The Most Important (and Most Troublesome) Platform in Your Enterprise Today

MOBILE. Every day I talk with CIOs, Business Leaders, and IT Managers about their business intelligence needs. And almost every conversation includes mobile. IBM's latest 'Global Chief Information Officer Study' reveals that 3 in 4 CIOs have mobility solutions on their strategic shortlist.

If you are an enterprise IT guy, I am sure 'mobile' is a thought that keeps you up at night. There's an almost unlimited list of vendors, standards, formats, technologies, and features to mix and match. And the growth of all things mobile has been explosive, like the roughly 50 million tablets shipped in 2011 alone. I guess it's no surprise that it causes so much IT insomnia.

A few weeks ago I wrote a short article in IT Insider titled 'How Do You Manage Mobile?'. I touched on some of the issues you'll need to tackle when taking a bite out of the mobile pie: Native vs. Web Apps, iOS vs. Android, and, of course, Mobile Security. (If I had the chance to write the article again, I'd add the 'Phones vs. Tablets' debate as well.)

I don't think I conquered all of the issues in Enterprise Mobility in this article but it is certainly a starting point. Did I miss anything major? Let me know!