Fonality Study: Mobility Demands for Small and Mid-Size Businesses on the Rise, Cloud-Based Applications Gaining Popularity

(DALLAS) – Fonality, North America’s fastest growing business communications company, today released the “State-of-the-Market 2011 Report: Mobility Trends in SMBs.” The study, conducted by Webtorials, surveyed small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) with 10 to 250 employees. It revealed the increasing mobility demands of SMBs finding that 50 percent of these employees are estimated to be working outside the office, with a quarter of staff out at any given time. Other prominent findings include the increased utilization of tablet computers, which will become the standard mobile device within 18 months. In addition, due to increasing mobile dependence, 43 percent of SMBs plan to deploy cloud-based or hosted mobile solutions to improve delivery to employees. (Fierce Enterprise Communications)