iPhone Apps for mobile CEOs

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 Karen Ambrose Hickey, Editor

In spite of recent news about the consumerization of IT, the enterprization of consumer devices/apps, and the BYOD policies being discussed recently, executives also like their mobile devices. And they bring them into the enterprise, asking IT to support them.

Many enterprises are adopting and provisioning iPhones and iPads, although our upcoming Mobile Enterprise IT Report tells of the struggle. Executives are more likely to get IT support (81% – far ahead of other roles) and yet, this it IT’s #1 headache for support. They complain first of specialized member support for “non-provisioned” devices and second of ongoing support fo personal mobile devices.

But, many executives find their iPhones indespensible. On CIO.com today, Tom Kaneshige, wrote the “15 Best iPhone Apps for Busy CEOs” – “must-have free and paid business apps that tap into the great mobile experience and keep executives productive all day long.”

• OmniFocus ($20), a powerful app that keeps track of tasks by project, place, person or date, as well as notify users about upcoming deadlines.
• Cisco WebEx Meeting Center app (free), so you can be in on meetings anytime, anywhere.
• Roambi (free) transforms business reports and data from popular business apps into cool visual files on the iPhone. Make your work more fun!
• Scanner Pro ($7) lets you scan multiple documents, make PDFs out of them, adjust the image quality, and more.
• Box.net allows you to view files on your iPhone, share them via links, and sync files with your PC.

See the rest, along with yesterday’s post about FlightCard. >>

Tags: iPhone, mobile apps