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Melanie Turek

As an Associate Fellow and VP of Research for Connected Work at Frost & Sullivan, Melanie covers a broad range of markets, leveraging long-standing relationships with leading industry participants’ senior executives and customer organizations. Melanie has more than 25 years' experience covering video and web conferencing, social networking, unified communications, voice, IP communications, and instant messaging and presence, as well as a wide range of business software and services. Melanie brings deep technical expertise and in-depth understanding of the ways in which technology can positively impact business processes and performance. She studied social anthropology at Harvard, and she views technology transformation through that lens.

Posts By Melanie Turek

Recording mobile communications can provide many benefits for businesses.
Finance

Reaping the Benefits of Mobile Communications and Mobile Call Recording

Financial organizations can offer a more personalized customer experience through recording mobile communications.

Corporate owned personally enabled (COPE) mobile programs need a clear strategy to maximize benefits over costs.
Infographic Device Management

BYOD vs. COPE: The Costs and Benefits of a Corporate-Liable Mobility Program

With more and more companies rolling out COPE mobile device programs, a clear understanding of the costs and benefits is essential.

Work efficiency has improved as smartphone usage increases.
Infographic Phones

Work Efficiency: How Much Productivity Do Employees Gain From Their Smartphone?

Employees who use smartphones for business have demonstrated a dramatic increase in work efficiency. This Frost & Sullivan infographic shows just how much.

The rise of smartphones and the BYOT trend is resulting in an increasingly mobile workforce.
Mobile Productivity

Top Trends in the Mobile Workforce: Frost & Sullivan’s Latest Look at Enterprise Usage

According to a recent Frost & Sullivan survey, enterprises are relying more and more on smartphones, leading to an increasingly mobile workforce.

Goverments must have the right security measures and applications in place to keep up with an increasingly mobile workforce.
Infographic Government

Governments Embrace the Concept of a Mobile Workforce

A recent Frost & Sullivan survey illustrates that governments are increasingly embracing the idea of a mobile workforce to increase employee productivity.

Thanks to the IoT, the digital government is becoming more efficient and streamlined.
Government

Frost & Sullivan’s Latest Report: The State of the IoT in Digital Government

The Internet of Things is creating an increasingly digital government that can streamline operations and increase employee productivity.

Employee mobile access is increasingly important in the government sector as more and more employees work outside of an office.
Civilian

The Rise of Mobile Access in the Government Sector

As more than half of all government employees now work outside of an office on a regular basis, mobile access is critical.

Although organizations like the idea of the "bring your own technology" movement, they must consider the hidden costs of BYOT.
Device Management

The Hidden Costs of BYOT

While organizations have been quick to embrace the "bring your own technology" movement, many don't take into account the hidden costs of BYOT.

Smartphones boost productivity and improve employee communication in the workplace.
Phones

Employees Say Smartphones Boost Productivity by 34 Percent: Frost & Sullivan Research

Respondents in a Frost & Sullivan survey report that smartphone usage can dramatically boost productivity and improve employees' work-life balance.

Mobility management and security is a concern for government agencies as they move toward a more connected workplace.
White Paper Civilian

Mobility Management Makes Government Work: Security and Control

While government agencies embrace the idea of equipping their employees with mobile devices, they express concerns around mobility management and security.