Bring Your Own Device

This article breaks down a lot of the issues with BYOD - Bring Your own Device.

If you haven't heard of this, you will. It's the policy of allowing (or requiring) employees to bring their own computing or messaging device for use at work. Whether it's an iPhone, or  Mabook Air, or their Dell laptop from home, it's a bit of a craze, one that attempts to capitalize on the consumerization of IT.

It's not a bad idea, and one I generally favor, but there are a lot of non-technology caveats. Who is responsible for the device, or the data on it? For securing it? Does BYOD mean your employees are always on the clock? How does it affect collective bargaining agreements?

For more on this topic, read the article at JD Supra.


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