How ‘Bring Your Own Device’ works
Employees take more care while using their own devices which removes maintenance hassles and their related costs. The acronym BYOD means ‘bring your own device’. It is an innovative concept of allowing employees to bring their own devices to log in to...
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The acronym BYOD means ‘bring your own device’. It is an innovative concept of allowing employees to bring their own devices to log in to business networks. Be it laptops, iPhones, iPads or Android devices, employees have the flexibility to access corporate data using any device from home or office.
Intel was the first company to embrace BYOD in 2009. The company was quick to foresee the revolution this concept would bring into the IT segment. The prime goal of BYOD is to cut down on infrastructure expenses and improve on productivity levels of the company. Unisys, VMWare and Citrix quickly joined the community. Today, numerous companies are amending their business policies to accommodate this trend.
While laptops ruled the last decade, smartphones and tablets are dominating present-day technology. After cloud computing and virtualisation, BYOD is the next buzz term in the IT segment. The main reason for a BYOD environment is to improve business performance at optimised costs. Cloud computing and virtual desktop concepts effectively augment this benefit.
Be it with large enterprises or SMEs, the concept of BYOD environment is gaining prominence. With growing business demands, changing technologies and shrinking budgets, businesses are looking at BYOD as an effective option to cut down expenses and increase service-level agreements.
In every company, top management personnel use two to three different company devices. By implementing a BYOD policy, businesses can reduce the total cost of ownership. Initially, this concept was confined to e-mail solutions, however, nowadays employees can access corporate networks and critical data.
This new policy also allows employees to log in to the corporate network from home, office or while travelling around. By doing so, employees are always available in the network, therefore with a work-from-home concept, productivity levels are sure to increase. In addition, employees love to work with their preferred brands. For instance, a person who is passionate about iPhones would love to connect to a network using their iPhone. Consequently, there is an increased level of job satisfaction while attrition levels are minimised. Moreover, employees take more care while using their own devices which removes maintenance hassles and their related costs.
Another important area is virtualisation. With server and desktop virtualisation dominating the IT segment, every company is moving to the cloud. Desktop virtualisation allows you to optimise resources and minimise infrastructure costs. By using a powerful solution businesses can create seamless virtual desktops.
Security is a major concern in a BYOD environment. While companies need to implement high security policies to prevent unauthorised access of data, employee privacy should also be prioritised. Device management and mobile application management has to be done in the right way. Implementing cloud based virtualisation concepts allows businesses to secure their networks. By using a powerful hypervisor, you can enjoy quick application delivery across multiple platforms and devices.
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