The market for mobile information technology will grow sharply in the next few years as employers increasingly embrace both “at home” telework solutions and the use of other remote access capabilities, including smartphones and tablets. In a February forecast on mobile data traffic, Cisco Systems predicted that such traffic will grow at a compound annual rate of 74 percent in the U.S. between 2011 and 2016. The compound annual rate over that period for smartphone traffic will be 110 percent; for tablets, 91 percent; and for laptops, 34 percent.
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Telework Growth Spurt Drives Feds' Hunger for Mobile Tech
Posted by: John K. Higgins March 27, 2012 05:00 AMThe market for mobile information technology will grow sharply in the next few years as employers increasingly embrace both “at home” telework solutions and the use of other remote access capabilities, including smartphones and tablets. In a February forecast on mobile data traffic, Cisco Systems predicted that such traffic will grow at a compound annual rate of 74 percent in the U.S. between 2011 and 2016. The compound annual rate over that period for smartphone traffic will be 110 percent; for tablets, 91 percent; and for laptops, 34 percent.