A growing need for closer collaboration and instant communication.

The second ICT Barometer of Getronics highlights the trend towards more flexible and virtual forms of collaboration

For the second year in a row Getronics placed the use of ICT in the Belgian industry into perspective. The objectives of the survey are to measure people’s satisfaction of the ICT platforms and services they use at work, to understand their expectations and identify areas of improvement where ICT can help increase productivity, and finally to measure the adoption and maturity of tele-working and mobility in Belgian companies .

Due to this second edition of the ICT Barometer, Getronics can make a comparison with the results of last year. As a general rule, there is a clear demand for opportunities for virtual collaboration.
To know the latest evolutions you can consult the complete study, but we would like to share with you the 5 main conclusions:

• Mobile working increases productivity
• 5 killer “ productivity “ applications show up: search engines, calendar sharing, presence management, video- & webconferencing
• The availability of productivity tools remains low
• Corporate intranets are not popular
• Percentage of homeworkers increased from 9% to 14% , but homeworking is not really facilitated