What is that?\u00a0 Its Bring Your Own Device. That is the latest trend in end user computing.\u00a0 Instead of\u00a0the company purchasing the computer for you, you use the allocated amount to buy the device or you supply it. It is suppose to be very popular in the US.<\/p>\n
Traditionally, IT\/ IS\/ MIS sets the configuration of the end user computer or notebook.\u00a0 This may be purchased by the IT,\u00a0end user department or even the end user.\u00a0 In the end this shiny new box will be configured by IT, for the require suite of software and security products, eg AV, VPN and two factor authentication etc.<\/p>\n
Enter BYOD or Bring Your Own Device.\u00a0 This practice has been around for some time in Singapore, but largely confined to the insurance and property sector.\u00a0 There the agents are actually individual businesses.\u00a0 The IT would recommend which models to buy for optimum application performance.\u00a0 Other than that, the rest is end user responsibilities.<\/p>\n
That was the picture\u00a0in 2010.\u00a0\u00a0 With the introduction of iPad and Android tablets, things turned upside down.\u00a0 Gartner calls <\/a>it the most radical shift in enterprise end user computing since the PC. Users bring their personal devices to work and expect connectivity to the enterprise repository.\u00a0 How to support these devices to access Sharepoint? (Tip: Use an app called SharePlus).\u00a0 There is also a small growing trend of users using their own personal notebooks eg MacBook Air.<\/p>\n What about security?\u00a0 There are lots of vendors out there are willing to sell you box\/es to solve your problem.\u00a0 Note there is no one\u00a0magic solution to this.\u00a0 You have to tailor these solutions to your environment.<\/p>\n You can<\/p>\n Other than information security, who is going to responsible when these devices break down? or OS crashes?\u00a0 These you can handle via management approved policies.<\/p>\n\n