IT and business leaders are accepting, even embracing, the “bring your own device” (BYOD) movement as a reality in the enterprise, according to a recent study from Cisco.

The study polled 600 U.S. industry leaders, 95 percent of whom say that their organizations permit employee-owned devices in some way, shape or form in the workplace. The study concluded that the average number of connected devices per knowledge worker is expected to reach 3.3 by 2014, up from an average of 2.8 in 2012.