When you’re ready to equip your workforce with newer, more sophisticated technology, there are a number of ways to order and pay for the devices. Depending on your requirements, you can purchase mobile devices outright in one payment, opt to pay monthly over an agreed term, or choose to lease the devices. The latter allows you to switch to an operational expenditure model, removing mobile asset acquisition from your capital expenses.

With employee and customer expectations to work for or buy from a company that is run in a fair and equitable manner sky high, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting has become an essential business performance metric.

Not long ago, certainly prior to the time of COVID-19, the great majority of knowledge workers had a traditional relationship with their office tech. The workstation provided by the company remained at the office when they left for the day after standard 9-to-5 office hours. Many had company owned and managed mobile devices, others took advantage of BYOD. 

The International Monetary Fund’s global economic outlook continues to be far from sunny with rising inflation and subdued economic growth likely to persist. Many companies are still plagued by challenges that emerged during the time of COVID-19 and are experiencing further challenges caused by the conflict in Ukraine.

Whether your organisation manages tens, hundreds, or thousands of mobile devices, the refresh cycle is an important planning activity forever looming large on the horizon. And while it may be tempting to hold off on replacing older devices as a cost-saving measure, the rapid emergence of new technology and functionality means mobile phones seem to get older faster than ever.