It’s been three decades since computing became indispensable to modern business.
Back in 1990, the solution to office IT needs was simple: One computer for each employee. Devices and their environment could be controlled completely, and the risk of loss or theft was minimal.
Fast forward to today. About 81% of all Americans own a smartphone. Mobile devices are ubiquitous, and U.S. households feature an average of 11 connected devices. After many years struggling to stem the tide of outside hardware, CIOs are faced with greater pressures to adopt the Bring Your Own Device culture.
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Offers Clear Advantages to Knowledge-Driven Enterprises
BYOD is a simple concept: Employees are allowed to use their own mobile hardware to access their work data and perform their daily tasks. This approach is growing more relevant for a number of reasons:
- More businesses are shifting to remote work, leaving the office and its standardized equipment behind
- BYOD enables companies to tap talent pools from different cities, states, and countries
- Employers can save a substantial amount on computer hardware and focus instead on cloud software
Employee morale is a factor in BYOD implementation, too. Most people simply prefer to use their own device. Since they know it inside and out, the learning curve is less formidable even when they need to use new tools.
But all is not rosy in this hyper-connected world. To reap BYOD’s rewards, organizations need a fresh approach to device management. Without it, the benefits can be swept aside by added complexity and security risks.
Businesses Must Prepare Proactively for BYOD Challenges
BYOD means network endpoints will be more diverse than ever before. Enterprises need a centralized and streamlined way to reliably enforce security best practices and manage permissions across that entire fleet of devices, no matter how it might change from one day to the next.
That means leveraging automation, policy, and personnel in the right ways.
INFRASI makes BYOD attainable through world class expertise in Unified Endpoint Management. UEM is a comprehensive approach to management that allows IT teams to provision, control, and secure any kind of device. It realizes the potential of BYOD with the usability, scalability, and security you expect.
To learn more about how to implement a scalable BYOD program that fits into your IT modernization plan (IAM, SaaS application management, and wireless networks), contact us today.
Sources:
www.pewresearch.org
https://www.statista.com/