Mobile BYOD may not be that fantastical, nevertheless contradictions appear at every turn. It's a nonsensical world where employees and even outside contractors tell techies what to do, touch-screen consumer gadgets goose sales, , and Apple reigns over the enterprise.

CIOs must feel a little like Alice.

Mobile BYOD, or bring-your-own-device, is one of the hottest trends in technology today. Employees are pushing IT to support their personal smartphones and tablets at work. They want these consumer devices to tap into the corporate network, run critical apps and access sensitive data.

Alice was all alone in Wonderland, but CIOs in mobile BYOD are not. In results of a survey of 600 U.S. IT and business leaders released this week, Cisco reported "a staggering 95 percent" of respondents permit employee-owned devices in the workplace. Virtualization giant VMware recently went for its employees.

Mobile BYOD is happening even behind closed doors. Juniper Networks surveyed more than 4,000 mobile-device users and professionals. The surprise finding: 41 percent of all respondents who use their personal devices for work are doing so without permission from the company.