The global enterprise mobility market is expected to clock a combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3% during the period 2011-2015, according to a report by TechNavio.

One of the key factors contributing to the growth will be improved real-time decision making, the report revealed.

Though the enterprise mobility market has also been witnessing increasing popularity of the bring your own device policy but data security issues could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.

Key vendors expected to take major share in the enterprise mobility market include Apple, Google, Microsoft and Research in Motion.

TechNavio telecom team analyst said,"With the growing number of applications of enterprise mobility solutions, the role of mobile network operators has been changing.

"To strengthen their position in the value chain, several mobile network operators have started offering enterprise mobility services," the analyst added.

Through such services, mobile operators are looking to capture the market share from the existing vendors.

According to the report, cyber threats are one of the major obstacles affecting the adoption of enterprise mobility applications.

TechNavio said enterprise mobility tools can help employees work in a virtual environment when enterprises are offering flexible work timings like working from home.

The report, Global Enterprise Mobility Market 2011-2015, covers the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions and also analysed the key vendors operating in this market.