Comms managers turn to wireless
Thursday, 19 February 2004 15:01 EST
Comms professionals are placing their confidence in technologies like Wi-Fi, GPRS and Bluetooth, according to research from the Communications Management Association (CMA). But concerns over vendor interoperability and security still need to be addressed for the market to blossom, said the 419 ICT professionals interviewed in the user group's Communications Market UK report. Some 62 per cent of the survey's respondents said web services will be the key enabler for IT usage in the enterprise, but wireless technologies also figure highly.
Fifty-two per cent of corporates use GPRS, 35 per cent Wi-Fi and 42 per cent Bluetooth, with Wi-Fi usage increasing 21 per cent year on year, driven mainly by an increase in flexible working and the extension of traditional local area networks.
"[Capital expenditure] has risen and a confidence is returning to the market," said a CMA spokesman.
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