More and more organizations are embracing mobility solutions that allow employees to remain connected with work while on the go. A recent survey commissioned by Oracle called “The Connected Enterprise: Keeping Pace with Mobile Development” shows a huge increase in the Mobile IT spend of organizations. According to this survey, mobile related IT expenses are set to increase by almost 50% over the next two years to make way for the enterprise of the future. Even though mobility has been on the radar of enterprises for a while now and the rapid rise of mobile devices connected to the enterprise is unmatched by any other technology in recent times the fact remains that only 10% of enterprises have an enterprise wide deployment of mobile. However, companies that have adopted enterprise mobility have seen business improvements and increased revenue through improved competitive positioning, faster time to market, enhanced customer engagement and better employee productivity.
One major challenge enterprises face in this endeavor is that of security and integration for not only mobile app usage but also data security. Currently 29% of development time is consumed by front end mobile app development and over 70% is spent on integration, security, quality assurance and design. 93% of the respondents of the survey relate data loss and security concerns of mobility adoption and feel that centralized management is essential to cover these security challenges so that they do not have to depend on end users for security.
The survey also reflects that although organizations are continuously adapting to mobility in their enterprise they are also facing new challenges that are evolving at almost the same pace as the technology itself. Therefore, it is expected for organizations to start focusing more towards developing device data encryption, centralized management for updating and troubleshooting, remotely wiping off data and management of features.
Enterprises that are inclined to adopt mobility also have to consider serving internal stakeholders to improve productivity and also serve external customers for higher engagement opportunities. Respondents to the survey clearly indicate mobility spend is set to increase by over 54% over the next two years taking the average per employee spend from $157 to $242. Moreover the focus on external customers will also see a significant increment.
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