Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs are driving greater productivity for business and improving the work/life balance for manager-level associates, according to a recent survey by Evolve IP in Wayne.

Most businesses are enabling and supporting mobility, according to a survey of 566 managers. Key results also show participants working remotely about 10.5 hours per week. Six in 10 respondents feel their mobile devices enable them to get critical business information in near real-time; and 95 percent feel that these devices have made them more productive than they were 5 years ago.

In addition to working remotely, 67 percent of those surveyed reported working while commuting and are adding almost a half an hour to their workday.

While many employees would not consider being more available to an employer a positive, very few who responded to this survey view BYOD or mobility programs allowing them to be “always available” as a negative. Eighty percent said the ability to work anytime / anywhere is a positive and that mobile access enables a better work-life balance.

“Over the past few years we have seen cloud computing technologies, coupled with improved tablets and larger screen devices, help mobility and BYOD programs turn a corner,” said Guy Fardone, COO and general manager. “With this survey showing that managers and executives spend about 10.5 hours per week working remotely, the results clearly demonstrate that not only are employees happily embracing the technologies, the companies deploying them are seeing real gains in productivity.”

Evolve IP conducted the blind, web-based survey in September. Fifty-seven percent of those surveyed were from organizations with between 100 and 1,999 employees, 27 percent were from companies with less than 100 employees while 16 percent came from businesses with more than 2,000 employees. The full survey results are here.