Byod Case

Mobile computing is growing at an extremely rapid rate and you can see it everywhere you go. You are probably doing it yourself multiple times a day and don’t even realize it. Phones, laptops, tablets, cloud storage and wireless networks that we use everyday are just a few elements of mobile computing. A survey listed by Bowles states that 26% of smartphone users makes them feel like they are being more productive than without them. (Bowles 2013) I can remember taking typing class in high school and now almost every school in America issues tablets to their students.

| The ever advancing technology of mobile devices have affected almost every aspect of our everyday lives. Mobile devices have made it easier to communicate. With the way mobile devices right now, people are able to multitask and increase effectiveness of their business. Our devices can search, pay for merchandise and connect you to a business conference on the golf course. In today's business world, people are expected to do more in a lesser amount of time, making devices that can handle this type of behavior more of a necessity. Storage of information can be done on portable (flash) drives and taken with you anywhere you go, making it possible to have information at your fingertips without being tied to an office or home computer. You can send emails from your phone or a tablet making the virtual office a place of regular business. Social media has not only impacted our personal lives, but it has definitely invaded the work environment as well. With the use of Facebook

If WickID Candles implements the BYOD plan, each employee would be able to use their personal cell phones for work purposes. They will be used to keep up with the workplace environment at home or whenever they are out of the office. This will allow to them have access to personal work data whether via their work email or access to the company 's personal sites. With BYOD, employees would be able to use their mobile devices to interact with customers, manage accounts, and even create new aspects of our online store. This plan would potentially give workers the flexibility to work at the leisure of their homes and to continue to work without being tied to the office. Our goal is that this will increase engagement with customers and increase work productivity.

Each employee will have multiple devices for both work and personal use, which can get

Employee interaction on all devices are relatively the same and have similar impact on all systems. Some companies are allowing you to bring your own device (BYOD) to work for an enhanced work experience and increased productivity. Some of the benefits from this are no tracking of daily productivity, the comfortability of having your own device, and lower costs to maintain company property. Depending on the size of your company BYOD could be extremely beneficial and allow the employees to take on much of the burden of debt to work at the company. The average mobile device cost approximately three hundred dollars and if you have anywhere from 10 to 20 employees that could raise the cost to about 500 dollars. Apple and windows users tend to be more familiar with their devices so it is easier to manipulate their business requirements as they need. Lastly, having the flexibility to utilize one device vice several saves a lot of discomfort whether on business or official travel. The ability to have your own dedicated

Cell phones have become more and more popular in the United States as years have gone by. They are now nothing like how they were years ago. Since cellular devices have evolved employees have become able to do increasingly more jobs on the phones. For example, during work employees are now able to check social media, listen to music, take quality photos, and play games all on a small mobile device. Because of the evolution of the phone, employees have certainly become less effective. Cell phone usage has disturbed the work place because it decreases productivity, endangers employees, and lowers quality of work.

diffusion of the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) phenomenon. BYOD is the latest trend hitting businesses where employees are bringing their own personal mobile devices. Some of these devices include smartphones and tablets which are brought into their place of work, and used on the corporate network for purposes such as accessing files, email servers, and databases. Over the past few years, employees in many organizations are bringing their own personal devices to the work

Abstract— A new trend of implementing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) as an IT policy is being adopted by companies worldwide. It permits employees to bring their own portable devices like tablets,

Alternatives: The employer of the company is recommended to consider two major alternatives of mobile devices in order to successfully implement mobile technology in the company. The first alternative is Blackberry and the second alternative is Microsoft window mobile. These are selected because they provide an efficient solution to company to enhance business communication and data surfing. Additional alternatives are Ubuntu mobile, Google aneroid etc. However, these are not selected because it differs from company criteria in various aspects.

In as much as organizations are working hard to invest heavily on technology at the workplace to ensure that company information will not be exposed and to enhance productivity and efficiency; managers must ensure that these systems are not abused but rather used in achieving organizational goals. Companies have different rules guiding the frequency of using cell phones and laptops for other activities other than business ones. Husky is one of the companies that have these guidelines. For example, when employees are given cell phones for work related issues, the company inserts a chip that monitors if the individual is actually using the cell phone for work related issues.

BYOD is an increasing trend toward employee-owned devices within a business. BYOD is the acronym for Bring Your Own Device. Some industries are adopting BYOD quicker than others. There are both advantages and disadvantages of implementing BYOD in the workplace. Most employees are already using their personal devices in the workplace. These employees store personal information as well as company data on their devices. Although there are a variety of benefits to allowing users to supply their own devices, it also raises significant data security and privacy concerns. It is vital for any organizations to understand these benefits and concerns.

In the current corporate environment, mobile devices such as mobile phones and tables have a great impact on the business process of companies and how employees can perform and fulfil everyday tasks. Companies are adopting the BYOD (bring your own device) policy for management of these devices. To protect sensitive data, employees, and customer, companies must have a policy in place to enable an effective and secure use of these devices. Using mobile devices without having a clear policy and without defining the company’s valuable assets that need protection is bad business and opens up unnecessary risk.

As a BYOD implementation gives more control to the user with how they can complete their work, through the ability to use their own device, guidelines (in the form of a policy) must be set as to how and what an IT department can do to support the

Each device is managed by the SCCM server, and has a CA certificate on it that allows for device authentication on the network. User accounts also authenticate the user to access the network. The company has issued Dell E7440 laptops and mobile Samsung S7 smartphones to employees who travel outside the business to engage customers. Desktops and laptops have standard software loads such as Microsoft Office Suite for employees to conduct work with. The smartphones have nothing outside a standard phone load; they were issued just so the employees can make contact. Employees expressed a need of being able to pull emails from the phones while in transit and have the ability to conduct some business via document reading and editing. They also expressed being able to access company resources and data on the SharePoint sites while working

BYOD policies also attract new employees as many of them today prefer to use their own devices. With the help of their own personal devices, employees can participate simultaneously on various projects with other team member’s despite of the place each team member has to join us for this discussion