By Hung LeHong, research vice-president, and Nick Jones, vice-president Gartner.

For many enterprises, the timing is right to create a next-generation mobile strategy. Although many CIOs have already implemented mobile technology, much of it has been tactical in nature.

CIOs and their teams should now pursue a more strategic approach to mobile capabilities. If not, they risk making the wrong long-term investments, or, more importantly, they may miss emerging customer needs that are to become commonplace.

This article provides CIOs with a checklist of guidelines and questions to ensure that the next generation mobile strategy they pursue includes the major foundational elements that will be important in the future

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This report is based on independent technology advisory research from Gartner, Inc. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for IT leaders to make the right decisions every day. This exclusive article was written Gartner analysts for Computer Weekly readers on a non-commercial basis.