BYOD

BYOD has proven challenging for many organizations, with up to 20% of current BYOD programs set to fail within 2 years. BYOD programs often fail because security standards are set too strictly, so employees are not following them. While at face value BYOD seems to offer employees freedom and choice, its implementation has often been either unmonitored or over-monitored. It’s a difficult balance for IT, and one made...

Millennials, the so-called “Digital Natives,” are the first generation to grow up with technology and, in 10 years, will account for 75% of the workforce. Millennials are already shifting the workplace, with smartphones glued to their sides and demands to work whenever and wherever they want. According to a new report in the UK, smartphones are now the preferred device for going online, overtaking laptops for the first time....

Although it’s true that the healthcare industry is facing more targeted cyber attacks, these attacks are not necessarily more sophisticated. Most healthcare organizations, particularly hospitals, are leaving many “doors” open due to a lack of proper cyber security defences.

When it comes to data, IT is tasked with the ever-increasing demands of users to do more, wherever and whenever they want, on any device. The demand to meet the needs of end-users has to be balanced with the need to protect data, and in this IT is often left with a difficult balancing act. Restrict data too much and employees will find a way to circumvent the rules....

It has recently been estimated that BYOD in the K-12 classroom will hit 20% by the end of 2015, supporting the digitization of the classroom that is revolutionizing the learning experience. Thanks to technology, students have become “creators” rather than “consumers” of their learning experience. The introduction of mobile technology has been a challenge for many school districts, and the shift toward BYOD even more so. Deployment, training, management...