Mobility - key considerations
Strategic planning and investment
As mobile technologies proliferate, maintaining interoperability becomes ever more difficult. Will that protocol be future-resistant? Will that device still work on your network? Verizon Business offers scalable, open solutions that grow with your requirements.
Security
From mobile phones to laptops, wireless networks to home DSL connections, each new element poses a security threat. Verizon Business will assess your risks and vulnerabilities and design a custom solution for your business, helping to protect your network, devices, channels, and applications.
Policy enforcement
Banning the installation of new applications onto company laptops (the "lockdown" solution) may be effective, but employees don't like it . Making sure every employee keeps virus definitions current and password-protects their machines is a never-ending challenge. Verizon Business offers solutions that combine centralized control, ease of use, and virtually invisible administration.
Equipment standardization
Different jobs demand different devices, applications, and connectivity. Diversity is a nightmare for IT managers; extra spares must be kept, different formats of files are created, different support processes must be developed, and different security holes must be plugged. Making sure users stick to their allocated devices is an even bigger problem. Verizon Business solutions maintain both accountability and manageability, providing flexible, managed access control.
Measuring ROI
The benefits of mobility are massive but sometimes difficult to measure. Without quantifying increased productivity, time saved, and decisions improved, how can a return on investment be measured? With the ROI so difficult to assess, you need to make sure your mobility initiative is cost-effective in the first place.
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Six steps to a world-class mobility solution
1. Think strategic
Yes, mobility helps increase remote worker productivity, offers increased access to business information, and enhances collaboration and communication. But mobility can also play a key role in the delivery of new services that make your enterprise more responsive to the market and your customers. Choosing the right mobility solution can help to control costs, improve service, and maintain security across your entire enterprise. So, plan for long-term employee productivity and improved customer service.
2. Put security first
Mobility means a myriad of new devices and applications. That means security is priority number one. You need a provider who understands how to engineer security into the very core of your network infrastructure.
3. Include voice and meeting applications
Integrate voice with the rest of your network traffic to control costs and obtain advanced functionality. The right solution must include "reachability," a single, centrally-billed employee number, whether you're at your desk, using VoIP from home, or using your mobile phone on the road. In addition, remote workers need the ability to interact with colleagues, as if they were in the office, by using reservation-less 'instant meetings'.
4. Don't try to do everything in-house
Having the right partner to design, build, support, and, most of all, administer a new mobility plan leaves you free to focus on your business. Managing your existing network and applications is a big challenge. At Verizon Business, we manage over 3,700 networks for customers as well as our own network. We have the tools to manage day-to-day changes, security and authentication, monitor usage, and protect against abuse.
5. Select devices with care
Different people need different devices. A BlackBerry® is more valuable for some, for others the laptop is the best solution. Your enterprise needs to identify the right tools for each employee and implement a network solution that can handle all devices.
6. Choose the right partner
Verizon Business offers a truly integrated solution, including consultancy, devices, and infrastructure. Let us help you devise a strategy that meets the particular requirements of your enterprise. Together, we will build a network infrastructure that securely supports the applications you want, achieving a flexible, scalable, cost-effective solution.
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