According to a survey conducted by Vettro, a vendor of mobile on-demand business applications, companies are continuing to use mobile devices for more than just e-mail.

 

The survey found that concern over data security is "the number one hindrance" to adoption of mobile applications across an enterprise. The survey, conducted at the recent Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, found that IT service management was a frequently-mentioned mobile application companies are considering deploying beyond e-mail.

 

The survey also found that most — 50 percent — of enterprises have deployed, or are considering deploying, IT service management applications. Sales force automation is one of the top three mobile applications companies are considering for deployment, and after e-mail, mobile field service is the mobile application most deployed by enterprises

 

"Enterprises are beginning to realize that using mobile computing just for e-mail is actually a disadvantage," said Matt Finkelstein, Vettro's VP of product management.

 

Vettro surveyed 50 mobile enterprise users to find out how companies are currently using mobile applications, and what their future plans are. Vettro offers a suite of mobile applications for field service, IT service management, pickup and delivery, and CRM.

 

In March Vettro announced the appointment of two new senior vice presidents: George Moser will lead worldwide field operations and Tom Erdman will oversee worldwide marketing.

 

George Moser brings more than twenty years experience to Vettro, having served in senior management positions in high-growth companies and emerging start-ups. Prior to joining Vettro, he served as Vice President of North American Sales for SPSS (News - Alert), a vendor of predictive analytics software and products.

 

In his new role, Moser will be responsible for driving the strategic growth and direction of Vettro's field sales initiatives and the entire sales organization -- including global sales, pre-sales, and general sales operations.

 

Tom Erdman joins Vettro from AT&T (News - Alert), where he served as Vice President of the Corporate Markets organization. He's held sales and marketing leadership positions at a number of large carriers over the past 20 years including MCI and British Telecom. At Vettro Erdman will be responsible for the company's global marketing strategy.

 

Early this year New York-based Vettro announced that its Vettro 360 for ITSM will support HP Service Manager 7.0.

 

Company officials say new features from the Vettro product will let IT support departments "respond to more incidents per day, improve SLAs and adhere more closely with ITIL best practice."