BYOD or not to BYOD

/B·Y·O·D/

Acronym

“Bring your own device is an IT policy where employees are allowed or encouraged to use their personal mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, wireless computers) to access enterprise data and systems. “

What is BYOD?

BYOD QUESTIONS

Does it save

money?

Can BYOD stir up legal

issues?

Non-compliance

issues?

Are there security and

privacy concerns?

Does it save money?

TEMIA, the Telecom Expense Management Industry Association, in a fall 2013 survey of members and enterprise firms, reported that

48% have adopted BYOD and another 20% are evaluating it.

However, they found that of those that adopted BYOD,69% report that costs are either rising or about the same.

25% of firms can’t tell if it helped with costs or not..!DO YOU KNOW IF BYOD IS HELPING YOU?

Costs of BYOD

No bulk mobile device buying

power

No ability to leverage pooled

minutes/data

Increases cost per employee as they

select expensive plans

Charges shift to expense reports where

no one actively manages costs

International charges go up as employees

don’t proactively manage roaming

Bandwidth use increases

Legal & Non-compliance Issues

NON-COMPLIANCEHow will you track if employees are

following the rules?

LEGALSarbanes-Oxley, HIPPA,

Ramification of a breach

Security Issues

NOT BYODIf we don’t BYOD, what do we do?

Work on a Wireless Expense Management Plan

Wireless Cost Control Tactics

Match inventory to HR data

Audit your invoices

Negotiate bulk device discounts

Find low and no-use devices

Implement a Wireless Policy

Pool minutes and data

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