A New Era in Mobility

Like it or not, thanks to advances in mobile computing, the office can reach out and touch us at any time. And thanks to the ubiquity of wireless networks, workers everywhere are blurring the lines between work and place.

Even though things are tough all over, a new survey from Cisco finds that many workers report they will choose to work for one company over another based on the flexibility that company provides in the workplace.

The end result, the survey finds, is that the increased need to support mobile computing is driving investments in wireless networks, which are rapidly becoming the primary network used in the enterprise.

Click through for results from a worldwide mobility study conducted by Cisco.

More than half are inclined to say no.

Salary still carries weight in the U.S. but worldwide flexibility is a tangible value.

Not as much in the U.S, but definitely around the rest of the globe.

About half think so.

Wireless LANs are gaining ground.

Mobile devices lead the way.

This is a much bigger issue than most acknowledge.

But of course.

The smartphone now dominates.

17 percent now have more than one device.