More Business Apps Are Delivered Over the Internet
Current Situation
50% of IT decision-makers in the survey said they run less than 20% of their business apps over the Internet today, compared with using their private network
Future Projection
43% expect to deliver the majority of their apps over the Internet within the next year.
Apps Run Over the Internet
Websites and Web apps: 71%, Email services: 57%, Content/collaboration sites and portals: 51%, e-Learning: 47%, Mobile or mobile Web back-end apps: 46%
Room for Growth
Just one-quarter of the survey respondents said they’re running business intelligence and big data apps over the Internet.
Big Money
56% said that big data is their top focus for planned investment in the coming year.
Concerns About Internet-Delivered Apps
Security: 87%, Performance: 66%, Reliability: 45%
On the Go
97% of the respondents said their company has users who access business apps on a mobile device, and 22% said that more than half of their users do this.
Moving Forward
39% consider mobile or mobile Web back-end apps to be a top area of investment for 2015.
