Bring your own device (BYOD)
Nowadays the rapid growth in technologies often lead to the private sector addapting new technologies faster than the business sector. Everyone can buy a new device which has the desired specifications, design and applications to mach the users workstyle and habbits, but in a corporate environment You have to use the corporation`s provided tools, therefore You ask a question: “Why can`t I use my own device?” Using the familiar devices and applications speeds up the work pace of an employee and makes the work environment more comfortable, additionaly to provide the emloyee with his desired tools leads to additional expanses which any business isn`t just ready to cower.
Using the new technologies the employees are becoming more mobile. Smartphones, tablets and other portable devices enable the employee to reach important corporate information, answer e-mails while being outside the office. It is even possible to work from home.
Therefore we can conclude that there are important benefits by encouraging employees to use their own devices:
- The business adapts new Technologies more rapid increasing the productivity.
- The business has less investment necessary in a new infrastructure or to renew an existing one.
- An employee can use his own desired and familiar devices and applications they feel the most comfortable and increase his productivity.
- The employees are becoming more mobile and can work outside the Office.
Of course there are drawbacks by implementing the BYOD politics. Mainly the network administrators are getting „headaches”: „How can we protect the business data?” The business doesn’t have the full control on the employee’s device, therefore there are important security issues:
- How do you protect the data in cases when an employee loses their device? In such a case a third party could Access the data located on the device.
- How to prevent data leaks from business network via the imperfection of security of employee’s device and applications.
BIT as a official Citrix partner offers Citrix data protection and administration solutions. Citrix product portfolio has application and desktop virtualization solutions, where business critical applications and data will be located in the business data center not the employee’s personal device. In result in a case of a lost device, the data will be safe from third parties. An employee as a bonus will be able to Access the business applications from anywhere and from any device whether it’s a Windows, iOS or Android OS. Additionally Citrix security products offer an opportunity to isolate individual applications from the employee’s personal applications giving the business network administrators to control the data flow, application rights and increase the security in the business.
To get more information about Citrix products, feel free to contact BIT sales representatives.