BYOD, friend or a foe?
Many companies now see the Internet of Things (IoT) as the biggest management issue for all players in the ecosystem. With the recent rise in wearables popularity and the introduction of many IoT philosophies and policies such as CYOD (Choose Your Own Device), COTS (Commercial – Off – The –Shelf), MBYOD (Managed Bring Your Own Device), COPE (Company-issued, Personally-Enabled), BYOA (Bring Your Own App), BYOP (Bring Your Own Phone), BYOPC (Bring Your Own PC), BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), together with the data they collect, the challenges for MDM (Mobile Device Management) services and IT departments will be more complex than ever, and this is only the beginning.
The problem is aggravated by how IoT is rapidly
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This concept is sure to change the relationship between user and technology within organisations. It is no secret that a lot of people prefer to use their mobile devices to perform professional activities within the company (who wants to carry two phones?).
Mobile devices have the advantage of already being customised with a wide range of the employee’s choices of operating system or e-mail manager. These personal devices are already set-up with applications and services that employees are comfortable with. Consequently the interaction with technology becomes seamless, saving precious time (and time is money). Whereas the computer provided by the company needs to be adapted.
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But what does it mean for organisations and their IT departments. Is it advantageous to stimulate employees to bring their own devices?
If you own a company where your people work in all sort of remote regions and they rarely touch base with your headquarters, then you need to create a mobile driven environment and naturally render to the benefits of the BYOD trend.
In industries such as construction, Voltimum is a big believer of BYOD. These current trends towards a greater use of integrated information systems is becoming increasingly popular, demanding more innovative and dynamic ways of working. BYOD can help construction firms reduce costs by allowing
Let’s look at this survey where 4,000 employees in a verity of industries across 16 countries were surveyed and half of them use their mobile devices for work. CIO’s and IT departments want to embrace the BYOD model to help accomplish their company’s mission but they want to do it securely. At this point the secret is out BYOD is a real issue and IT departments need to strategize now for an effective enterprise mobility management solution. It’s time to ignore the standard approved device list, locking down corporate apps, and enforcing mobile device policy. The risk of a CIO or IT department failing to implement a suitable solution for their mobile device network is very real. It’s time to explore new ideas to effectively manage a mobile device network via the Enterprise Mobility platform. The invasion of mobile device’s into the workplace is going to happen weather industry leaders want them to or not, and smarter companies are looking to deploy Enterprise Mobility strategies before they are overrun.
Clients have the laptops and cell phones they have for a reason - – those are the gadgets they incline toward, and they like them so much they put their well-deserved cash in them. Obviously, they'd preferably utilize the gadgets they cherish as opposed to being screwed over thanks to portable PCs and cell phones that are chosen and issued by the IT division.
The advantages of allowing employees to use their personal smartphones for work are that it would allow companies to enjoy all of the same benefits of a mobile workforce without spending their own money on unnecessary devices and mobile initiatives. Empowering employees to choose the best device to get their work done, including personally-owned laptops as well as smartphones and tablets, will allow employees to become more mobile and productive. The disadvantages of allowing employees to use their personal smartphones for work are that employees work with more than one type of mobile device and operating system. A significantly large amount of IT resources would have to be dedicated to managing and maintaining a large number of devices in an organization. This presents difficulties for companies to provide
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
Mission Health's Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement is well underway with a recent survey conducted at the hospital revealing that 90% of more than 10,000 of our employees use their mobile devices for both personal and work purposes. While permitting employees to use personal mobile devices to access corporate resources increases employee satisfaction, employee productivity, reduces capital costs, and ultimately improves the quality of care and increase operational efficiencies it introduces significant security risks.
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At the same time, there’s been a dramatic move in consumer conduct with the introduction of smart devices like the iPhone, iPad and Android-based devices. More and more users are adopting and willingly using these non-sanctioned smart devices in their workplace to access corporate resources, a behavior that has indirectly benefited the businesses in many ways. As business leaders recognize the value of individually owned devices in the workplace, they are putting increasing pressure on IT to permit the usage of these devices to access inner corporate resources.
Mobile computing has infiltrated every area of our planet and personal lives. We have become so dependent upon our mobile devices they are often referred to as our third limb. Regardless of race, color, creed or location, mobile technology has shrunk the entire world into the palm of our hands. Mobile technology has made research, communication with our friends and family, education, entertainment and even banking possible to do on the go.
Over the past few years the number of mobile devices owned per person has grown, and will continue to grow, exponentially. With more and more people using a variety of different devices that suit their usability and productivity needs, businesses are trying to figure out how to adapt and remain competitive. The Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, phenomenon has crept up on many major business, and they are now finding out the hard way that security and integration procedures cannot be overlooked. The solutions for this issue are still in their infancy, but the two most prominent include Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Mobile Application Management (MAM). Although these are considered Band-Aids for a larger issue, businesses, at this time, must adopt one of these two methods in order to provide adequate security for existing and new business information systems, while maintaining convenience and personalization for their employees.
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Back in early 2011, I was working for mobility unit of a major IT giant. I still remember how difficult it was to sell the idea of enterprise wide mobility solutions to even our internal stakeholders. The scenario has definitely undergone a radical shift in last couple of years. Not only are organizations embracing enterprise mobility but they are doing so on a priority basis. 67% of CIOs and IT professionals believe mobility will impact their businesses as much as or more than the internet did in the 1990s. [1] Mobile is no longer a device to just send emails on the go; it has evolved and grown into much more powerful tool to enhance productivity, streamline operations, and to keep employees connected with business and customers at all times. For example, consider a sales force executive- he can easily access all updated product related information on the field and he can file documents and take notes on this mobile or tablet, thus eliminating the need to do manual data entry after sales.
With the development of the technology and the promotion of mobile phones, more and more people like to use mobile phones even get addicted to mobile phones. They use mobile phones anywhere especially for the teenagers. It seems that mobile phones become a basic necessity of life.
In the recent years technology is innovating and expanding at a rate never seen before Barton (2013). Improvements in technological ability are estimated to increase by thirty two times over the next five years The Emerging Future (2015). Heggestuen (2013) describes the most noticeable growth is in the mobility space. BI Intelligence recently calculated that one in every 5 people in the world own a smartphone and every 17 owned a tablet. In turn this movement has speed up the consumerisation of IT trend. Workers are adopting technologies directly and using personal mobile devices for their daily work without the help, consent, or awareness of their IT department. Furthermore it has been found that line of business managers and business units are making their own technology decisions through cloud services and SaaS since they are readily available and their ease of use and setup Dineley (2012). Some companies are adopting a Bring your own Device (BYOD) strategy as part of their mobility strategy. This consumerisation of technology has put organisations data security more a risk than before. According to Nelson (2012), in today’s mobile world, IT are finding it more difficult to safeguard corporate data in the mobile world.