Home featured Apps Business Tech Cloud Apps Are we living in the golden age of technology for SMBs? Guest Author November 11, 2015 Mobility’s shift towards the enterprise is accelerating, especially in light of recent hardware announcements from the world’s major device makers. Apple, for example, unveiled the iPad Pro last month, a bigger version of the iPad complemented by a stylus and a keyboard, all in the name of improved productivity for professionals on the go. Google joined the high-performance tablet fray with the Pixel C, its first Android tablet that comes with a detachable keyboard for working professionals. And more recently, Blackberry announced its first Android-based device. These developments were preceded by Microsoft’s Surface products, 2-in-1 devices that run on the full Windows operating system that can run almost any line-of-business apps for Windows. The proliferation of smartphones – forecast by IDC to reach 1.4 billion unit shipments in 2015 alone – also points to the increasing “mobilization” of the global workforce. Advancements on smartphone technology have not only put business systems and applications on mobile phones, transforming them into smarter, more sophisticated business tools. Today, any business without an app strategy will find themselves quickly losing out to their more agile competitors. For small and medium businesses (SMBs) with limited resources, this accelerating shift towards mobility has made the competitive business landscape a more level playing field. The cloud is also doing wonders for SMBs. With the advantages of faster deployment and lower cost of ownership, more