Omnissa Study Reveals Gaps in AI Governance, Device Stability, and Security Hygiene — Omnissa, LLC

Event summary

Omnissa's State of Digital Workspace 2026 report analyzed telemetry data from millions of enterprise endpoints between January and December 2025.
AI assistant app usage grew nearly 1,000% in 2025, with 97.5% of enterprise-managed mobile devices running Copilot.
Windows devices exhibited 3.1 times more forced shutdowns than macOS, highlighting productivity disruptions.
Over 50% of Windows and Android devices in regulated industries were five major OS updates behind.

The big picture

Omnissa's findings highlight the challenges of managing diverse and distributed digital workspaces. As AI adoption accelerates and device ecosystems diversify, organizations are increasingly turning to unified platform approaches to gain end-to-end visibility and control. The report underscores the need for granular observability to bridge the gap between IT assumptions and real-world workplace conditions.

What we're watching

AI Governance: How enterprises will address the growing gap between IT-deployed tools and employee-installed AI assistants.
Device Stability: Whether organizations can optimize productivity by reducing disruptions from device instability, particularly on Windows platforms.
Security Compliance: The pace at which regulated industries will close security gaps, especially in maintaining up-to-date OS versions and data encryption.