In today’s high-speed data intensive work environment, energy industry pros recognize that success depends on the ability to manage and exchange data across disparate systems that service wide-ranging geographies. Now, more than ever, ‘mobile solutions and applications’ are a critical component to ensure fast and efficient flow of information. Competition is fierce and compliance is relentless, so energy providers must find ways to reduce costs and improve efficiencies. This mandates that they employ fast and effective mobile communications to ensure that they effectively manage, unify, and communicate data in real, or near real time, between plants, facilities and their mobile work forces. The days of a single Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software system being able to satisfy all the needs of a business are over. Today’s business environment demands the ability to integrate existing EAM systems with numerous other specialized databases and mobile applications to optimize productivity and efficiency.