When whole departments do BYOD and consumerization, it's a threat to IT and the whole organization. It's also an emerging business technology cliché you'll be sick of soon enough.
B.Y.O.D. may give the business side greater choices now, but it reminds me of the decentralized software choices in enterprises that caused chaos and excessive expenditures years ago. This is going to end in tears!
There's so much talk about IT and the business forming better alliances than ever, Joanne. Perhaps it's all about talking the good talk against the reality of the IT/business gap. I'm not sure, though. I believe there's been a lot of consciousness-raising in many enterprises seeking a better pairing of IT with the business.
Used to be that an IT department that made standalone decisions without input from business units was referred to as the "tail wagging the dog." B.Y.O.D. puts the power (for better or worse) in the hands of business users. No longer tethered to out of touch decisions by IT, B.Y.O.D. is the new tail wagging the dog.
B.Y.O.D. will widen the gap in already tenuous relationships between business and IT. It isn't just the convenience of social media and individual choices in device usage driving technology decisions by business users. It offers business users freedom from having to communicate their needs to IT departments that aren't listening.
New tools like laptops, tablets, smartphone, and wireless connectivity let us work from San Diego to Katmandu, and anywhere in between. But time management remains a problem.
A recent release of the popular TweetDeck app for Twitter power-users gives new life to software that had previously taken a wrong turn. Here's a quick walk-through of the new TweetDeck, to show you why it should be at the top of your Twitter toolkit.
Michael Brutsch, a.k.a. Reddit's Violentacrez, is a creep who posted borderline kiddie porn to the Internet anonymously, and got fired when outed by a media outlet. It's a cautionary tale even for people who aren't jerks and predators.
On the occasion of Internet Evolution's 5th anniversary, Editor in Chief Mitch Wagner and Editor in Chief Emeritus Nicole Ferraro reminisce about how business on the Internet has changed over five years. Also, Mitch tries to remember what "Enterprise 2.0" means.
Sean Smith, a US Foreign Service IT manager, gave his life in service of his country and the world. His life and death are a humbling example for all of us who work in IT.
A survey by JD Powers found that customer interest in product features is lessening as phones evolve. Rather than features, price is driving purchases, and that change could have a dramatic impact on how IT departments secure these devices.
The iPad Mini is the latest iteration of the exploding tablet category. Because most tablets are WiFi-only, they create a new kind of mobile network. The problem is that we don't have issues like roaming and security defined for this new world.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
New tools like laptops, tablets, smartphone, and wireless connectivity let us work from San Diego to Katmandu, and anywhere in between. But time management remains a problem.
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