The technical impact of consumerisation of IT can be disruptive to CIOs, but possibly a less well considered aspect of the trend is the impact to management processes.
Microsoft's new Surface tablet is yet to be released, although this hasn't prevented the trite predictions from some quarters that the new device will never be able to compete with the current undisputed tablet king, the Apple iPad.
It may be tempting to think that consumerisation of IT will make the CIO’s technical duties simpler, but nothing could be further from the truth.
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Businesses across the UK are in the midst of a major change, affecting the technology they use and transforming their key processes. A dramatic growth in mobile computing for employees is here, with a plethora of devices requiring close management.
Businesses are slow-moving creatures that operate on established processes to keep them going. They don’t generally have much awareness of what is going on around them, or have the ability to react to the changes they do perceive.
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Cloud computing is a term that describes a significant change in the way organisations procure, manage and use IT. It represents a shift away from the concept of building and owning IT as an asset and moving towards a model where applications are hosted by a third party and paid for only when needed.
The unprecedented growth in the volumes and complexity of business information is ushering in the era of “Big Data”. The phenomenon is not a "thing" but instead a strategic approach that crosses many IT borders and so poses one of the biggest challenges currently facing CIOs from companies of all sizes.
While it may be viewed with trepidation by many IT leaders, consumerisation is essentially a good thing for the workplace.
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