CIOs must change their IT strategies to better manage an influx of 'fashionable' consumer led mobile based devices or face a backlash from Gen-Y employees and graduates, the CTO of VMware has warned.Speaking at the vForum in Sydney, VMware chief technology officer, Steve Herrod, claimed IT departments had to face up to the fact that the consumerisation of IT was a real phenomenon."People really want to use the latest devices or what I see, more importantly, is new college grads coming into the workplace who are used to these new environments at college," he said. "They show up at work and actually prefer employers who recognise how the real world works."Herrod said the desire for greater mobility in the workplace was a driving factor behind the consumerisation of IT, with iPads and similar devices creating a more mobile workforce."It's not only about that static device that sits in my office," he said. "It's about me working from home [with my] phone [and] my iPad and allowing me have the best possible user experience."