Why BYOD

Why BYOD

Increased productivity and innovation
Personal devices tend to be more cutting-edge, so the enterprise benefits from the latest features. Also users upgrade to the latest hardware more frequently.

Employee satisfaction
Your people use the devices they have chosen and invested in—rather than what was selected by IT
Allowing employees to use personal devices also helps them avoid carrying multiple devices.

Cost savings
BYOD programs sometimes save budget by shifting costs to the user, with employees paying for mobile devices and data services
However, this often results in little to no savings


Consider before adopting BYOD

Personal cost
As mobile devices replace company-provided laptops, certain employees will expect the organization to pay for these new devices as well.

Enterprise cost
Will you have the resources to manage BYOD safely?
Are you willing to set up a private app store for maximum control?
Will your service desk be able to handle the inevitable flood of support calls?

Enterprise control
Certain job functions require access to very sensitive data,IT needs complete control over the mobile devices and applications installed on them


http://www.ibm.com/mobilefirst/us/en/bring-your-own-device/byod.html

• employees are demanding access to corporate networks, applications, and information anywhere at any time with any device and managing this isn’t always easy

However not every employee is mobile, and not every employee needs constant access.
Desktop virtualization makes it possible for IT to deliver desktops and apps straight from the data center to any device, making device management radically simpler
Thin client laptops offer security for those mobile users
Rather than the desktop being stored locally on a remote client, a virtualized version of the desktop is stored on a remote central server, allowing users to run an operating system and applications from a thin client laptop or a standard desktop thin client; streamlining a desktop virtualization platform

Desktop virtualization(VDI) addresses two key challenges– security and device management.
By enabling IT to centrally manage and secure desktops, applications, and data in the data center, business information is always secure
Even when data is stored on the end point device, IT has the ability to remotely erase data in the event the device is lost or stolen.

http://www.devonit.com/blog/thin-client-laptops-help-align-desktop-virtualization-with-byod