(May 2012) The main benefits of maintaining a mobile workforce are well known, and topping the list might be a reduction in fixed costs. If you turn 30% of your workforce loose to work in the field or from home, then that means 30% fewer desks,...

Prohibiting the use of personal devices for work seems reasonable in theory. After all, allowing users to access the network and data with their devices from home would represent yet another security risk for the IT department to worry about....

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The network access control (NAC) market is reappearing thanks to mobile devices and the BYOD trend. Whether you need NAC for managing guest access, enforcing network policies, or for endpoint compliance, use this vendor landscape to help choose...

Solution Set

There is no need to fear consumers. Understand the technology that has consumerized the enterprise.

Note

Employees have become savvy consumers, and they are marching into the enterprise with consumer technology. Use this consumerization research to deal with the invasion, and make the most of consumerization by understanding consumer technology.

Tool

Each organization will have its own priorities for evaluating and selecting network access control (NAC) vendors and solutions. Use the NAC Vendor Shortlist Tool to generate a customized shortlist of vendors that will best meet business requirements.

Solution Set

The network access control (NAC) market is reappearing thanks to mobile devices and the BYOD trend. Whether you need NAC for managing guest access, enforcing network policies, or for endpoint compliance, use this vendor landscape to help choose...

(13-April-2012) PKWARE Inc.’s recent release of a free SecureZIP reader for iOS is part of a new approach to the BYOD problem: give security-conscious employees more responsibility for preventing data breaches. SecureZIP, which is sold to...

(11-April-2012) While at first glance, the ultrabook category may seem like just a laptop by any other name, analysts say it offers the channel important advantages and the opportunity to close higher-value, higher-margin sales with their...

Vendor Research

This report will help vendors and solution providers understand how the adoption process of consumer technology takes place within businesses.

Tool

A wireless access network is indispensable in the modern business, but not every business needs to make it their primary access layer, nor are they prepared to. Use this tool to determine if your organization has the drivers and readiness to...

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It's time to cut the blue cable and make the move to a primarily wireless access network. Look at upcoming network trends, and how they enhance the benefits of a wireless access network. Then learn how to implement a network that is more...

Tool

Use this tool to find the best roadmap to your consumerization strategy. It will then provide the optimal roadmap to consumerization success, with detailed steps to follow that path.

Solution Set

Pressure to bring consumer devices and applications into the organization has mounted in recent years. Users (some of of whom are business executives) continue to bring devices and apps into the workplace despite limited organizational readiness.

Template/Policy

Learn about the implications of a broader roll-out by using this template to ask participants questions about the consumerization pilot project.

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Consumerization is not an option. You must allow consumer devices and unmanaged applications into your organization. Use this timely research to help you find the right path for the enterprise.

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Demand for consumer technology in the workplace makes it almost impossible for IT leaders to resist the trend. Instead, the CIO needs to think about his or her options for adopting consumer tech into the workplace.

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Alberta Finance and Enterprise takes an open strategy to consumerization to improve worker satisfaction, but not at the cost of its data security.

Vendor Research

This report is designed to provide vendors and solution providers an understanding of the views and plans of IT departments when it comes to the consumerization of IT and the proliferation of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).

Vendor Research

This report is designed to help vendors, carriers, and solution providers understand how IT professionals view the issue of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).

Template/Policy

A communications plan is a valuable tool to guide your communications efforts in change management when charged with rolling out a BYOC program. Use this template to clarify goals and objectives and to put the coming changes into a service context.

Tool

The BYOC Readiness Assessment Tool provides IT managers with an objective assessment of the current state of their organization's capabilities across four enabling competency areas (infrastructure, security, operations & support, and policy) and...

Template/Policy

Devices in a BYOC program access business resources for business use, but they are also designed for personal use. Accessing business resources with such devices must be done in a safe, secure manner. Use this policy template to clearly define...

Template/Policy

IT departments of all shapes and sizes are being asked to respond to interest (and sometimes direct pressure) in adopting BYOC programs. This strategy position template will help objectively define IT's position on BYOC for the organization and...

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Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) is a very polarizing issue in IT, and there are some serious and legitimate concerns. However, there are also some real benefits, and the trick is to find the balance between security and flexibility that best fits...

Solution Set

Despite early resistance, consumer technology is infiltrating the enterprise and has taken a firm hold. The proliferation of employee-purchased smartphones, tablets, and netbooks has organizations looking beyond the pocket to the desktop.