This is Part Two of our consumerization thought leaders post. Click here for Part One.

David Mitchell Smith, Stephen Prentice, Gartner – The long-time Gartner analysts made one of the first formal declarations of the CoIT trend way back in 2005 when they announced in a press release that “Consumerization Will Be Most Significant Trend Affecting IT During Next 10 Years.”  The foretelling release contended that “… the majority of new technologies enterprises adopt for their information systems between 2007 and 2012 will have roots in consumer applications… As technology providers increasingly design products for consumers, enterprise IT managers have to learn how to manage these products as employees bring them into varieties of workflows and processes.” Smith and Prentice combined forces again two years later on a well-read report entitled, “Consumerization Gains Momentum: The IT Civil War.” They defined new markets for CoIT, and examined productivity and security concerns. For what’s next in CoIT, keep an eye out for new reports from Smith and Prentice.