Of all the lessons we drew from our 2010 Consumerization and Cloud Computing study tour, perhaps the most significant was that every company we spoke with is extending its products to take advantage of new mobile devices. Advances in the iPhone, Android, and particularly the iPad have opened a crack in the door to a new world – a post-PC world.

This new world will, of course, be wonderful – as all new IT worlds are. But if our experience of previous tectonic shifts in IT is an accurate indicator of what to expect, then getting to this utopia will involve a long period of careful planning and hard work, coupled with a few tremors that can catch the unwary off guard. The greatest benefit will come to those businesses with the foresight to plan early so they can take advantage of the new technologies and concepts immediately as they become available.

Read our full report (published September 2011), executive summary and related contract documents on Preparing for a Post-PC World here

Watch the short video clips below of Doug Neal discussing this project and consider how your organization should prepare for a Post-PC World: