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Integrate Consumer Applications into IT

Secure IT’s core assets amidst the flood of personal unmanaged technology.

  • It is expected that by 2013, every worker will bring a personal and unmanaged device (PUD) into the workplace.
  • Personal and unmanaged applications (PUAs) represent a huge threat if left completely unmanaged on devices that have access to organizational resources.
  • PUAs can be leveraged to fill gaps in your portfolio if you understand their potential use cases.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

  • Remember the five E’s- Educate, Engage, Enable, Entice, Enforce.
  • Align PUD and PUA management strategies to provide a single organizational approach.
  • Leverage the PUAs to fill productivity gaps in your application portfolio.

Impact and Result

  • PUAs are already within your organization. Get up to speed on their risks and benefits.
  • Take advantage of PUAs to bring mobile productivity to end users.
  • Plan a long term strategy that includes an ecosystem approach to your portfolio that allows any device to securely be used for business productivity.

Integrate Consumer Applications into IT Research & Tools

1. Understand the consumer device problem and design a plan to manage moving forward

Fit consumer device management into a long term IaaS framework.

2. Identify the cost and benefit of consumerization trends

Develop a custom budget estimate based on the type of users and the solution most appropriate for your organization.

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Authors

Timothy Hickernell

Christopher Wynder

Brian Frank

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