%0 Journal Article %T A Connected Enterprise - Transformation Through Mobility and Social Networks %A Jitendra Maan %J International Journal of Managing Information Technology %@ 0975-5586 %D 2012 %I Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC) %X Due to rapid changes in business dynamics, there is a growing demand to encourage social conversations/exchanges and the ability to connect and communicate with peers, partners, customers andother stakeholders anytime, anywhere which drives the need of mobile-enable, the existing enterprise applications. This paper highlights a distinct set of needs and key customer challenges that must be considered and addressed for deployment of Social Collaboration applications and Mobility services in enterprises. It not only addresses the Critical Success Factors for enterprise mobility enablement but also outlines the unique business requirements to rapidly create social collaboration culture and the discipline of turning social data into meaningful insights to drive business decisions in real-time. Moreover, the paper emphasizes on developing composite offerings on social enterprise and Mobile networks that not only offer the value proposition in terms of financially oriented results, but also help customer to maximize return on investment (ROI). %K Enterprise Mobility %K Mobile Solutions %K Social Networks %K Social Enterprise %K Social Collaboration %U http://airccse.org/journal/ijmit/papers/4312ijmit08.pdf