Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 15 | Page 34

FEATURE : ENTERPRISE MOBILITY

These big waves of technology shifts in the market , the consumerisation of computing devices and the applications they enable , are out of IT ’ s control :

• Mobile devices are connecting to the network as users pick their favourite flavour of device type and OS
• IoT devices are connecting to the network as facilities teams are aiming to improve efficiencies in how their real-estate resources are being utilised
• Cloud based apps refresh their features and functions on an ongoing basis through continuous innovation
Requirements for it organisations The changes in the IT landscape – uncontrollable nature of mobile , IoT and cloud , and the impact of the decisions made by other line of business leaders outside of IT – clearly represent a challenge for IT networking teams . And it is our firm belief that the next set of best of breed IT organisations will be defined partially by how fast they find solutions to some of the headaches we are highlighting here :
• With the arrival of high density of mobile devices and unpredictable nature of mobile apps , legacy network operations will not be able to keep up with new demands for faster deployment , configuration and troubleshooting
• As digital collaboration teams invest in the use of new mobile collaboration tools , inability to deliver deep forensics into quality of user experience will prevent business leaders to easily
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