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The Dangers of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

A recent research from Gartner suggests both Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the related Bring Your Own Application (BYOA) are the new ways to consume IT.

The survey predicts that the number of employees using mobile apps in the workplace will double within the next 2 years and half of employers will require employees to supply their own devices by 2017.

You can speak to any CIO, IT Manager, IT support professional managing BYOD and BYOA is complicated and challenging.

 

What are the dangers with BYOD and BYOA?

Every business has security concerns including spyware, malware and viruses.  All these become a big issues by the fact that Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) involves foreign devices coming into a secure network.

 

So here is a quick look at Bring Your Own Application (BYOA).

An increasing amount of employees are bringing their own computers and tablets into business networks therefore making BYOA a growing issue in terms of complexity and IT support management.   Over 70% of employees using their own device are sourcing their own apps to do the job.  Employees are deciding about which apps to use without involving the IT department.

This makes IT troubleshooting and IT Support challenging the environment now has an array of different technologies.  These unmonitored apps increase the complexity of the IT network and put business-critical solutions at risk.

 

So here is a quick look at Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).

BYOD provides its own threat as additional devices running numerous applications could crash the network by putting too much stress on the available bandwidth therefore reducing network uptime and productivity.

 

How to handle Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).

Companies must handle these challenges before they allow BYOD and BYOA.  They need the right IT Management and IT Support tools to manage an array of devices and applications within a secure network.   There must be a priority for business-critical applications therefore allowing maximum performance and up time.

With the right IT management and IT support, BYOD and BYOA can be a positive and powerful tool for businesses.

 

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