{"id":6215,"date":"2013-03-01T13:38:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journeytothecloud.com\/?p=2667"},"modified":"2013-03-01T13:38:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T13:38:22","slug":"byod-quick-tips-and-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/byod-quick-tips-and-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"BYOD: Quick Tips and Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Francis Czekalski, Enterprise Consultant<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no doubt that BYOD is a top buzzword and priority for IT decision maker in 2013.\u00a0 This is certainly a complex issue that requires a lot of planning and commitment if your organization expects positive results. Below are a couple quick points on <a href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/BYODWebinarRecordingFormLP-012013-BLOG\">BYOD<\/a> that your organization should keep in mind when implementing and monitoring a policy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BYOD programs have the effect of increasing the lifespan of devices because people tend to take care of items better since they are choosing the type of device.<\/li>\n<li>Security is a HUGE issue around BYOD. BYOD programs can increase security, but, when not monitored correctly can actually lead to a whole new pathway for data leakage.<\/li>\n<li>Offline computing still tends to be an issue so some hybrid model needs to be adopted.<\/li>\n<li>It is often believed that with a BYOD program you no longer need to support the clients- this is simply not the case. User productivity will demand that some touch is done on the end user&#8217;s computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A couple interesting findings from a recent study from Dell (<a href=\"http:\/\/tabtimes.com\/news\/ittech-stats-research\/2013\/01\/22\/study-it-managers-must-embrace-byod-or-risk-being-left-behind\">http:\/\/tabtimes.com\/news\/ittech-stats-research\/2013\/01\/22\/study-it-managers-must-embrace-byod-or-risk-being-left-behind<\/a>)&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>70% of IT Decision makers believe BYOD helps boost employee productivity and customer response time.<\/li>\n<li>59% of IT Decision makers believe they would be at a competitive disadvantage if they did not embrace personally-owned devices<\/li>\n<li>56% of IT Decision makers believe that BYOD has completely changed their company&#8217;s culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like some more information on BYOD and mobile device management, download this free <a title=\"BYOD Webinar\" href=\"http:\/\/response.greenpages.com\/BYODWebinarRecordingFormLP-012013-BLOG\">webinar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your opinion on BYOD? Has your organization implemented a policy? If not, do you plan on implementing one? Why or why not?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=LbPD1WXPpTA:OAp4K7AVs-o:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=LbPD1WXPpTA:OAp4K7AVs-o:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=LbPD1WXPpTA:OAp4K7AVs-o:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=LbPD1WXPpTA:OAp4K7AVs-o:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?i=LbPD1WXPpTA:OAp4K7AVs-o:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?a=LbPD1WXPpTA:OAp4K7AVs-o:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/JourneyToTheCloud?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/JourneyToTheCloud\/~4\/LbPD1WXPpTA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Francis Czekalski, Enterprise Consultant There&#8217;s no doubt that BYOD is a top buzzword and priority for IT decision maker in 2013.\u00a0 This is certainly a complex issue that requires a lot of planning and commitment if your organization expects positive results. Below are a couple quick points on BYOD that your organization should keep&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.journeytothecloud.com\/featured\/byod-quick-tips-and-facts\/\">Read More &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[372,179,358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-byod","category-featured","category-mobile-device-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}