Consumerization of IT
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Trends and issues related to adoption of consumer devices and services in the Enterprise
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The real problem with RIM

The real problem with RIM | Consumerization of IT | Scoop.it

Here's the money quotation:

 

"The BlackBerry was designed for businesses. Its true customers weren't its users but the people who run corporate information-technology departments."

 

This is fundamentally opposite of what's driving both iPhone / iPad design but also BYOD in general.

 

More: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/markets/markets-blog/the-real-problem-with-rim/article2329394/

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Cisco security GM: Consumerization drives everything

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Employees love using their own devices to do corporate work, but the practice, known as consumerization, is rife with security risks.
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Cisco and the Consumerization of IT

Cisco appears to be one of the players at the forefront of dealing with the implications of consumer devices in the workplace. All along, Cisco has made a point to pronounce this shift as not only unavoidable, but something to embrace. (Perhaps Cisco realizes that like social media in the workplace, you’re better off creating a policy to accommodate consumer devices rather than deny their use completely.) How are they extending the digital olive branch?
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