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  • Bunnings drives productivity with iPod Touch rollout

    Bunnings is aggressively developing mobile apps for its retail employees following a deployment last Christmas of 1500 iPod Touch devices to store staff, according to the company's mobility team leader.

    Written by Adam Bender22 Oct. 14 08:30
  • What is going wrong with BYOD?

    The Bring Your Own Device movement was supposed to make employees more productive while saving companies money. But a funny thing is happening on the way to mobile nirvana: Companies aren't doing it, according to a new study by CompTIA.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige14 June 14 03:37
  • BYOD Widening Employee-Employer Trust Gap, Survey Finds

    Webroot today released the results of a survey on BYOD that suggests the employee-employer trust gap is widening. The company also created an eight-point "BYOD Bill of Rights" to help bridge that gap while keeping corporate data secure.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige22 May 14 09:48
  • BYOA 'shadow IT' grows in the enterprise: Telsyte

    Nearly two-thirds of Australian enterprises have staff using personal apps for work even though only about half of the organisations allow it, according to a Telsyte report.

    Written by Adam Bender12 March 14 09:16
  • BYOD 101: Getting user buy-in

    Employees may want to choose the device they use for work, but that doesn’t guarantee they will automatically buy into a business’s new bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategy, according to analysts.

    Written by Adam Bender30 Sept. 13 14:43
  • NAB rolls out BYOD to 450 staff

    National Australia Bank has successfully piloted bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and plans to roll out the program to more of its employees, says NAB general manager of infrastructure, Kari Schabel.

    Written by Adam Bender18 Sept. 13 11:19
  • Are businesses rushing to BYOD too quickly?

    A survey of IT executives and IT pros paints a disturbing picture of BYOD. That picture includes a lack of confidence in compliance with federally mandated regulations, a fear that sensitive data is at risk and uncertainty about the overall effectiveness of BYOD.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige30 July 13 18:20
  • BYOD Creates Trust Gap Between Workers and Employers

    Infographic: If you're a CIO (or other IT leader) and you have a BYOD policy in place, you also have some trust issues to overcome: Your users aren't confident their personal data is remaining private.

    Written by Tom Kaneshige17 July 13 20:50
  • BYOD consultants practice what they preach

    After long espousing the benefits of mobility, Fifth Quadrant has rolled out a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) plan for its own management consulting business.

    Written by Adam Bender11 June 13 13:55
  • BYOD 'a privilege, not a right': Fairfax

    Fairfax, Toyota and an Australian government agency described limited bring-your-own-device (BYOD) rollouts in a panel at the CeBIT Enterprise Mobility conference in Sydney.

    Written by Adam Bender30 May 13 13:05
  • The science of app-wrapping

    BYOD brings out the classic problem between control of corporate information and individual freedom. It kicks it up to a whole new level because the devices belong to the users, but at least some of the apps and information belong to the company and as such need protection and policy enforcement.

    Written by Carlos Montero-Luque, chief technology officer, Apperian07 May 13 18:25
  • BYOD vs CYOD: Bring or choose your own device?

    Offering employees a choice of approved devices may provide more control for IT compared to allowing them to bring any smartphone or tablet they want.

    Written by Adam Bender21 March 13 11:46
  • NAB trialling BYOD

    The National Australia Bank is trialling a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) program for its top 200 executives, according to Adam Bennett, NAB executive manager of enterprise transformation.

    Written by Adam Bender28 Feb. 13 15:40
  • Nokia Lumia gets lift from elevator company

    The Australian office of a lift and escalator company has seen more than 70 per cent of employees use Nokia Lumia handsets running versions of Windows Phone under its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategy. However, a recent Forrester study painted a less rosy picture for the popularity of Windows Phone in Australia.

    Written by Adam Bender06 Feb. 13 15:58
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