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From BYOD ‘Bring Your Own Device’ to CYOD ‘Choose Your Own Device’
Almost Impossible To Ignore Mobile Devices In The Workplace…
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Overview…
- More than a decade ago, owning a mobile phone with
advent of 2G technology allowed us to send
multimedia messages.
- Executives had now reached the zenith of
connectivity by accessing corporate emails via their
Blackberry.
- Today every smart device like Smartphones, Tablets, Notebooks are assured of
having business applications.
- Business Applications includes address book, calendar, appointment
scheduler, calculator, along with email clients.
- An interesting aspect is enterprise mobility is being pushed from the consumer
to the enterprise.
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The Concept of ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD)…
To BYOD or not to BYOD is not the question anymore…
• Using the personal device for office work has become regular, structured and streamlined.
• Enterprises are beginning to realize that they cannot avoid corporate data from getting into personal devices.
• Rather than forcing employees into stealth-mode BYOD, it is more important to encourage it at an official level.
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The Concept of ‘Choose Your Own Device’ (CYOD)…
BYOD Replaced by CYOD ‘Choose Your Own Device’…
• CYOD provide employees with the choice of choosing personal device to the workplace from the range of IT-approved devices.
• It helps the organization to enforce at least a particular IT-approved level of security along with the advantage of having users assume some costs of buying the device.
• it gives the user technology familiarity, has a positive effect on employee morale, and gives a boost in productivity.
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The Advantages Of Allowing Personal Devices Can Be…
Personal Productivity and Accessibility:
• Employees having 24×7 access to email and other Office business applications can help increase an
organization’s global reach. It streamlines and speeds up business services like HR self-help or approvals.
Business Content and Collaboration:
• Employees can drive a higher sale by using their devices to engage prospects and customers
that enhance the level of customer engagement.
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Primary Concern of Using a hosted email & business applications over personal devices…
Security:
• The main concern is to safeguarding the corporate data that is stored on employee’s personal devices by enabling a basic password or a PIN on their devices.
Personal Use:
• Personal devices at workplace could result in employees wasting precious work time to indulge in personal activities like chatting, using social media or exploring other forms of tech entertainment.
Working with Organization’s Technology:
• Some personal devices may not meet the requirements for being fully compatible with the organization’s policies.
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Conclusion…
• Enterprises have to accept and gear up for this change.
• The IT departments need to start formalizing policies covering acceptable BYOD
usage.
• The average office workers now expect the same consumerism that they have
become accustomed to with their personal device, from their office device.
• Engaging the employee will be equally important as engaging the customer.
• Advances in holographic technology, augmented reality (Google Glass),
smartwatches, etc. will lead to the ultimate goal for an organization that allows
employee to be productive.
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