Symantec has announced the India results of its 2012 State of Mobility Survey, which revealed a tipping point in mobility adoption. The survey highlighted an uptake in mobile applications across organizations with half of Indian enterprises at least discussing deploying custom mobile applications and one-third currently implementing or have already implemented custom mobile applications.
Despite this adoption, more than half (53 per cent) of survey respondents mentioned that mobility is somewhat to extremely challenging and a further 40 percent of survey respondents identified mobile devices as one of their top three IT risks. Yet in the face of these challenges, IT is striking a balance between mobile benefits and risks by transforming its approach to mobility to deliver improved business agility, increased productivity and workforce effectiveness.
"Mobility, with its clear business benefits, has caught the imagination of the Indian business world and is here to stay. The question is no longer about allowing mobile devices in the workplace, but rather how to manage and secure devices and critical information effectively and mitigate risks in a 24X7-connected world," said Shantanu Ghosh, Vice-President & Managing Director, India Product Operations, Symantec.
