‘Over 50% of Indian companies slow in adopting mobility solutions’

MUMBAI: Fifty-three per cent of Indian enterprises are least mature in the adoption of mobility solutions, whereas 17% of enterprises are adequately prepared to adopt them, a joint study by VMW are with Frost & Sullivan revealed on Monday.
More than four in 10 enterprises lack a mechanism to track which mobile devices have access to corporate data, the study added, indicating that IT leaders would implement device management and security and identity management, such as mobility solutions.

Arun Parameswaran, MD, VMware India, said: “Most companies in India are now only starting to understand that deploying a mobile-first strategy is critical to business continuity. Indian enterprises must look beyond basic enterprise app management by truly integrating identity, application and enterprise mobility management to stay relevant.”

The study also highlighted the scope for companies in India to implement wide-scale mobility solutions, with only 17% of respondent enterprises currently being assessed as mature in their adoption of Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) technology.

The Enterprise Mobility Maturity Index (EMMI), which reflects a company’s mobile adoption maturity level, can help IT executives baseline the current maturity of their mobility strategies and create the building blocks to advance mobility adoption within their organisations. “This proven methodology can be a strategic tool for enterprises to devise a mobility road map for the future,” said Benoy CS, director, digital transformation practice, Frost & Sullivan.

The survey findings also indicated that Android (87%) and Apple iOS (71%) are the most popular mobile platforms to support corporate applications across enterprises, followed by Windows and Windows 10 platforms. The study also observed that productivity apps like email/calendar, internal websites and sales force applications are currently the most frequently used apps on mobile devices.