How Are Cloud Computing Advances Enabling BYOD Policies?

Grazed from TelecomRamblings. Author: Matt Smith.

Bring your own device (BYOD) strategies are becoming more prevalent in various industries, but often little effort is expended in the management of devices and security. Fortunately, many companies are starting to consider their options in this area. The benefits of allowing staff to use their own devices have been fairly well established, but that doesn’t mean that all the concerns have simply gone away. While there are many efficiency and budgetary gains to be had, there will always remain the possibility of a device getting lost or compromised, leading to a wide range of problems for the company.

IT teams must implement many different measures and processes around the network to provide all the advantages to the employees while still protecting the company’s sensitive data. With so many mobile devices, apps, and operating systems trying to connect to the network, BYOD has certainly posed some challenges on this front. However, cloud computing offers a number of solutions that directly address these issues…

The BYOD Inevitability

There may have been a time when a company would issue personal, mobile devices to their employees so they could access and process important information. These devices were strictly controlled and did not offer a lot of freedom for their users. Now, people want to use their own electronic devices for business, and there’s a good chance they’ll try using their business devices for non-work purposes…

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