CIOs need to optimise BYOD for new technologies

Thinking of BYOD in isolation to the entire workspace strategy and the management of new technologies is cited as one of the main reasons the benefits of mobility, improved productivity, and improved teamwork may not have reached their full potential.

The whitepaper titled “Is Your BYOD Plan Exposing You to Risk?” explains how many early adopters of BYOD have come to realise that a successful BYOD programme isn’t as easy as installing hardware and software or executing a carefully constructed policy.

Kevin Beadon, line of business head for Workspace and Mobility at GlassHouse Technologies commented: “BYOD is rapidly evolving into its next phase, ‘BYOD 2.0’, with the influx of next-generation portable devices in the enterprise, as well as new iterations of infrastructure components like Cloud servers, storage devices, security measures and network infrastructure.

“As a result, IT is left with a whole new set of challenges, and left to wonder how it can realign its BYOD strategies to support this new workplace disruption. With an upfront analysis of risk tolerances, the business and IT can identify solutions and address the important questions about BYOD, such as ownership, security and compliance.

“For those companies that have been put off by the idea of BYOD by the security and ownership threats, there has never been a better time to reconsider these initiatives. As the sector reaches a level of technological maturity never before achieved, for the first time it can now actually provide the benefits and levels of security that have long been promised.

“By adapting to new infrastructure technologies, organisations with existing BYOD strategies or those still planning, and yet to adopt these can create a solid business case for BYOD and finally yield genuine ROI; preventing it from becoming just another over hyped IT buzz phrase.”