The New Normal: Mobile Device and App Behavior Over Wi-Fi and Best Practices for Wireless Networks
Use of more mobile devices and hence more mobile applications at work create an ever-changing number of challenges for wireless network administrators and engineers. In the past the IT organizations deployed the same set of mobile devices for every employee, such as a Windows laptop or desktop. These devices each had a similar set of relatively few applications like Microsoft Office. As a result, rolling out new applications sometimes took several weeks to complete. IT had to plan for installing new back end servers in data centers and then push software updates to all end-user devices.