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 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.