The nature of work continues to evolve. Advances in mobile technologies and devices have ushered in a new world of workplace flexibility, enabling more and more workers to do their jobs from anywhere, at any time of day.

For every business, nailing down an enterprise mobility strategy is now more important than ever. Say you run a distribution company, having your van drivers scan parcels and collect electronic signatures on their mobile devices is essential.

We’ve all heard that the coming 5G networks promise low latency – as low as 1 ms – and very fast speeds up to and possibly over 1Gbps, as well as the increased capacity to carry many more simultaneous users.

Overall a massive net improvement in performance, but how can this be used?

In many organisations, the IT department is tasked with enterprise mobility management even though IT skills are not specifically required to manage a great many mobility tasks. Everything from creating a BYOD policy, to ordering and provisioning devices, to configuring smartphones, replacing lost or stolen devices, and managing data expenses is hardly the remit of computer science professionals.

In today’s modern workplaces, enterprise mobility is becoming the new standard. To be productive and get their jobs done, employees expect mobile access to enterprise resources including their email, apps and sensitive business data on tablets and smartphones beyond traditional security controls. Yet, the more you allow your employees to use mobile devices to access corporate resources, the more security risks you face.