Helping your CIO yes to BYOD

The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is changing the landscape of corporate IT and support models; with the proliferation of mobile devices, corporate networks are becoming more challenging to manage and more at-risk every day. Corporate IT is now forced to react and build a new end user first computing model because the days of pushing technology to the consumer has now ended. Today, IT departments need to become more agile and adapt quickly to BYOD because it is already happening.

Devices need to connect to networks, so they can provide convenient, access to trusted users, IT needs to protect IP but provide agile architectures that are open enough to support devices but align to corporate governance. Saying no to personal devices is no longer an option.

Users are already using the devices with or without permission on your network. With the right BYOD strategy, IT departments can mitigate the risk, say “yes” and even benefit from this change.

The challenge for the CIO, then, is to build and implement a BYOD strategy that supports device diversity while putting the proper safeguards in place and keeping business and personal items separate. Equanet has created a unique approach for providing a comprehensive strategy for device diversity, protecting sensitive data and enabling productivity to create a BYOD environment that works for everyone.

The Equanet approach starts with the end users and moves through all divisions in the business ensuring all issues and opportunities are raised. We link applications to user identities, not devices, so end users can access the data from any qualified device, whether they’re working in the office or remotely. Corporate and personal digital assets are kept separate in a safe and monitored way.

The Equanet approach for BYOD allows IT to think less about devices and more about the user experience and enabling the employee. This shift in focus, from devices to access and activity, makes BYOD improvements more visible and easier to measure.

If you are considering a BYOD strategy and are wondering where you should start, Equanet can help. We have helped many customers through this transition and. Equanet Advisory Services can help CIOs say “yes” to BYOD by:

Leveraging a proven desktop virtualisation model for BYOD
Developing a suitable digital allowance scheme
Ensuring architecture and security excellence
Providing a roadmap to the end user centric computing model
Performing an operational readiness assessment
Defining a ROI and value proposition.