Survey reveals 70 percent of organizations plan to embrace the
Internet of Things
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today unveiled results from its recent mobile trends survey.
According to the findings, while mobile plays a role for 73 percent of
organizations, nearly half of the respondents identify security (45
percent) and back-end integration (43 percent) as the top challenges for
mobile app development. Additional challenges identified by respondents
include UI/UX design (35 percent), team collaboration (34 percent), and
cost (24 percent).
Red Hat polled global customers to identify the priorities and
challenges around enterprise mobility, as well as emerging attitudes
toward the Internet of Things. Key findings from the survey include:
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More than half of organizations that are developing mobile apps are
still dependent on do-it-yourself back-end integration solutions.
When integrating mobile apps into back-end systems, 55 percent of
respondents that develop apps say they use external sources
(libraries, marketplace and vendor services) to develop custom
back-end integrations, custom-developed back-end integrations coded
from scratch, or a mix of both. This demonstrates a high dependency on
do-it-yourself approaches to the complexity of connecting apps to
enterprise systems. Although mobile application platforms and Mobile
Backend-as-a-Service (MBaaS) exist as effective solutions to integrate
apps with enterprise back-end systems, less than one-third (30
percent) are using them, with one in five (20 percent) using
application programming interface (API) management. In addition, 20
percent of respondents either use existing middleware technology or an
API from their back-end software vendor to connect their mobile apps.
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The majority of organizations anticipate the Internet of Things
(IoT) will impact their business. Most businesses are
acknowledging the growing relationship between mobile and IoT by
actively planning for the next wave of integration that will be
required by connected devices. While 21 percent of organizations have
already incorporated IoT projects into their business, more than one
in four (28 percent) plan to do so in the next year, and 70 percent
plan to do so over the next five years. Given the demonstrated pain
point of back-end integration, companies should focus on a solution
that effectively integrates IoT.
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Organizations' priorities for IT resources are geared toward core
systems. Despite the appetite for mobile and IoT, when allocating
IT resources for the year ahead, 60 percent of respondents are
prioritizing maintenance of core systems and applications. This points
to shadow IT as an increasing trend, where the business bypasses IT to
create and use their own apps.
Supporting Quotes
Cathal McGloin, vice president, Mobile Platforms, Red Hat
"As organizations shift to become more mobile-centric, back-end
integration is where many are hitting a wall—the back-end presents
myriad challenges, while other challenges such as security continue to
be a concern. In order to solve these mobile issues, organizations
should look to maximize efficiency by leveraging mobile platforms to
accelerate development while reducing complexity."
Nicholas McQuire, vice president, Enterprise, CCS Insight
"Without strategic change, many organizations are losing the competitive
advantage mobility can provide, encouraging business units to turn to
potentially risky shadow practices for their mobile needs. Winning IT
strategies must be razor-focused on the needs of the business and
end-users, embracing agile methodologies for application development,
and adopting the technologies, toolkits, and platforms that support
this. Mobile-first organizations that have made the shift will be better
positioned for the Internet of Things."
Methodology
On behalf of Red Hat, TechValidate conducted an online survey in March
and April 2015, to understand priorities and challenges around
enterprise mobility. The survey polled 112 global Red Hat customers,
ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses.
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