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InfoWorld's guide to a successful BYOD and mobile IT strategy

A smart BYOD strategy lays the groundwork for a complete consumerization approach

It's the biggest shift in IT in years: the consumerization-of-IT trend that gained major traction with the advent of the iPhone and other modern mobile devices, causing most businesses to let employees bring -- or at least choose -- their own smartphones and tablets, all in fewer than two years.

But the consumerization and BYOD trends are only getting stronger, as success on the mobile front puts pressure on IT to allow other employee-driven technologies, such as PCs, cloud services, desktop apps, and social media. InfoWorld's 29-page "Mobile and BYOD" Deep Dive PDF special report explains why the underlying consumerization of IT trend is not about technology but something deeper. Our experts also discuss how to rethink your IT strategy around policy-based deployment, security, and management of iPhones, Androids, iPads, Windows Phones, and BlackBerrys -- and why that's both necessary and inevitable.

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Chris, IT@IntelSME

Thu 29/12/2011 - 04:34

At Intel IT, we put a significant effort into creating a BYO smartphone program in response to employee requests. Our program has been very successful as now support more personal owned phones than we do corporate owned. In 2011, we allowed employees to use their own Macs and looking to 2012, we anticipate broadening BYO further.

Our IT subject matter experts have documented their key learnings in this IT@Intel whitepaper titled "Best Practices for Enabling Employee-owned Smart Phones in the Enterprise" (http://communities.intel.com/docs/DOC-19164)

Chris, ITIntelSME

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