
Users are starting to expect the same standard of user experience in enterprise software as they are used to in the consumer world. A recent survey from Tech Pro Research, ZDNet’s sister site, found that 77 percent of respondents said their organizations began deploying Apple devices, or allowing employees to bring their own devices, because a non-IT employee or executive requested them or because IT wanted to let employees choose which machines they used.Īs enterprise IT adapts to the usage and adoption of Macs, the rules that governed UX design for enterprise software have changed dramatically. The so-called “consumerization of IT” has led to many enterprise executives and employees to demand the use of their own devices to access corporate data and applications. Today’s high expectations of Mac users are leading to better-designed enterprise apps. After all, why should IT bother about a handful of devices used by a few folks in the marketing and graphic design departments? A lot has changed in the last few years. Not long ago, the idea of managing Macs in the enterprise would have been received with lot skepticism and confusion.
