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Consumer IT is moving so fast that corporate IT shops are struggling to keep pace with the 12-month to 18-month cycles of consumer markets, reports Forrester Research analyst Matt Brown.

Companies tend to upgrade their tech platforms every three to five years. But the rise in popularity of Apple's iPhone and iPad tablet computer, and their associated applications, helped accelerate the consumerization of IT, skewering predictions Forrester Research made four years ago about the adoption of consumer technologies in the workplace.

Forrester analyst Matt Brown said 47% of consumers surveyed in North America maintain that the technology they use at home is better than that offered by their employers. That number ranges between 60% to 70% in Latin America and Russia, respectively Brown said. The increase in telecommuting, in which employees work from home, contributed to this trend, too.

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