Nokia to serve as one-stop resource for businesses enabling workforce mobility

Over the next twelve months, Nokia will provide reference materials for businesses and employees on mobile technology strategies and use, their deployment and implementation, and controlling costs and building ROI. Nokia will also further bolster its integrated portfolio of business offerings with the introduction of significant new mobility products and services to be announced in the next three months. These offerings will drive considerable cost savings, productivity benefits, and promote ease-of-use for companies of all sizes and industries, facts that will be showcased by Nokia customers.

"What if every employee got to choose his or her own PC or laptop hardware, operating system, applications, service provider and security policies, and the IT department had to manage and support it all? For most companies, that is exactly what's happening today with mobile technology," said Olivier Cognet, vice president, strategy and business development , Nokia Enterprise Solutions. "Nokia wants to be the partner of choice for companies in deploying mobile technologies that take advantage of new ways of working, and a valued resource to IT staff and employees alike."

According to Nokia-sponsored research conducted by Simpson Carpenter, more than half of today's employees in countries around the world have purchased their own mobile devices, such as a mobile phone or PDA, that they use for work. At the same time, employees are demanding more access from these devices to enterprise applications, such as email and the corporate network, in order to be more effective at work and stay connected to what's important to them no matter where they happen to be. Companies are expecting to rely heavily on device manufacturers as their trusted advisor on workforce mobility. According to the study, businesses will depend on device manufacturers for the bulk of their end-to-end mobile technology needs more than any other partner company. Nokia believes that it is positioned to address the mobile technology needs of businesses better than any other player in the market.

As a means of enabling workforce mobility, Nokia's integrated portfolio of business offerings addresses each piece of the mobile technology puzzle. The portfolio includes Nokia devices, applications, security, support and professional services, while working together with partners and channels to deliver customized solutions for each customer. Offerings are built on four key cornerstones: being simple to deploy, manage and use; being connected to eliminate the boundaries of both distance and technology; being intelligent enough to make communication affordable and respond to changing company and employee needs; and being trusted to protect sensitive corporate data and systems.

Through this initiative Nokia intends to optimize the return on companies' telecommunications investment while increasing employee productivity. For the IT department, these offerings provide secure, cost-effective, easily managed options for mobilizing the company that work with existing IT infrastructures, while employees have access to the people and information they need whenever they need it using smartphones connected to the company network.