I first wrote this piece for the CIO Forum back in 2011 and I thought it would be useful to republish it to see how far we have come in terms of BYOD (bring Your Own Device) etc.
One of the hot potatoes for CIOs at the moment – and believe me it isn’t going to get any easier – is how much access – if any – do you allow staff to access company data and email through their smartphones, iPADS, netbooks, etc while away from the office. The fortress mentality of old that “we’re the company, and we can build the walls high and tell you what you can and can not do and where you can and can not do it,” is starting to show cracks. As recent events in the Middle East have shown, a small groundswell can eventually lead to collapse of the status quo.
