By Martin Vilaboy Sure, remote work no longer is happening anywhere near the rates experienced during the early days of the pandemic, as many companies have required employees to return to the office (RTO) or comply with hybrid work arrangements. Even so, the size and importance of remote and mobile workforces still vastly exceeds anything we saw prior to the mandate-induced shutdowns of 2020. Despite the desires of many organizations to bring employees back inside the corporate four walls, just more than a third of organizations have returned to “fulltime in office” status, according to the latest findings from Flex Index, which tracks work arrangements and flexibility across 8,000 companies. In fact, the percentage of companies considered full-time in office only has declined since the first quarter of 2023, well after RTO efforts initially ramped up. Meanwhile, a full 65 percent of companies currently offer work location flexibility, a 14-point increase from last year. These continuing realities, and the ongoing need to ensure collaborative and productive workforces both inside and outside the office walls, are partly what is driving the strong market demand for secure enterprise mobility. According to MarketsandMarkets, for example, the global enterprise mobility management market is projected to reach $63.3 billion by 2026, growing at compound annual rate of 25.1 percent during the forecast period of 2020-2026. In other words, supporting a mobile and flexible workforce remains a corporate priority for organizations of all sizes, and it requires solutions uniquely optimized for these environments, as requirements and tasks of Strategies for maintaining effective mobile workforces Remote is Still the Reality 6 THE CHANNEL MANAGER’S PLAYBOOK
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