An IS staff that has not done this kind of installation for a large enterprise may have problems because of the long learning curve that is involved. Learning on the fly is not recommended in this kind of environment because of the security aspects. The cornerstone to a remote access plan is to decide which employees or business partners will have access, when, to what resources and how. Other key decisions to consider include how rigorous the company will be in terms of security profiles and whether to allow some remote users to have system administrator functionality. You don't want to create a system that's so secure no one can get into it.
Security is an issue that cuts across all aspects of mobile computing.
That raises such issues as how much information employees are allowed to carry and what standards and procedures a company needs so not just anyone with a fully configured laptop can dial into the network. A Solid Base IS must keep in mind that mobile computing is intended to make it easier for remote users of it to do their jobs. Users may be less patient than those who work in the office. If the end user has to phone someone to make sure the e-mail got there, that could be the beginning of the end. First, that means the architecture must be sound.