It’s not news that mobility is one of the major driving forces in IT today. Smartphones and tablets continue to supplant traditional PCs as primary computing devices, as people are getting more done from wherever they happen to be. A new study from Aruba Networks found that the demand for mobile productivity also puts significant stress on IT personnel and budgets.

Aruba Networks conducted a survey of 1,000 IT professionals from around the world. The goal of the study was to learn more about how IT professionals are managing younger employees, dubbed “GenMobile” in the study. Aruba Networks also commissioned The Future Laboratory to conduct a separate, but related, study to examine what the workplace will look like in the near future. Combined, the studies are a good illustration of existing trends and challenges facing IT and a compass to help organizations plan for the rapid changes on the horizon.

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