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as the nature of mobile technology changes to reflect a seemingly infinite variety of devices and internet-connected things that all have a place in the enterprise, IT professionals, developers, managers and line-of-business influnecers need to consider both the opportunities as well as the risks before they begin deploying policies and technologies.

Mobile Technology In The Workplace: Planning, Deploying, and Managing Mixed Devices is designed to help you understand the range of tools and technologies emerging for companies and their employees, the incredible opportunities this tech presents, and sane risk-management models and approaches.

The principal problem users of mobile, sensor, and radio technologies will encounter is lack of knowledge of what these technologies are capable of, and how to integrate them. This lack of knowledge can too often lead to expensive and ineffective integration projects being launched in businesses of all sizes.

Unlike the PC revolution, the mobile sensing workplace is made of multiple devices, sensors, beacons, and other components that spread interaction around the workplace. This makes mobile devices more powerful than PCs but it also makes effective use of mobile devices less obvious. The information throughout this book strengthens the capability and confidence of the reader in approaching mobile, sensor, and radio integration projects in the workplace, and the illustrative projects in this will provide hands-on experience with devices and software.

For example: Do you have a private cloud strategy? Do you need one? Can your employees (or your products) benefit from collecting sensor data and receiving analytics? Do some of your employees need body cameras or microphones? WHat about sensors that track proximity, temperature, positions of objects, or acceleration? How do these devices communicate with each other? How do you keep these devices and their data safe? And in compliance with internal and external policies? And much, much more....

Projects are central to the approach of this book: Readers can follow along with the descriptions of projects and set up similar systems in their workplaces and homes, connecting devices and software to solve specific problems.

Readers will come away from this book with the capability to be knowledgeable customers and users. They will be more creative and confident in using mobile, sensor, and radio technologies.