IT And Biz Don't See Eye-to-Eye In Mobile Innovation

Symantec Corp. has announced the results of the study Fonts of Innovation – Mobile Development in the Business, exploring the topic of mobile innovation within an organisation in EMEA. As more business is conducted using smart mobile technologies, companies' competitiveness increasingly hinges on their ability to continuously generate new ideas for mobile development. The innovation net within organisations is starting to spread widely thanks to the "consumerisation" and "bring-your-own-device" trends, in which employees use their own devices and applications at work. The study points, however, to a rift between the IT function and the rest of the business when it comes to mobile development. Fewer than 10 percent of non-IT respondents to the survey believe their IT colleagues are "highly innovative" in this realm.