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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Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
Further analysis of the impact that the consumerization of IT is having on the enterprise.
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Consumerization is forcing changes in enterprise IT management policies across the board — from device procurement to end-user support. The conversation about this revolution has focused largely on the devices employees want to bring to work, because we’re all intrigued by smartphones and tablets. But the ways that employers must support the end users so [...]
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Friday, January 7th, 2011
It’s our first weekly wrap-up of consumerization news in 2011. And the IT media is expecting changes to the status quo in the year ahead. Read on for news about how IT departments are changing, expectations for the tablet market, and the inevitability of consumerization.
Computerworld reports on how the onslaught of mobile devices is changing [...]
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Monday, January 3rd, 2011
Say you’re sitting in an airport and want to send e-mails from your personal e-mail account. You start up your laptop and use your wireless software to look for the free Internet service that the airport has advertised. You see an SSID option labeled with something like “airport wireless,” and it’s unsecure. You might figure [...]
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