One story that caught my eye this week – Samsung has officially announced that its mobile virtual reality headset will be available next month. The device is a partnership with the Facebook-owned Oculus (of Oculus Rift fame) and works off the Galaxy Note 4, which, incidentally, is usually targeted at business users. It’ll be interesting to see how many Christmas lists this makes it on to. But what are the potential businesses applications for VR in the burgeoning wearable market?
Read on as we take a look at the key industry announcements and latest news:
- New research by Gartner has this week indicated that you can soon wave goodbye to your corporate laptop as the office of the future will be your own tablet. The research found that tablet-focused BYOD programmes offer better opportunities than enterprise issued kit initiatives. IT departments can support almost three times more users in a BYOD tablet environment compared with traditional enterprise-owned programmes.
- The UK’s first dark fibre backhaul has been announced, with CityFibre inking a national framework deal with EE and Three. The first masts to be connected will be in Hull and will allow more capacity and faster speeds from mast to network. The two companies currently carry 75% of UK mobile data and aside from improving network performance, it is predicted the move will provide long term cost efficiencies.
- On the topic of partnerships, SAP and Samsung are getting cosy and collaborating to deliver enterprise mobility solutions. Samsung hope enterprise-grade apps will help then compete with Windows and Blackberry. The partnership will target retail, energy, finance and healthcare verticals.
Let us know your thoughts on this week’s mobility news roundup. Do you think wearable technology, and particularly virtual reality, will change the way you do business? How much do you currently use your tablet in a typical working day? Let us know by commenting below or tweeting me personally at @GrahamFranklin or Cisco at @CiscoUKI.
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