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  • Some people believe that letting users have their own personal devices actually makes data *more* secure. Wait, WTF?!?

    Believe it or not, there are actually ways that the consumerization of IT can make data more secure. How? Call it the “pride-of-ownership” effect. If you give your end users cool devices or let them to use their corporate devices for personal reasons, they’ll take better care of them. Eric Lai deserves credit for bringing this to our attention with his comment on last week’s...
    Published Nov 30 2011 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,945 views, 0 comments
  • Podcast: Brian & Gabe discuss FUIT with Chetan Venkatesh

    we welcomed Chetan Venkatesh ( @chetan_ ) into the BGLive Studios. Chetan is the founder and CTO of Atlantis Computing, as well as a two- (or three-?) time BriForum speaker. We discussed some consumerization issues and how we came up with FUIT. Transcript Brian: – so in our last twelve minutes here, let’s kind of shift gears, and get away from talking about VDI and IOPs, and user installed...
    Published Nov 29 2011 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 690 views, 0 comments
  • FUIT: Working around your company's email restrictions

    Note: If you haven't read the introduction to this type of post, FUIT posts are written in a somewhat snarky way, with a fake company and situations that, while true, don't necessarily reflect stuff that we (as in Brian and I) actually do. All we're doing is talking about what's going on already in organizations, trying to raise awareness by exposing the methods people are using to...
    Published Nov 29 2011 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,792 views, 0 comments
  • FUIT: An ongoing series about how users are getting around your company's policies (even YOUR company)

    When we first hatched the concept of this site, we wanted to call it FUIT.com and dedicate a sizable portion of it to talking about the ways that users are saying "F--- You" to IT by circumventing the roadblocks and policies that organizations put into place (those roadblocks, policies, and the people that implement them will be referred to as "The Powers" from here on out in these...
    Published Nov 29 2011 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,909 views, 0 comments
  • Motorola attempts to thwart BYOD efforts, claiming it's actually more expensive

    Last week Frank Ohlhorst wrote a story for eWeek talking about how Motorola is turning away from BYOD and the Consumerization of IT . From his story: While many companies and IT shops are embracing BYOD, Motorola Solutions is looking to derail those BYOD efforts with innovative technologies that not only meet the needs of the user but also fit into the IT department's ability to manage and govern...
    Published Nov 22 2011 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,788 views, 0 comments
  • Welcome to Part 2

    Welcome to ConsumerizeIT.com! This website is the living "Part 2" of an article I wrote six months ago on BrianMadden.com called " The Consumerization of IT: Why most vendors get it wrong, and why it's a real challenge today. " That article was an introduction to the Consumerization of IT movement and the problems it poses for today's IT pros. Unfortunately that article...
    Published Nov 21 2011 by ConsumerizeIT.com , 1,684 views, 0 comments