IT leaders have been urged to put scepticism about mobile apps aside and start making strategic decisions about their app strategies, before they get left behind.
While many emerging technologies are overhyped, the buzz around mobile apps is justified, according to Stephanie Baghdassarian, research director at Gartner.
“Many are wondering if the app frenzy we have been witnessing is just a fashion, and, like many others, will pass. We do not think so,” she said.
Gartner is predicting that the number of apps being downloaded for all platforms in 2011 will more than double, compared with 2010.
And emergence of apps is indicative of how mobile technology has become a “game-changer” for the IT leader, according to Jonathan Reichental, CIO at O’Reilly Media.
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