What the Future IT Work Force Will Look Like

Mobility and the technology that enables it is helping shape what the future work force will look like. Far from the spacefaring Everyman envisioned by science fiction writers, the employee of the future will be firmly rooted not in outer space but in cyber-space.

Riding the subway or traveling by plane offers proof enough that people are tethered to their mobile devices. David Morton, director of mobile strategies at the University of Washington, studies the mobile device phenomenon. Morton monitors mobile device use on the campus network and posts findings on the Freshly Mobile website. The gadgets people love are growing ever more essential.

By Hilton Collins, Staff Writer

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