Articles by Bosola Ajenifuja
Fact 12: IT demands a mobile web experience
Almost three-quarters of IT staff want their organisation to offer websites and mobile apps that adapt to the screen size of the user's device
Fact 10: A fifth of websites receive more than a third of traffic from mobile devices.
The mobile revolution has fundamentally altered the way in which users access website content
Fact 11: Nearly three quarters of websites aren't location aware
The rise of mobile web access has naturally seen an increase in users browsing the web on the move, whether commuting to work, going to the shops, taking in the sights or just sunning themselves on holiday.
Fact 7: CIOs favour tablets over smartphones
Computing's research reveals that a staggering half of the UK's top brass in IT haven't looked at their own website on a smartphone.
Fact 9: Senior management out of touch with the need for mobile web
IT professionals in organisations that aren't rethinking their mobile web presence say the single biggest reason for this is that 'senior management does not really understand the problem'.
Fact 8: Only one third of organisations consider the mobile web central to future plans
Despite the continued boom in mobile device ownership - and the increased mobile web browsing that comes with it - only one third of organisations said mobile web is 'central to our thinking moving forward'.
Fact 6: The importance of a single code base for mobile apps
Only one in five organisations has truly grasped the concept of the agile web using responsive websites that adapt to different device types and screen sizes.
Fact 5: One in seven websites offers no mobile specific option whatsoever
Tablet and smartphone users expect and demand a user experience built around their device - no amount of pinching and swiping of the desktop experience will make up for a slickly designed app or a page designed for the screen size of the device it's being...
Fact 3: The turf war brewing between marketing and IT
Half of those surveyed by Computing say their organisation's web presence is partially outsourced, with a further one in 10 revealing it's completely outsourced.
Fact 2: Marketing don't consult IT before deploying apps
The deployment of mobile apps is being largely left to marketing teams and their external design partners.
Fact 1: Web design is for marketing, but data governance should be IT
Trusting them with data governance is another matter