Federal Agencies; Security Continues to be Headache
According to panelists who participated in the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC) Federal Mobile Computing Summit, federal agencies are pursuing a variety of mobile strategies to give employees useful tools and improve constituent services, but securing mobile devices and solutions continues to challenge them. Participants from the Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) all shared updates on where their agencies are in terms of mobility offerings.
Getting Back to Basics: Mobile Communication 101 with Hosted Collaboration
TechSource contributor Ali Din, Vice President of Marketing for collab9, says that unified communications solutions are meant to centralize communications to make them easier to manage. Using presence tools—including mobile devices—can minimize wasted time trying to reach colleagues. Cloud can help organizations create unified communications without the need for a costly and time-consuming infrastructure overhaul.
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