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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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Purchasing Power: Does Control of the Purse Buy Security?

Monday, August 1st, 2011

As noted in our recent post, IT executives and iWorkers give remarkably different answers about the extent of smart mobile device usage within the enterprise.

A variety of factors might contribute to that particular crevice in the “Consumerization Gap,” but here’s one we think is a prime reason: outmoded governance policies, particularly in equipment purchasing.
The vast [...]

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The Great IT Freezeout: Is IT Becoming Irrelevant?

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say, and when it comes to the multitude and complexity of consumer devices, apps, and tools being used in the workplace today, the picture surely gets complicated.
So for the new round of research we’ve conducted with IDC on the consumerization of IT, we decided to simplify [...]

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Empowering End Users Means Changing IT Support Models

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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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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