Tablet PCs :Ten technologies companies use to keep mobile workers connected
When it comes to your office, you can take it with you. And it's getting easier all the time.
Consider: Laptops with Wi-Fi connections and cellular modems let you check inventory and finalize customer orders from just about any remote location. "Smart" phones give you uninterrupted online access as you travel across the U.S. and Europe. Wireless portable printers let you make hard copies from your laptop, hand-held PC or digital camera without lugging around cables. New computer terminals let you swipe an ID card and call up your personal files from any desk at your company.
By some estimates, 40 percent of workers now travel for business, and market watcher IDC predicts that figure will rise to two-thirds by the end of 2006. And as the roster of road warriors grows, so does the demand for new gadgets to keep business running smoothly.
Alex Gruzen, senior vice president of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s mobile-computing global business unit, cites IDC numbers that predict industrywide sales of mobile devices and services will increase 18 percent to 20 percent annually through 2007, three times the rate of the computer and communications market. "It's an essential part of driving productivity gains," says Mr. Gruzen.
07-26-2004, 10:32 AM
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