Who Employees Using your employees' private end devices in a legally compliant manner in the company is a topic that is still discussed by many Ask raises - especially for HR departments.

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What is Consumerization?

The current trend “Bring your own device”, or BYOD for short, sounds so simple and logical: Employees no longer get a company cell phone, but use their own smartphones, emergencyebooks and tablets even at work.

They have them anyway, without employers can prevent it. Consumerization is therefore also called BYOD.

According to a survey by IT-Company Citrix Systems already has 31 percent of the companies surveyed worldwide bring-your-own-device guidelines, with which they regulate how employees can also use their own devices for work. Another 37 percent to plan Implementation in the next two years.

Happier and more productive employees?

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This is not only cheaper for the company at first glance, the employees are also happy – and are said to work even better.

A multi-year study conducted by TNS Global Research on behalf of Dell and Intel shows that freedom of choice in the Technology Employee productivity increases because employees are more aware, freer and more flexible on their needs adapted for a terminal decide.

What do BYOD guidelines do?

But caution is advised, consumerisation raises a number of technical and legal questions: Above all, it has to be on the end devices Job and private are strictly separated.

If, for example, professional data is synchronized with private contacts, calendars or cloud services, company data is at risk, and vice versa, privately used applications pose a significant security risk for ITSystem of the company. For this Problem Various technical solutions are available:

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Security for the company

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So you can install on the devices an application that manages an encrypted data container with all official data and access. The Frauenhofer Institute has developed such software with BizzTrust. Another possibility is the company data also in the

To let processing on the company's servers. However, it always requires a working Internet connection that can not be guaranteed in rural areas or abroad. It is safe to install different virtual machines.

A trendsetting trend

However, this requires deep interventions in the operating system that void the manufacturer's warranty and require special drivers that are not available for all devices. Finally, newer smartphones have them Solution ready on board: Here you can easily switch between different user profiles.

No doubt, consumerization is a trend-setting trend that companies should be aware of. It would be a mistake, however, to see it as a pure cost-saving measure: employers who want to introduce BYOD guidelines should also deal in detail with the disadvantages and examine different technical solutions. Because data loss can be expensive.

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