What is BYOD

"Bring Your Own Device" - It Takes the complexity out of managing multiple devices.

BYOD (bring your own device) is the increasing trend toward employee-owned devices within a business. Smartphones are the most common example but employees also take their own tablets, laptops and USB drives into the workplace.Today mobility isn’t just a connection to the internet. It’s a dynamic work-from-anywhere-on-any-device landscape that companies can’t afford to ignore.With secure cloud-based management, as well as application and data access, you can manage all of your desktop PCs, remote laptops and mobile devices from virtually anywhere. And one monthly per-user fee makes mobility affordable for any sized business. 

BYOD is part of the larger trend of IT computerization, in which consumer software and hardware are being brought into the enterprise. BYOT (bring your own technology) refers to the use of consumer devices and applications in the workplace. More specific variations on the term include bring your own computer (BYOC), bring your own laptop (BYOL), bring your own apps (BYOA) and bring your own PC (BYOPC).

 

BYOD Security

Bring-your-own-device has evolved from trend to the new normal and with that discussions around the risks of implementing a BYOD policy in the enterprise have become intense. BYOD security policy initiatives may include limiting activities that employees are allowed to perform on these devices at work (e.g. email usage is limited to corporate email accounts only) and periodic IT audits to ensure the device is in compliance with the company's BYOD security policy.

In the event that a device is lost, or the employee leaves the businesses, the security team must navigate the potential minefield of ensuring that corporate data on the device is removed while trying to minimize impact to the end user for their own information.

 

BYOD will have an impact on every facet of telecom expense management, starting with the way carriers’ services are sourced and contracted. Mitigating this risk early on will give CIOs a leg up in getting the greatest cost and productivity benefits that BYOD can deliver.


For More Information, Please refer below useful links:

BYOD & Consumerization 
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/BYOD-bring-your-own-device 
BYOD may change everything about Security 
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/B/BYOD.html