Consumers dictate device usage, not IT
In recent years, we have seen a significant role reversal of who dictates mobile and computing devices usage in the work place. The consumer now dictates which devices should be used and IT is now one step behind playing catch up. This is definitely the trend and IT will remain the follower as long a devices continue to change as frequent as they do and vendors meets the security standards (encryption, password protect, ...more »
In recent years, we have seen a significant role reversal of who dictates mobile and computing devices usage in the work place. The consumer now dictates which devices should be used and IT is now one step behind playing catch up. This is definitely the trend and IT will remain the follower as long a devices continue to change as frequent as they do and vendors meets the security standards (encryption, password protect, etc) companies want to enforce. Mobile devices will eventually replace laptops and desktops but that is still a long way off. Cloud computing is making this gap smaller and small ever year. The more an app is web friendly, or is able to be "thin", the need for a laptop or desktop becomes less of a necessity.
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