Wearables in Enterprise Encounters Significant Obstacles
Despite enthusiastic reports of success stories, there are significant obstacles to introducing any new technology.
On the AREA website the opportunities to change workplace performance is strongly documented. There’s also a commitment to approach challenges with open eyes. We applaud others who take the time to examine both sides of every new technology.
In this post on the NTT Data blog, Shamlan Siddiqi balances a previous post about wearables in energy and oil and gas industries with a careful examination of potential barriers to their adoption. He cites issues with inconsistent and intermittent usage, insufficient security and safety, limited feature sets and lack of maturity.
He concludes that the opportunities need to approached cautiously and introductions, where and when planned correctly will be phased and reuse popular consumer devices where possible.