Red Hat Survey Identifies Back-End Integration and Security as Top Challenges for the Mobile Enterprise
May 14 2015 - 09:00AM
Business Wire
Survey reveals 70 percent of organizations plan
to embrace the Internet of Things
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open
source solutions, today unveiled results from its recent mobile
trends survey. According to the findings, while mobile plays a role
for 73 percent of organizations, nearly half of the respondents
identify security (45 percent) and back-end integration (43
percent) as the top challenges for mobile app development.
Additional challenges identified by respondents include UI/UX
design (35 percent), team collaboration (34 percent), and cost (24
percent).
Red Hat polled global customers to identify the priorities and
challenges around enterprise mobility, as well as emerging
attitudes toward the Internet of Things. Key findings from the
survey include:
- More than half of organizations that
are developing mobile apps are still dependent on do-it-yourself
back-end integration solutions. When integrating mobile apps
into back-end systems, 55 percent of respondents that develop apps
say they use external sources (libraries, marketplace and vendor
services) to develop custom back-end integrations, custom-developed
back-end integrations coded from scratch, or a mix of both. This
demonstrates a high dependency on do-it-yourself approaches to the
complexity of connecting apps to enterprise systems. Although
mobile application platforms and Mobile Backend-as-a-Service
(MBaaS) exist as effective solutions to integrate apps with
enterprise back-end systems, less than one-third (30 percent) are
using them, with one in five (20 percent) using application
programming interface (API) management. In addition, 20 percent of
respondents either use existing middleware technology or an API
from their back-end software vendor to connect their mobile
apps.
- The majority of organizations
anticipate the Internet of Things (IoT) will impact their
business. Most businesses are acknowledging the growing
relationship between mobile and IoT by actively planning for the
next wave of integration that will be required by connected
devices. While 21 percent of organizations have already
incorporated IoT projects into their business, more than one in
four (28 percent) plan to do so in the next year, and 70 percent
plan to do so over the next five years. Given the demonstrated pain
point of back-end integration, companies should focus on a solution
that effectively integrates IoT.
- Organizations’ priorities for IT
resources are geared toward core systems. Despite the appetite
for mobile and IoT, when allocating IT resources for the year
ahead, 60 percent of respondents are prioritizing maintenance of
core systems and applications. This points to shadow IT as an
increasing trend, where the business bypasses IT to create and use
their own apps.
Supporting Quotes
Cathal McGloin, vice president, Mobile Platforms, Red Hat
“As organizations shift to become more mobile-centric, back-end
integration is where many are hitting a wall—the back-end presents
myriad challenges, while other challenges such as security continue
to be a concern. In order to solve these mobile issues,
organizations should look to maximize efficiency by leveraging
mobile platforms to accelerate development while reducing
complexity.”
Nicholas McQuire, vice president, Enterprise, CCS Insight
“Without strategic change, many organizations are losing the
competitive advantage mobility can provide, encouraging business
units to turn to potentially risky shadow practices for their
mobile needs. Winning IT strategies must be razor-focused on the
needs of the business and end-users, embracing agile methodologies
for application development, and adopting the technologies,
toolkits, and platforms that support this. Mobile-first
organizations that have made the shift will be better positioned
for the Internet of Things.”
Methodology
On behalf of Red Hat, TechValidate conducted an online survey in
March and April 2015, to understand priorities and challenges
around enterprise mobility. The survey polled 112 global Red Hat
customers, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small
businesses.
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