Total IT budgets, including enterprise mobility, are set to increase in the next five years among SMBs and large enterprises.
30 percent of enterprises spent 5-10 percent on IT in 2016, and almost 12 percent spent 10 percent or more on IT in 2016.
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The survey finding demonstrates that organizations understand the importance of mobility to their business and are willing to invest in hardware, software and services. Enterprises are making huge investments in business devices such as smartphones, tablets, business apps and IoT apps.
Strategy Analytics said enterprises in the U.S., UK, France and Germany are recognizing the importance of mobility as part of their business strategy.
Implementation levels of mobile app strategies show that companies have moved fast to utilize mobile and incorporate it into their business.
Strategy Analytics interviewed 1,200 IT decision makers across 9 vertical markets in the U.S., UK, France, and Germany in the first quarter of 2017.
29 percent reported above 50 percent of corporate-liable smartphones are unlocked devices. The report said these unlocked devices may struggle with GDPR regulation over the next few years if no proper mobile security or EMM solutions are being installed.
Enterprise mobility management (EMM) is the top tool businesses use to manage business data on personal-liable devices. Security concern outweighs action as nearly 1/3 still does not manage corporate data on PL devices. The opportunity of adding mobile security tools and EMM solutions are large.
Corporate-liable dominates in EU countries due to imminent GDPR implementation and low EMM, secure container and active-sync penetration. BYOD is also proven to be not cost effective among companies in the EU.
“Overall, enterprises in the US, UK, France and Germany look at mobile as an integral part of digital transformation and depend on it to extend access to information, improve process efficiency, increase employee productivity and lower operational cost”, said Gina Luk, principal analyst of Mobile Workforce Strategies.
Gina Luk said concerns about security and backup and recovery are pressing issues to Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, public sector, and professional services industries. IT and software vendors must take the lead in providing corporations with the appropriate levels of embedded security.
