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For the digital enterprise making use of the best-in-breed applications is non-negotiable, and the number they are relying on is increasing. Workforces on average rely on 162 applications to stay productive, according to cloud identity and access management platform Okta's recent "Businesses @ Work" report. This is a departure from the traditional enterprise approach of stack simplicity; purchasing one integrated system from a big vendor like Microsoft, Oracle or SAP.
[...] To discuss the changing landscape, senior leaders from three of the most successful enterprise applications – communications platform Slack, cloud content management platform Box, and Okta itself – hosted a breakfast roundtable. They cautioned that while increased application volumes are improving enterprise productivity, they are also bringing fresh complexities.
[Source: https://techerati.com/features-hub/opinions/how-can-enterprises-avoid-app-overflow]
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Saturday May 04 2019, @07:02PM
If a business uses LibreOffice, how many apps is that? 1, 7, or the 3 they actually use, what about outliers who dabble with one of the 7 but don't really need it.
If the same business also uses MS Office, is that 2, 4 or 8 more apps? Or, none because they're redundant?
Now, there's that one salesguy who demands his MacBook Pro and the Apple native apps like Keynote - does that load the enterprise with 7 more apps in their count?
Last small shop I worked with leaned pretty heavily on Google Calendar, Mail, Docs, etc. - it was a remarkably efficient and easy to use ecosystem as compared to MS Office.
I've always used word processors and spreadsheets, and since the advent of e-mail some kind of e-mail app. Then, I dabble with a paint application like Photoshop/GIMP when the need arises. This would seem to cover the core "app needs" of most non-specialists.
Sales types need their CRM, (though not all use it as well as they should), production can get into all kinds of line management, HR has their specialty databasey stuff, then if you make software... I'd bet I've used more than 162 "apps" in the development of just my part of the most recent product.
I'm sorry, was there a point? If IT is trying to manage everybody's software for them, again, my point would be that free/open source can and mostly should bypass that - if an employee can't support themselves using a particular app, then I'd suggest that they not use that app in their job function. If the app is essential to their job function and they need more than basic training in how to use it - either the app or the employee is deficient and should be replaced.
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