Opportunities of Making Business with Mobile Computing

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Introduction
As years go by, technology in various sectors has been advancing and mobile computing
is one of the recent technologies to be incorporated in business. Any business that wants to thrive
well has to be flexible in adapting to the rapid technology advancement witnessed in the current
local and international business environment. With the prospects of mobile use to keep on
increasing in future, it is very important to keep our concerns of mobile computing as one of the
technologies that can be a game changer in business (Luan et al,2015). Mobile computing is a
term used to refer to the use of computing devices, which typically interact in some way with the
central information system, while they are away from the fixed normal workplace. Mobile
computing is important because it allows the mobile worker to process, create, communicate and
access information regardless of their physical location therefor they are not constrained to work
from a single room. This is an important aspect of communication since it allows the interaction
of organization personnel from different locations by extending the reach to the fixed
information system of the organization. This project is going to discuss the concept of mobile
computing and the opportunities it offers into the business sector as well as the technologies.
Mobile computing is an exciting, capable, potential and versatile technology that should be
embraced in the business sector since it has so many potential benefits to the information system
of many business organizations.
Project Objectives
The main objective of this paper is to discuss and illustrate the benefits that mobile
computing can bring to a business organization. Information management has been one of the
challenges faced by business organizations all over the world and mobile computing seems to be

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an alternative solution to this perennial challenge in business. This project is going to evaluate
and examine the characteristics and potential benefits of mobile computing in a business
organization. The other objective of this project is to elaborate the various technologies that
make mobile computing possible and why business organizations should shift their concern on
mobile computing as an alternative information management tool (Kohtz et al, 2015). Also to
elaborate how mobile computing will improve the communication efficiency and cut on the
operation cost of business organizations.
Project Scope
My project on mobile computing is mainly going to cover the technology making mobile
computing possible and the benefits it offers in a business organization. However, if I am going
to concentrate mainly on the benefits of mobile computing and a few disadvantages that may
come along with incorporating mobile computing in a business organization. The project is going
to look at some of the limitations of mobile computing and the future prospective of this
technology in the business sector especially information management. Mobile computing has a
very high potential of being a game changer in business and therefore we have to critically look
into it from various perspectives before coming up with any conclusive suggestion,
recommendation or conclusion.
Literature Review
Mobile computing is a new technology but there are several publications that have been
written to share some insight on the topic. Muller in his article titled ‘Mobile Telecommunication
fact book' published in the year 1998 he explained how mobile technology is likely to take over
the world in the near future. O'Brien also wrote an article in 1996 titled ‘Managing Information

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Systems: Managing Information Technology in the Networked Enterprise.' O'Brien explained the
importance of having a networked information management system in an organization and
mobile computing is one of the key technology that ensure the networked information systems
are operational. There are many more publications that have talked about the benefits of mobile
computing and its potential in business.
Mobile Computing Technology
Mobile computing is a technical aspect and therefore it is important for us to look at the
technology behind its operations before we can talk about its benefits. The mobile computing
technology consists of the hardware, software and communication medium (Wolf, 2014). Mobile
computing is becoming more versatile due to the availability of extremely small and powerful
mobile gadgets, improved communication media, and specialized software that work efficiently
(Kansal and Daetz, 2015). This technology section we are going to briefly look into the types of
hardware, communication medium and software that are integrated to come up with the mobile
computing solution.
There are various mobile computing hardware that are characterized in the form of size,
weight, secondary and primary storage, battery life, screen type and size, means of input and
output, durability, expandability and communication capabilities. The above characteristics can
be used to clarify the mobile computing hardware into laptop, penslate, palmtop, handheld
Penkey and clamshell. This wide range of hardware can be used by the business workers to
access data wherever they are as long as they are connected to the organization's information
system. The wide range also ensures that the works chose a device that satisfies their needs and
they can access data at their comfort. The decision on which device to be used should entirely
consider the organization's needs and the cost factors of acquiring the gadgets. There are also a