We talked to one of our customers, Dan Little, Director, Customer Support Group at The Hay Group, about the costs of enterprise mobility. With 1600 consultants that travel around the world, his IT group needs to provide constant connectivity, but without the possibility of out-of-control costs.
Take a few minutes to watch and hear from his experience. After his intro in this 4:10 video, Dan talks about:
Costs – hidden costs, roaming costs and 3G costs
Controlling connections and usage
Providing insight to executives on usage and patterns
Dan is also joined by Gary Fowler, Product Management at iPass, who provides some best practices for predicting and managing costs of a mobile workforce.
AT&T’s announcement that Wi-Fi is free for their customers in NYC’s Time Square adds to the perception that a mobile worker can work from anywhere. Free Wi-Fi is continually popping up, particularly as we move into the summer season and increased travel. Enterprises should be happy that their employees have additional choices to help keep the business running.
Our customers are saying that they are glad to have an option to offload the costs of 3G, whenever and wherever possible, but there are other costs. One is safety and another is hassle. Now, customers are asking us for free Wi-Fi, but as a safer alternative.
What if – mobile employees didn’t have to wade through multiple screens in order to access the free Wi-Fi, with every provider asking for different information and passwords?
What if – IT admins could rest easy knowing that the anti-virus software booted up and the VPN was connected before a mobile employee accessed a critical corporate database?
What if – mobile employees could quickly and easily get connected and working, just by opening their laptop?
What if – IT admins could push a connection preference to these safer, free Wi-Fi connections to save on 3G costs?
We are excited to announce that Emirates Airline has standardized on iPass enterprise mobility services for its 1,400 “non-flying” mobile employees.
The company is using iPass enterprise mobility services for simple, and secure access to critical data, and to significantly reduce connectivity costs, deliver increased visibility on mobile usage, and provide comprehensive mobility management.
According to the press release, “iPass offers the only solution on the market that really addressed our need for simplicity and security at the end-user level combined with centralised visibility and management of mobility costs,” said Sean Kelly, technical manager, Emirates.
