When we take a look at the biggest IT trends of the past year, enterprise mobility features high on the list. Wireless technologies are now deeply-rooted in businesses of all kinds, boosting productivity and creating more than a few IT challenges. It seems like vendors in every corner of the industry were eager to delve deeper into the enterprise mobility game. To name just a few developments:

• Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) made several overtures toward the mobile business market, teaming up with Unisys to integrate consumer-focused products, such as the iPhone and iPad, into enterprise IT systems.
• AT&T (NYSE: T) said in October that it would start selling iPads directly to business customers.
• Motorola rolled out a new enterprise-focused smartphone, designed to resemble consumer devices while offering business functionality.
• Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) unveiled its first tablet computer, the Android-based Cius, which focuses heavily on functionality for traveling professionals.
• Microsoft and Nokia unveiled a smartphone app for business collaboration, which allows users of two Nokia phones to connect to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Exchange.

This short list of mobile IT highlights makes it clear that much of the industry is banking on enterprise mobility, but are vendors truly answering a demand, or are they trying to create one? In other words, how do we know what enterprise mobility really means to the enterprise at this stage?

You can help answer that question by taking a brief survey conducted by FierceMobileIT, The Enterprise Mobility Foundation and Strategy Analytics. It should only take about 15 minutes, and the information will remain confidential.  (The list of survey respondents will not be sold to a vendor.) For your time, you will receive a free copy of the complete benchmark report. You can take a look at the survey here.

Thanks for your help and best wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving. - Caron