Wearable technology

With 2015 looking set to become the year that wearable technologies move out of the gym and into the workplace, how can our organisation support this trend?

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With 2015 looking set to become the year that wearable technologies move out of the gym and into the workplace, how can our organisation support this trend?

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With the arrival of Apple Watch, wearable technology will move out of the gym and into the workplace. FMs have been managing the “bring your own device” (BYOD) phenomenon for several years. Next will be “wear your own device” (WYOD) as employees expand their use of wearable technologies.

Raj Mistry, Senior Vice President of Solutions Engineering of Salesforce, says: “Wearables, smart watches in particular, are the next milestone in the journey towards a truly mobile workforce.” He says that 112 million wearable devices are predicted to be in use in just 3 years’ time which “will enable our customers to further enhance customer experience and success while boosting their own organisational effectiveness and productivity.”

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