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Enterprises Beware: Don’t Let Security Fall into the Consumerization Gap

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Security are not reason for inaction to allow employees to use personal devices at work.

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One Year On, Too Many IT Groups Still Struggle with Consumerization

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

The results of the second annual Unisys-sponsored IDC research on the consumerization of IT are in, and for IT, the picture isn’t pretty. Predictably, the global survey of more than 3,000 iWorkers and IT executives shows the use of consumer technologies, from devices to social applications, accelerating throughout the enterprise (see figure 1).

Here’s what [...]

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Webinar: How Your Organization Can Capitalize on the Consumerization of IT

Monday, February 21st, 2011

You might remember that Unisys commissioned an in-depth study on the consumerization of IT from IDC in 2010. It exposed a serious gap between how IT leadership and information workers view the IT support capabilities provided by their organizations.
The full body of data uncovered by IDC was so rich that we decided to present the results in [...]

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InformationWeek Reports On More Findings of Unisys-IDC Research

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Yesterday, InformationWeek featured a second story about the Unisys-IDC research. Esther Shein’s article, “IT Pros Willing To Buy Their Own Tech,” includes the finding that about 75 percent of enterprise employees are willing to fund all or part of the cost of workflow-related technology. But there’s one catch: They’ll only pay if they can choose [...]

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USA Today Features Unisys-IDC Research

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

USA Today’s Byron Acohido, reporter for Technology Live, featured the Unisys-IDC consumerization of IT study yesterday. Byron’s article, “Survey: office workers more mobile, use tech to work around the clock,” spotlights statistics and trends from the research. Head over to USA Today to read the full article.

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