As the industry shifts from the PC Era to the Cloud Era, the role of IT is rapidly outgrowing its ability to own and manage all its own apps, infrastructure and devices. Users  have responded by bringing their own tools, including tablets & mobile devices, into the workspace. As a result the consumerisation of IT is coming to the fore in Irish IT departments. Corporate IT is also under growing pressure to take advantage of a vast array of innovative and cost-efficient services from external cloud and hosting providers without compromising security, manageability and user experience. This forum will address these issues in detail.[...]