Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) Survival Guide

Where end-users once queued up to ask the IT department for permission to buy a new computer or a new version of software, they are now bypassing IT altogether and buying it on their own. From laptops and smartphones to iPads and virtually unlimited software apps, end-users have tasted their freedom and love it. IT will simply never be the same.Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) Survival Guide explains the psycho-techno phenomenon also known as bring your own technology (BYOT). Providing the guidance necessary for living in this new world, it describes the new end-users (Millennials) and their demands, as well as the strategic and tactical ramifications of these demands.Examining the business aspects of BYOD—selection, purchasing, and corporate culture—the book covers the broad range of technical considerations including selection, connectivity, training, support, and security. It also includes an extensive set of best practices.The book is geared for the small- to medium-size enterprise that needs to integrate BYOD into their environment. It addresses topics such as content and data management, risk assessment, performance measurement, management, and even configuration management.The text includes a set of Quick Start guides that provide tips for such things as assessing costs, cloud integration, and even legal issues. There is also a full set of appendices that supply helpful information on everything from security settings for Apple iOS devices to a sample employee mobile device agreement.Table of ContentConsumerization of IT. New generation of workers. Good idea or bad. The technology aspects of BYOT: virtualization, connecting to the network, etc. Business aspects of BYOT: selection, purchasing, corporate culture. Training. Support. Security. Best practices in deploying BYOT. Resources. Appendices.Biographical NoteJessica Keyes is president of New Art Technologies, Inc., a high technology and management consultancy and development firm started in New York in 1989. She has given seminars for such prestigious universities as Carnegie Mellon, Boston University, University of Illinois, James Madison University and San Francisco State University.Keyes is a frequent keynote speaker on the topics of competitive strategy and productivity and quality. She is former advisor for DataPro, McGraw-Hill's computer research arm, as well as a member of the Sprint Business Council. Keyes is also a founding Board of Director member of the New York Software Industry Association. She has recently completed a two-year term on the Mayor of New York City's Small Business Advisory Council. She is currently a professor of computer science at Fairleigh Dickinson University's graduate center as well as the University of Phoenix, where she is the Area Chair for Programming and Operating Systems, and Virginia Tech. She is the former editor-in-chief of CRC Press' Information Management and Systems Development Management.Prior to founding New Art, Keyes was Managing Director of R&D for the New York Stock Exchange and has been an officer with Swiss Bank Co. and Banker's Trust, both in New York City. She holds a Masters of Business Administration from New York University, and a doctorate in Management. She is a member of the Kappa Delta Pi, Beta Gamma Sigma and Delta Mu Delta honorary societies.A noted columnist and correspondent with over 200 articles published, Keyes is the author of the following books:The New Intelligence: AI in Financial Services, HarperBusiness, 1990The Handbook of Expert Systems in Manufacturing, McGraw-Hill, 1991Infotrends: The Competitive Use of Information, McGraw-Hill, 1992The Software Engineering Productivity Handbook, McGraw-Hill, 1993The Handbook of Multimedia, McGraw-Hill, 1994The Productivity Paradox, McGraw-Hill, 1994Technology Trendlines, Van Nostrand Reinhold 1995How to be a Successful Internet Consultant, McGraw-Hill 1997Webcasting, McGraw-Hill 1997Datacasting, McGraw-Hill, 1997The Handbook of Technology in Financial Services, Auerbach, 1998The Handbook of Internet Management , Auerbach, 1999The Handbook of eBusiness, Warren, Gorham & Lamont, 2000The Ultimate Internet Sourcebook, Amacom, 2001How to be a successful Internet consultant, 2nd Ed, Amacom, 2002Software Engineering Handbook, Auerbach 2002Real World Configuration Management, Auerbach 2003Balanced Scorecard, Auerbach, 2005Knowledge Management, Business Intelligence, and Content Management: The IT Practitioner's Guide, Auerbach 2006X Internet: The Executable and Extendable Internet, Auerbach 2007Leading IT Projects: The IT Manager's Guide, Auerbach 2008Marketing IT Products and Services, Auerbach, 2009Balanced Scorecard and the Project Manager, Auerbach 2010Social Software Engineering: Development and Collaboration with Social Networking, Auerbach 2011