After reading all of the posts and replies, I think the conclusion is obvious; most everyone has a valid point, from the perspective of their situation.
But regardless of the perspective of the IT specialist posting here, when it comes to delivering information to the "company's" customers, IT has an interesting challenge, because while IT may have to serve the corporate master for internal systems, one way or the other, sales and marketing are going to drive the future of the delivery of information to the customer, and that is going to mean apps for iSomething, Android Something, Windows Something, etc. And whether IT buys the app development from third parties or ventures into the fray them selves, the bottom-line is the same; IT is still going to have to deliver data to what ever app servers serve the customer base. That interface between the "corporate" systems and the "public" systems is where the security specialists are going to have to spend much of their time (in addition to protecting the public systems from those who want to kill them).
There is no doubt, mobile apps (or what ever you want to call them now or in the future) are going to have to be dealt with, both on the public networks to serve customer's needs and on the internal corporate network, so that a company's employees are able to access information quickly and effectively to support every aspect of a modern day company's operations. Those medium and large companies who don't make the transition effectively and efficiently are going to be tomorrow's "has-beens."
This is more than an IT challenge; this is a corporate culture challenge....
Dr. Raymond C. Rask
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