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Samsung – Empowering the Mobile Workforce

The mobile worker is no longer the fantasy of 1990s office workers who hated sitting at their cubicle desks for eight hours a day: it’s a reality, made possible by some of the most amazing technology to have ever been developed.

Just a few years ago, being a mobile worker became a reality thanks to powerful portable computers, high-speed cellular data connections, and smartphones. Today, there’s no excuse not to be mobile – technology has progressed even further, giving us better battery power for portable devices, increased processing power, faster connectivity, and improved operating system interoperability. Security, too, has been improved upon, providing ever-tighter rules of engagement for the devices that make their way onto corporate networks the world over.

Did you know, for example, that Samsung’s KNOX app is designed to protect the data on devices if they ever fall into the wrong hands by separating work data from personal data? Or that Windows and Android are getting friendlier than they’ve ever been thanks to the work Microsoft has done on its latest feature update to Windows 10? Or that Office 365 works just as well on Mac, iOS, and Android, as it does on Windows PCs and Windows Phone?

Companies are also fine-tuning the tools and gadgets that make doing absolutely everything work-related on phones and tablets possible. Like Samsung: alongside their fantastic Galaxy S8 line of smartphones and phablets Samsung launched their DeX dock that lets people link their S8s to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse.

The DeX dock is a smart little docking station that houses all of the connections needed to turn an S8 into what amounts to a desktop computer. There’s HDMI for outputting audio and visuals, a power connector, two USB ports (for a mouse and keyboard), a USB Type-C connector for any gadgets that need it, and a handy sliding stand design that supports the S8 at a pleasant viewing angle while it charges.

Using the phone with a mouse and keyboard takes a bit of getting used to, but no more than adjusting to a new version of Windows or Mac OS. It’s here that you notice just how fast the processor and RAM combination of the S8 is: browsing the internet, checking and writing emails, watching videos, interacting with business documents and apps feels about as quick as it does on a mid-range business notebook.

And Samsung hasn’t stopped there, either, and has tailored much of its product range around supporting a mobile workforce while complying with enterprise-level requirements. The Note 8 phablet is a particular success, as the included stylus makes amending documents, writing on web pages, and scribbling on images really convenient on its large 6.3-inch screen, making it popular with business users.

The company’s wearable tech has business uses as well, ranging from the productivity-enhancing functions built into Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smart watches (appointment alerts, easy audio recording for note-taking and meetings) to travel-enhancing features like digital boarding pass management, turn-by-turn navigation, and more.

Windows, Android, and iOS now work closer together as well. The changes Microsoft has made centre around Office, with a feature that lets you resume working on a document you’d opened on your mobile device, on your desktop/notebook. It’s handy for working on a document remotely and then coming into the office and picking up where you left off.

So we now have the power in our mobile devices to do the things we’d usually do on our desktop and notebook computers, and the inter-operability between operating systems and apps needed to seamlessly move between them. Being a mobile worker, then, has never been easier than it is now, and it’s likely only going to get easier.

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