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Crossing the Great Mobile Divide

Crossing the Great Mobile Divide IT View of the Mobile Agenda A full 66.9% of IT decision-makers feel that IT sets the mobile agenda, but 30.6% said it’s actually the line of business. Developer View of Mobile Agenda Most developers (49.7%) said line of business sets the agenda versus the internal IT organization (34.6%), but […]

Written By: Michael Vizard

Dec 18, 2014

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IT View of the Mobile Agenda

A full 66.9% of IT decision-makers feel that IT sets the mobile agenda, but 30.6% said it’s actually the line of business.

Developer View of Mobile Agenda

Most developers (49.7%) said line of business sets the agenda versus the internal IT organization (34.6%), but 15.7% said there is no primary agenda-setter at all.

The Great Mobile Divide: Part I

Nearly 40% of IT decision-makers said they either built the mobile capability for their teams or signed an enterprise license with a vendor, but on average, only 17.9% of developers reported using these tools.

The Great Mobile Divide: Part II

A full 70.6% of IT decision-makers who’ve implemented HTML5 report a positive experience. Among developers, that figure plummets to 37.2%.

The Great Mobile Divide: Part III

In terms of mobile maturity, a majority of IT decision-makers (65.3%) report that their organizations are either “leading-edge” or “somewhat ahead.” Only 34.6% of developers agreed.

Procurement of Mobile Development Tools

IT (61.9%) said it is in charge of that process, but only about half of developers (51.6%) agreed.

Procurement of Mobile Application Development Services

IT makes the call here, 63.3% of the time, according to IT decision-makers, and 61.8%, according to developers.

Mobile App Developer Shortage

There’s some agreement this is a major challenge. Both developers (33.3%) and IT decision-makers (41.3%) ranked this as the top difficulty they face.

Mobile Platforms Supported

Apple iOS and Google Android are de facto standards. The number of developers who reported their organizations support two or more mobile operating systems increased to 83.9% from 80.9% in Q4 2013.

Faster Application Release Cycle

Developers reported faster rates of release, with 55% saying they release monthly or more frequently, up from 48.6% in Q4 2013.

Wearable Device Interest Grows

A full 62% of IT decision-makers said this is of interest versus 52% of developers.

The New Mobile Norm

90% of developers and 87% of IT decision-makers said it was likely or very likely that connecting mobile apps to both public and enterprise data sources would become the norm.

Mobile Integration Targets

Custom Web services lead the internal list of services to be connected. Facebook and Twitter top the external ones.

Michael Vizard

Michael Vizard is a seasoned IT journalist, with nearly 30 years of experience writing and editing about enterprise IT issues. He is a writer for publications including Programmableweb, IT Business Edge, CIOinsight, Channel Insider and UBM Tech. He formerly was editorial director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, where he launched the company’s custom content division, and has also served as editor in chief for CRN and InfoWorld. He also has held editorial positions at PC Week, Computerworld and Digital Review.

Crossing the Great Mobile Divide

Michael Vizard

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