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Benchmark: Tapping Information from Afar

Some statistics that display the type of information accessed by portable-computer users.

By Phaedra Hise | 
 

Managers adding portable computers to their hardware menu must also decide what software to offer. At 100 small and midsize companies, here's what off-site employees tap into:

Type of information accessed by portable-computer users Percentage of users
Database files 66%
Electronic mail via the company network 56%
Sales/order entries 40%
On-line databases or news services 21%
Electronic mail via a public network 16%
Relational databases 14%
Other 7%
Note: Total equals more than 100% because of overlap of tasks.

Source: "Untethering the Mobile Worker: Projecting Demand for Advanced Wireless Services," Business Research Group, Newton, Mass., March 1995.

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