Is BYOD as good as it’s supposed to B?

Over 50% of 4500 international organisations surveyed recently reported that employees circumvented security measures deployed to mobile devices whether corporate liable of BYOD. Although businesses view Smart Phones such as Apple, Android and BlackBerry as beneficial to employee engagement, improved productivity and collaboration, less than 40% have the necessary security mechanisms in place to protect corporate information assets.

The added complexity of BYOD compounds the challenge of security and compliance for mobile devices. ‘User satisfaction’ is cited by many IT departments as the reason for allowing employees to bring their own technology however there are significant risks associated with letting people bring their own technology.

IDC reported in the last six months that a little over 50% of Australian businesses have a BYOD option available to staff or are piloting BYOD. Interestingly the majority of employees – over 70% -prefer their employer provide mobile devices  and less than 20% would prefer to use their own device at work.

BYOD presents significant challenges to organisation’s that want to allow their employees to use their own device.

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Enterprise failing to manage consumerisation of IT

The second annual Consumerisation of IT study, conducted for Unisys (NYSE: UIS) by IDC, shows that the use of consumer-style technology, such as smartphones, tablets and social media, by information workers (iWorkers) in Australian workplaces has accelerated over the last year.

In 2011, 28 percent of Australian iWorkers say they use iPhones for work purposes, up from 9 percent in 2010, and 25 percent use iPads [and other tablets, up from 14 percent. Similarly, employees report much increased use of social media at work, with 20 percent using Twitter, up from 4 percent last year. In addition, 23 percent use Facebook or MySpace and 27 percent use Linked in and Plaxo—rising from 5 percent and 15 percent, respectively, in 2010.

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DumbPhones vs Smartphones

The demand for SmartPhones continues to escalate worldwide - this growth is predominantly at the expense of the DumbPhone market. The 64 thousand dollar question "Which manufacturer and which SmartPhone Operating System will most benefit" Our view - this will fluctuate wildly over the next few years, as the mobility and mobility management space shakes out. MSC Mobility manage the complexities of these market forces on behalf of our customers - mitigating risk and delivering real value.

"The big picture from the survey data is just how vast the demand for smartphones is. Some platforms are benefiting more than others in terms of share of growth, but the biggest mobile loser is clearly the non-smart phone. Not only is it an unprofitable product for almost every vendor, it is also being increasingly shunned by buyers " - Asymco