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What is an 'Integrated Mobility Partner'?

Mobility is seen as an important medium for some key macro-trends of our time, such as big data and cloud, to deliver maximum business value. Businesses have started to understand the value that mobility can deliver, especially when it comes to customer responsiveness and employee productivity.

Over the past few years, connected mobile devices have become all pervasive. Cisco predicts that by 2020, there will be 11.6 billion mobile-connected devices. This explosion in mobile devices creates a great opportunity for organizations to use mobility to their advantage. The rise of IoT could make things even more interesting. Most Organizations today understand the importance of mobility and its potential impact on business. In fact, some companies are facing an existential threats from competitors who are digital natives, bringing in a sense of urgency.

As billions across the globe continue to embrace the use of mobile devices, enterprises see the opportunity to accrue many benefits of enterprise mobility. Cost savings and security risk mitigation are the biggest drivers of mobile device deployment as per IDC research. Yet, enterprise mobility poses number of challenges. 48% of enterprises do not see any improvement in their cost savings and 30% cite security problems with mobile app deployments.

The success of any enterprise systems such as Dynamics AX is highly dependent on how well it is adopted and used within the organization.

Factors such as a remote/mobile employee base, lack of reliable Internet/web connectivity on the field etc. can limit efficiency, adaptability and usefulness of the current system – which primarily would be providing optimal user experience in traditional end points.