The few changes at worst do no harm to IT and in some cases may make things a little easier or safer
IT likes systems to be stable and not change, which is why it took a
decade for most enterprises to begin replacing Windows XP with Windows
7, and why Windows 10 may not get widespread enterprise adoption until
2020. But in mobile, the major OSes change every year, and IT has much
less control -- often, no control -- over what OSes are in use.
So, Google's Android M, announced yesterday, is a comforting update for IT. Android M is a minor update to Android 5.0 Lollipop OS
that was announced a year ago, was formally released in November, and
began appearing on mainstream devices only in February. It should have
few, if any, implications to IT when it ships this fall and starts
showing up on mainstream devices next winter.
