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The marriage of mobile devices to the workforce has been more of a shotgun wedding than a cautiously choreographed courtship. In fact, according to a recent study conducted for Unisys by International Data Corp, the rapidly growing use of smartphones and tablets within the enterprise has overwhelmed IT and security managers, as they struggle to support these consumer technologies and mitigate risk. While CIO’s recognize that the majority of employees consider mobile devices to be their most critical tools for doing work, 83 percent of IT respondents cited “security concerns” as the greatest barrier preventing them from comfortably embracing this trend.

The consumerization of IT has really done a number on the enterprise. New research by Forrester indicates the many ways employee-owned devices are challenging how IT manages them. 

After having attended this year’s Taxonomy Bootcamp, I’ve come away with 2 conclusions about my fellow taxonomy professionals: First, professionally, we are in a great position, and secondly, we need to make some changes to take advantage of it.