While it feels like mobile just emerged on the enterprise IT scene, chances are you already feel like you are behind the 8-ball. Let’s face it, that’s probably true.  Read on for some real-time predictions about mobile and learn how to keep up as it evolves from cool concept to IT industry game changer.

1. Enterprise Mobility
Insights for
2012

2. Introduction
"
While it feels!
like mobile just emerged!
on the enterprise IT scene, !
chances are you already feel like
you are behind the 8-ball. !
!
Let’s face it, that’s probably true.
!
Read on for some real-time
predictions about mobile and learn
how to keep up as it evolves from
cool concept to IT industry !
game changer.

3. Tablets will flood
the enterprise
Many companies
have already realized
the potential of these
new devices to
transform their
businesses and they
are primed and ready
to invest in making
them truly useful
tools for their
employees.

4. Enterprises will
speed up their
mobile strategies
Mobile !
development is !
already far beyond just!
mastering the iOS or Android!
platforms. To stay relevant, companies !
have to look in-house to develop extended
capabilities - or find a specialized partner who!
is able to support them - on tasks related!
to ideation, UX, mobile & backend !
development, enterprise architecture!
& governance, and !
metrics & support.

5. Consumerization will
continue its fast march
towards corporations
We’ve all accepted that!
this is happening, but do we!
really have a solution? In the coming!
months, many companies will strive to
develop governance models to address this
trend.

6. HTML5 and hybrid
solutions will grow
in maturity
We will see a significant
improvement and increase in
utilization of HTML5 and hybrid
solutions as a cost effective
answer to the challenges about
platforms fragmentation and
distribution constraints imposed
by the app store owners.!
!
These technologies are not fully
mature and are not likely to reach
this level this year.

7. Device and platform
fragmentations will
continue to challenge
enterprises
Although this tends to be a more
manageable issue when it comes to
enterprise solutions, consumerization
may invite this problem to the same
level observed in consumer-driven
solutions.
Hybrid frameworks and HTML5 could
help to address this problem, but they
are not yet complete solutions.

8. Security
will be a
high
priority
From app conception and
design, through the
development process, to
distribution by public or
enterprise app stores,
companies have to be assured
that their mobile development
partners are experienced in
enterprise scenarios and can
bring the right enterprise
architects and security experts
to the table.

9. Android devices will be a
compelling option for
replacing 'older' platforms
Companies looking to
replace either
Windows Mobile and
the Blackberry
platform, but do not
want to pay higher
prices for Apple (or
even become locked in
with just one device
manufacturer) can find
a good option with
Android devices.

10. Thank You! :)
Paulo Camara!
Paulo Camara is Executive Manager
for Mobile Services at Ci&T."
"
proberto@ciandt.com"
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11. About Ci&T
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Ci&T provides value-driven, Nearshore
web and mobile application services and
software product engineering. The
company’s high-performance teams
employ agile methodologies and Lean www.ciandt.com"
principles to deliver innovative, value- facebook.com/ciandt"
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generating projects for companies of all
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sizes, by leveraging the latest mobile,
cloud and web technologies. A truly
global company established in 1995,
Ci&T is headquartered in Campinas,
Brazil, with strategic locations across
Latin America, North America, Europe
and the Asia-Pacific region.!