BYO...laptop?

BYOD..."Bring-Your-Own-Device" seems to be the biggest strategy that companies are now trying to master. Employees expect to be able to bring their own mobile phones, laptops and tablets into the office setting without having a "company device" to also manage but having the convenience of using their own device from home. Sure this seems quite convenient, and maybe cuts some costs here and there, but what does this really mean for companies?

We have outlined some new challenges that will come with this policy from The Globe and Mail's article that provides some more insight on how BYOD will change your business:

 Some issues that IT may run into:

- Employees expect the same degree of advanced technology and services integration in the workplace that they already experience in their personal life

- Employees may threaten you "give me the advanced technology that I know I can have, or I will do it myself"

Aberdeen Group found that the top 20% of performers (defined as Best-in-Class organizations):

- provide mobile access to almost all employees

- recover all but 5% of lost or stolen mobile devices
- improved their personal speed of decision-making by 14% over the prior 12 months, 3.5 times the improvement of Industry Average

Is your company in this top 20%?

If your business has not thought about BYOD or even a mobile strategy as a plan for the next coming months, you are sure to face some struggle with the new demands of the "tech savvy" employee.

To find out some more benefits and reasons to Go-Mobile, check out our previous posts on mobility and our event slides from a previous event we held in Waterloo based on building a mobile strategy NOW!

 

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How Corporate Collaboration Strategy Affects Profits for Retailers Event

Last week Ideaca teamed up with Microsoft to put on an event focused around Corporate Collaboration and Store Portals for Retailers.

John Torella from J.C. Williams Group, gave an inspiring talk that made our attendees realize they need to keep with today's emerging technologies by being a differentiator.

"Surprise and Delight your Customers".
- John Torell

 Rob Alexander-Carew from Microsoft Canada, discussed how to Resolve your Retail Business Challenges

Valerie Prendergast and her team from Ideaca gave an impressive demo showcasing Store & Corporate Collaboration in Practice

The event was a great success, and motivated our retail audience to consider making impactful and necessary changes to their corporate collaboration strategy.

If you missed out on this event, don't worry! We are hoping to have a recording of this session up on our website in the near future. Stay tuned!

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