This holiday season, small business professionals will add one more item to their holiday to-do list: work. Eight in 10 professionals say they plan to work during the upcoming holiday vacations, according to a new survey from Egnyte, a leading provider of cloud file server solutions.
The survey revealed a vast majority of people (90 percent) plan to work from their smartphones - three-fourths will use document apps most often.
The vast majority of small business professionals (82 percent) plan to
work during the upcoming holidays.
- Of those planning to work, 73 percent said they will work on Thanksgiving, 87 percent
said they will be working during the December holidays (Christmas,
Hanukah or Kwanza), and 55 percent planned to work on New Year's Eve or
Day. - 80 percent will work in their home office, while 31 percent will work
at the home of an extended family member, and 31 percent will work while
on the road. - Only 24 percent plan to work at the office over the holidays.
- Eighty-three percent said they plan to access work data using a
smartphone, with the iPhone, Android and Blackberry leading the pack for
the most popular phones. - Nearly eight in 10 (79 percent) will use their smartphone "when they can
get away with it" this holiday season, 12 percent will use it during the
drive to Grandmother's house, and only four percent will check it at
the dinner table. - Seventy-six percent said they would access work data using a laptop,
while 18 percent will use a tablet. - Most people (70 percent) put the iPad on top of their holiday wish
list, with 30 percent saying they are hoping for an Android tablet.
Looking ahead to 2011, most predict that Apple's iPhone and iPad will be
the biggest winner in the market next year.
See the full survey results here.
Egnyte launced an Android app to keep up with the holiday demand. Egnyte conducted the study from October 19, 2010 to October 28, 2010.
More than 350 mobile business professionals answered an online survey by
Zoomerang.