* Availability of cost-effective, enterprise-ready and easy-to-use mobile computers
* Accelerating deployment of local area wireless (WLAN) and wide area wireless (WWAN) networks to move data to and from the point of business activity
* Availability of powerful tracking technologies such as two dimensional (2D) barcodes and RFID
* Emergence of new field force automation applications built to use the latest mobile technology
* Access to remote field data and telemetry
* Multi-device and multi-network access for flexibility and coverage
* Access to real-time information from the field and awareness of asset location