Perhaps you know at least one person who totes around one or more devices to ensure an almost constant connection to the office and friends. They answer their phones during dinner at a restaurant or turn away from a movie to read their latest text. Perhaps you are that person. Those individuals are part of a growing population, according to IDC and Nortel. They make up what the companies have dubbed the “culture of connectivity.” A new study conducted by IDC and sponsored by Nortel has concluded that so-called hyperconnected workers accounts for 16 percent of global business users today.
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Hyperconnected World
Posted by: Walaika Haskins May 14, 2008 03:52 PMPerhaps you know at least one person who totes around one or more devices to ensure an almost constant connection to the office and friends. They answer their phones during dinner at a restaurant or turn away from a movie to read their latest text. Perhaps you are that person. Those individuals are part of a growing population, according to IDC and Nortel. They make up what the companies have dubbed the “culture of connectivity.” A new study conducted by IDC and sponsored by Nortel has concluded that so-called hyperconnected workers accounts for 16 percent of global business users today.