At the same time, mobile computing is becoming mission-critical, even if it's just used for electronic mail. These circumstances are reshaping the focus of and requirements on information systems. Remote access is a complex application to support, because so many pieces are involved. This includes the software run on your computer, the modems, phone network interconnections and the applications being accessed. That lends itself to a lot of error and basic mistakes.
Mobile computing is sure to increase even more.
Bulletin board and technical support services are being accessed remotely more and more often. The second piece of remote access is wireless applications. While smaller than the boom in hardwired mobile computing, the wireless arena is growing as well. Until recently, enterprises would routinely buy modems, remote access servers, routers and frame relay switches piecemeal from different vendors. Now, however, the direction is toward complete systems.