Mobile working introduces new challenges, staff want to use their personal devices known as (BYOD) Bring your own device to work form anywhere anytime, global workforce and operations are the new drivers. Therefore is it a question of software and hardware? We all agree that on the majority of occasions, when staff are given the tools a task in hand will be completed. Of course the road warrior may have personal preferences not only to use their own tools but how they use personal online and file sharing accounts without any formal IT approval.
How do you control these factors, is the question just about software and hardware. No far from it, security, compliance and data leaks in the workplace present real IT challenges. Looking at this from a firm’s perspective we have to protect company data, assets and ensure security is met. How do we do this! Firms must consider asking for help with implementing managed IT infrastructures. Architecture and design of the IT Infrastructure needs to leverage existing investments, mobilize workflows such as SharePoint and network shares with no data migration. Yes it can be done! No migration. We are in a consumerization phase of IT, it is very much about my workspace, my devices, my apps and my data? The adoption of Cloud means users are able to check out, edit, save and then check in documents into tools like SharePoint from their mobile devices. The Cloud is enabling such global reach for firms all within the data sovereignty regulations if IT infrastructures are designed and implemented correctly.
Ask for help, look at how data is stored, accessed, synced and shared. The road warrior needs instant file share and data access from any device, file share with anyone and most importantly it be easy and familiar to use. We have found with the correct architecture and a combination of mobile device management tools, together with “follow me data” compliance based technologies for collaboration meets corporate data security, compliance reporting and auditing, including device security, enabling remote wipe and device locking if a device is lost or stolen and not limited to include data expirations policies for mobile devices and data.