More firms interested in BYOD than big data, cloud, says IBM study

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More enterprises are interested in investing in bring your own device (BYOD)—permitting employees to use their personal mobile devices including laptops, tablets and smart phones at work—and mobile technology than investing in big data analysis and cloud computing, which are touted as the next big thing, according to a survey conducted by International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.

The survey that included chief information officers (CIOs), chief marketing officers (CMOs), chief technical officers (CTOs) and other information technology (IT) decision makers said that while 57% of the respondents are planning to invest in BYOD and mobile technology for their companies, 47% of them are interested in investing in big data analytics and cloud computing…

Of the CIOs who took part in the survey, 67.4% have expressed personal interest in owning BYOD and other mobile technologies, while 63.3% CIOs would like to have cloud computing power, followed by 53.1% CIOs who would like to own data analytics.
CIOs are becoming more aggressive and informative in order to keep pace with the market, said the survey…

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