Vodacom has won the “Most Innovative Use of Technology” award at the Enterprise Mobility Forum (EMF).
The awards aim to honour outstanding practice in the area of field mobility, recognising companies or individuals who have driven business change through the implementation of mobile solutions.
Currently enterprises are confronted with the challenge of balancing the risks and benefits of the mobile enterprise, the management headaches of the BYOD trend, and the cost and compliance issues associated with an increasingly mobile workforce. The aim of the second EMF was to evaluate these impacts, assess the trends and offer solutions.
Vodacom’s award was for helping Nompilo Solutions. This project enabled mobile and monitoring healthcare in Africa and created vast improvements in affordable and measureable healthcare across the population.
Eskom won two of the three nominated categories, achieving the best ROI and being named best at deploying mobility solutions.
The enterprise mobility field of experts is expanding yearly and those who influence and drive it forward are rarely recognised for the amount of time, effort and passion they pour into the industry. This year Deon Maritz of Kraft Foods (Cadbury) was applauded for demonstrating visionary leadership and adopting best practice in the implementation of mobility technologies.
The winners are:
* Best Deployment of Mobility Solutions – Eskom;
* Best Sector-Specific Mobility Implementation – Grindrod Intermodal;
* Best ROI – Eskom;
* Most Innovative Use of Mobility – Vodacom;
* Best New Product or Solution – Nashua Communications; and
* Enterprise Mobility Person of the Year – Deon Maritz, Kraft Foods (Cadbury).