Business apps are inspiring a ‘quiet evolution’ for employees across Asia Pacific, with many saying better app accessibility has improved their job satisfaction.
A VMware study of 2150 global CIOs and frontline staff says that businesses in Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) are actively deploying business apps, employees say there’s plenty more potential.
That potential lies in areas such as increasing accessibility of employee technologies in the workplace that employees believe can enhance company performance and secure future growth.
The "The Impact of the Digital Workforce: The New Equilibrium of the Digitally Transformed Enterprise" report says that tailoring apps to employees’ needs can also encourage faster decision-making, increased productivity, better collaboration, and higher staff satisfaction.
CIOs and end users don’t necessarily perceive benefits and challenges the same way, but businesses must address them or face missing out on skilled talent.
Despite 59% of CIOs believing that business apps are very important to increasing their overall revenue, this is not playing out correctly across the workplace.
Across APJ, 39% of CIOs believe they are deploying the apps their employees need, but only 24% of employees say they have access to the apps they need. These statistics highlight the disconnect between both groups, the report says.
In addition, less than one third of APJ employees believe business apps across all devices are readily accessible to employees.
