How Shadow IT Can Generate Huge Savings
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How Shadow IT Can Generate Huge Savings
Corporate and IT executives no longer fear shadow IT, especially when it has the ability to boost productivity and innovation while driving down operating costs. -
Self-Starters
61% of the survey respondents said their company created a mobile business app last year without any IT involvement, and 20% developed 10 or more apps this way. -
Comfort Zone
81% said they are "very" or "somewhat" comfortable building mobile apps without any support from IT. -
Multi-Functional
41% of the respondents said their organization used more than five mobile business apps last year, up from 33% in 2014. -
Rapid Deployment
76% said their organization was able to create a cloud-based app in one day or less. -
Value-Added
Among survey respondents who tracked the associated cost impact, 31% said that mobile business apps saved their organization at least $10,000 in 2015. -
Optimal Workflow
92% of the survey respondents said their organization increased productivity after adopting mobile business apps. -
Well-Regulated
64% said mobile business apps have improved their compliance processes. -
Device Friendly
55% of the respondents said the use of business apps led their company to purchase tablets for employees within the last year. -
Processes Performed With Mobile Apps
Inspections: 57%, Checklists: 43%, Work/service orders: 35%, Audits: 24%, Logs: 23%
The majority of organizations are allowing—and some are even encouraging—employees to create mobile business apps without any involvement from the IT department, according to a survey from Canvas. The company's "3rd Annual Mobile Business Application" survey reveals that corporate and IT executives no longer fear such shadow IT practices, especially when they've demonstrated the ability to boost productivity and innovation, while driving down operating costs. Many company decision-makers, in fact, are comfortable with this emerging trend and are investing in tablet acquisitions to encourage work teams to expand such efforts. "Innovation is occurring at such a rapid pace in the enterprise that employees do not want to wait around for overwhelmed IT departments, so plug-and-play cloud services are transforming everyday employees into citizen developers," said James Robins, CMO at Canvas. "Business decision-makers and IT departments recognize this evolution, and are shifting their perspective of shadow IT from a perceived liability to an invaluable tool for rapid innovation and cost management." Nearly 400 business and IT decision-makers took part in the research.