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BYOD: The Next Wave of Consumerization of IT The Impact of BYOD on the Enterprise IT Landscape
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Ivanov, Ivan I. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | In the last few years, new technologies emerge first in the consumer market and then, after mass acceptance, are employed largely by business organizations. Companies across the globe are going through the most disruptive new technology development: Consumerization. Consumerization of IT, along with workforce mobility, and flexible, reliable, accessible and affordable remote computing, are forcefully changing the corporate IT lanscape, affecting the relationship between enterprise IT, knowledge workers, corporate users, and consumers. This phenomenon advances with every arrival of new devices, applications, or strategic trends such as Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD). BYOD is currently a growing trend in the private and public sector that allows employees the convenience of logging into the corporate network with their personal mobile devices. This paper explores the impact of this trend on the enterprise IT landscape and provides a decision framework for BYOD adoption. 1 CONSUMERIZATION OF IT – THE AGE OF THE CUSTOMER Current trends in IT utilization show that new technologies emerge first in the consumer market and then, after mass acceptance, are employed largely by business organizations. The expected consequence of this pattern is that across the globe companies are experiencing the most disruptive new technology trend of this decade: Consumerization. The process of Consumerization is well depicted by Forrester Research report from June 6, 2011, “Competitive Strategy in The Age Of The Customer.” This is the phenomenon of employees using devices, applications, and web services to actually empower business users or employees to innovate (Forrester Consulting, 2013). Consumerization of the IT is actually advancing swiftly with every arrival of new devices, strategic trend, or applications. The oportunities for business users, ranging from consultants, hightech professionals and executives, to administrative assistants, and sales and call center representatives, to leverage consumerized offerings – those offered outside of organizational IT – varies depending on the business policy and openness. Figure 1: Consumerization of IT. Adopted from “Competitive Strategy in The Age Of The Customer,” Forrester Research, Inc. June 6, 2011. Consumerization of IT, along with workforce mobility, and flexible, reliable, accessible and affordable remote computing, are forcefully changing the corporate IT lanscape affecting the relationship between enterprise IT, knowledge workers, corporate users, and consumers. For company IT management, consumerization |
| Starting Page | 245 |
| Ending Page | 251 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.scitepress.org/Papers/2014/54267/54267.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.5220/0005426702450251 |
| Journal | BMSD 2014 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
