Riverbed Technology, a supplier of wide area
data services, has launched software designed to speed up
back-office data transfers tolaptopsover the internet. The
Steelhead Mobile product tackles bandwidth limitations and
latency, said Riverbed.
An IDC report predicts that there will be approximately 543.1
million mobile office workers by 2009 . The growth in mobile office
workers is putting tremendous demands on IT as it struggles to
deliver real-time performance to mobile staff and improve
productivity.
In addition, according to a
BPM Forum
report, 75% of businesses see increases in
remote workers, while 50% of businesses have missed business
opportunities because of slow communications. In the same report,
the BPM Forum states that 84% of businesses see increasing IT
challenges due to
mobility. The convergence of these trends is driving the need
for acceleration solutions, which must be simple to install and
manage, and must integrate seamlessly into the existing
infrastructure to facilitate the productivity of mobile
workers.
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