ABSTRACT
Analyzes the surveyed data to ascertain the priority and sequencing of techni-◾ cal drivers of MET Presents the increasingly involved informative, transactive, operative, and col-◾ laborative use of mobility by mapping it to the technical dimension of MET
Introduction This chapter discusses in detail the technical dimension of Mobile Enterprise Transition (MET), comprising among other things, mobile devices, networks, services, contents, etc. The resultant technical challenges include limitations of mobile gadgets, the need to provide reliability of connections, the importance of security of transactions, and the ability to develop suitable mobile services and applications. Mobile technology is a creative and disruptive emerging technology that makes change imperative for a business; it forces the business to adopt location independence at all levels of operation both internally and externally. Therefore, the economic reasons for MET discussed in Chapter 3 become all the more compelling when combined with the technical factors of mobility discussed in this chapter. Mobility is also fraught with numerous technical challenges. This chapter discusses such challenges and also presents the sequence of activities involved in this dimension. Such sequences are based on statistics gleaned from the research survey mentioned in Chapter 2 (and listed in Appendix A). This survey was conducted globally as a part of the study discussed in this book. Data from the survey is presented and analyzed to validate the sequencing of activities in the technical dimension of MET. Finally, this dimension is mapped for the informative, transactive, operative, and collaborative use of mobility by business.
