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BYOD can work, with some challenges

We allow only a few items that the user can bring in to use instead of what we issue. Items like keyboards, monitors, mice/trackballs. Laptops or PC's are not allowed due to security. We tell them that we will not support the device and it is their responsibility if something happens to it.

An interesting article, from what I read, educational institutions have been doing this for a while and now it is becoming more of a pressure from execs in the private sector with the desire for tablets and smart-phones of their own choice to be able to be used for work rather than carry multiple devices. The key to this however is almost certainly going to be the limits. Where do you draw the line? In enterprise this is a line that is probably not going to be drawn based on what can reasonably be done with existing infrastructure and staff, but what is mandated by the very executives demanding the service, and this is likely to be where the problems will begin........we shall see.

Interesting article but when you let those personal devices connect to any of your internal systems that may enable their ability to access private and/or confidential information, I sure hope you think about how secure the actual device is that now has some of that info stored on it. This is what is making the RIM vs. everyone else battle so interesting, Blackberry is the only company that truly has a secure device and an ability to "wipe" critical data from the device should it get lost or stolen.

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