Aegis School of Business & Telecommunications and PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) India have jointly released the "Enterprise Mobility-Putting people first” white paper.

The Indian economy is going through one of its most difficult times. The downfall of the rupee, challenges with the land reforms bill slowing FDI, shortage of FII money in India’s secondary markets and the changes to the rule books are all responsible for the worsening economic sentiment in the country.

Understandably, corporate India is responding very aggressively albeit not always wisely to these developments. Most companies are actively working at taking out costs to improve margins in what is clearly a very challenging market condition. Measures announced by India Inc. include saving on travel and administrative expenses, retrenchment of non performing or under-performing employees, outsourcing the non-core activities, selling off the non-core businesses and operational improvements resulting in efficiency gains, reduction in wastage and a better utilisation of assets.

These bottom line focused measures clearly demonstrate that the market sentiment for a recovery is low and distant. In the wake of this, organisations are trying to find solutions that will enable improved performance at lower investments. One important area that several leading organisations are focussing on is enterprise mobility.

Enterprise mobility, wherein, the organisation enables employees, partners and customers to access and work on organisational technology platforms and where enablers through any device-tablets, laptops (personal) and smartphones, seamlessly through a secure virtual environment are gaining ground.