Frank Early's List: Mobility Trends

• five top mobile workforce trends for 2010
• 1. Imbalance between data security, cost, and employee productivity
• Over 90% of mobile-enabled workers surveyed had smartphones, but only 60% used them for work. That's because only 35% of these workers had smartphones that were provided by their employer.

• "To contain costs, smartphones are often a perk reserved for more seasoned employees. And many companies have strict policies in place that forbid unprovisioned smartphones from being used for business purposes," said the report.

  Still, many employees report using their own smartphones for work to improve their productivity and flexibility, although that could pose a security risk as well.
• Mobile is changing -- and shrinking -- the concept of "off duty"

• 4. The workplace digital divide is "vastly overstated"

  The median age of a mobile worker, according to iPass, is 46.

  "Older generations are just as disruptive as younger individuals to the status quo in the workforce today."

• 5. Multi-mobile is the norm

  "Nearly 97% of mobile employees carried two or more mobile devices, and almost half carried three or more."

• What's ahead? Among the 2011 iPass mobile workforce predictions are that IT departments will evolve from a "command and control" approach to more service and collaboration.

  Also, enterprise security will need a makeover. ("The old security model of building a moat around the data center has broken down.").

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