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Government Says Yes to the Consumerization of IT
Organizations around the world must adapt to consumer-focused technologies for a more productive, innovative work environment.
Enterprises Beware: Don’t Let Security Fall into the Consumerization Gap
Security are not reason for inaction to allow employees to use personal devices at work.
Purchasing Power: Does Control of the Purse Buy Security?
As noted in our recent post, IT executives and iWorkers give remarkably different answers about the extent of smart mobile device usage within the enterprise. A variety of factors might contribute to that particular crevice in the “Consumerization Gap,” but here’s one we think is a prime reason: outmoded governance policies, particularly in equipment purchasing. [...]
What Influencers Are Saying About the Unisys/IDC Consumerization of IT Research
Our new Consumerization of IT study has created a fair bit of buzz in the media since we released the results two weeks ago. What are key influencers saying? Here’s a sampling: Nancy Gohring of IDG was most interested in the misconceptions enterprises had about the state of their infrastructure: “Enterprises think they are in [...]
The Great IT Freezeout: Is IT Becoming Irrelevant?
A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say, and when it comes to the multitude and complexity of consumer devices, apps, and tools being used in the workplace today, the picture surely gets complicated. So for the new round of research we’ve conducted with IDC on the consumerization of IT, we decided to [...]
One Year On, Too Many IT Groups Still Struggle with Consumerization
The results of the second annual Unisys-sponsored IDC research on the consumerization of IT are in, and for IT, the picture isn’t pretty. Predictably, the global survey of more than 3,000 iWorkers and IT executives shows the use of consumer technologies, from devices to social applications, accelerating throughout the enterprise (see figure 1). Here’s what [...]
Consumerization of IT: Watch Out For Second Wave of Research From Unisys and IDC
Further analysis of the impact that the consumerization of IT is having on the enterprise.
Webinar: How Your Organization Can Capitalize on the Consumerization of IT
You might remember that Unisys commissioned an in-depth study on the consumerization of IT from IDC in 2010. It exposed a serious gap between how IT leadership and information workers view the IT support capabilities provided by their organizations. The full body of data uncovered by IDC was so rich that we decided to present the results [...]
Unisys AMPS Announcement Finds Its Way to InformationWeek
As you might have read, Unisys issued an announcement last week introducing its new Application Modernization Platform as a Service (AMPSSM) offering. The subscription-based service will help federal government agencies eliminate many of the challenges associated with modernizing their legacy software applications. A panel of Unisys executives convened to record a podcast that explains how [...]
Unisys Executives Discuss MeriTalk Study and AMPS Solution
Unisys issued an announcement today regarding its new Application Modernization Platform as a Service (AMPSSM) offering, a subscription-based service to help federal government agencies reduce the cost, complexity, risk, and time involved in modernizing their legacy software applications. A recent study by MeriTalk and the Unisys Center for Innovation in Government found that four out [...]
