Forrester says that information workers in many growth markets such as China, India, and Hong Kong are more likely to own a tablet than those in the developed countries.

Seventy percent of firms surveyed issue both a laptop and smartphone to executives and about 52 percent of info workers across 17 countries use three or more devices for work, including personal ones.

Information workers today are leading adopters of new technology and behaviours and many of them don't even try to separate work from their personal lives.

They blend work and personal in 66 percent of the software they use and take care of personal chores during quick work breaks.

Fifty-three percent of global info workers agreed that they use their own PC or smartphone for work and 21 percent use an Apple product for work.