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Half of world's companies to embrace BYOD by 2017

About half of the world's companies will adopt BYOD programs by 2017 and will no longer provide computing devices to employees, a new Gartner report predicts.
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Canadian Tire CTO impressed with BlackBerry Q10's long battery life

Canadian Tire began issuing thousands of BlackBerry Q10 smartphones to corporate employees in Toronto on Monday after rolling out Z10 models weeks earlier.

BYOD, or else. Companies will soon require that workers use their own smartphone on the job

A Gartner study released today predicts that by 2017, half of all companies will require employees to bring their own smartphones for work purposes.

Half of companies will require BYOD by 2017, Gartner says

About half of the world's companies will enact BYOD (bring your own device) programs by 2017 and will no longer provide computing devices to employees, a new Gartner report predicts.

'Dual personality' could morph into Jekyll and Hyde for Samsung and BlackBerry

BlackBerry and Samsung have separately launched security and management software with dual-personality features for their latest Z10 and Galaxy S4 smartphones, both designed to meet the demands of a growing BYOD marketplace.

BYOD worries in mind, Novell and NTP bust out secure mobile file sharing

Novell and NTP today announced their own versions of mobile file-sharing applications, both of which take advantage of a corporation's existing infrastructure to offer access to data behind the firewall.

More than 6 out of 10 companies approve of personal device use for work

CompTIA's second annual Trends in Mobility study found that 64% of companies allow, or mandate, the use of employee-owned devices, with most stating that improving productivity is the main driver.

Efficiency on the rise as BYOD expands at Intel

Intel has expanded a BYOD program that it calls a resounding success, providing around 5 million hours of annual productivity gains last year.

BlackBerry extends Balance dual-personality features to Android, iOS

BlackBerry today announced technology designed to securely separate work and personal data on Android and iOS smartphones and tablets, as its Balance software does for new BlackBerry 10 devices.

Productivity gains spur Intel to expand BYOD program

Intel has expanded its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) program, which has been a resounding success, providing around 5 million hours of annual productivity gains last year, the company said.

Mobile management morphs

Customers are pushing the limits of the software -- asking it to manage and do many more things than it was originally created to do -- and vendors are happy to oblige.

Block rogue apps with Windows Server -- for free

It is a lot of work to set up policies; it takes trial and some error, too. But the payoffs are huge.

7 cool consumer technologies coming soon to a cubicle near you

Move over, tablets and smartphones. Here are seven user technologies that are heading into the office.

As BYOD explodes, IT managers learn to cope

Five tech departments share strategies for navigating the exploding demand for consumer gadgets at work. Insider (registration required)

Running the ROI numbers on BYOD

With hard data in short supply, the true value of bring-your-own-device policies is in the eye of the beholder. Insider (registration required)

Jack Gold: Has BYOD peaked?

Expect enterprises to start instituting stricter policies to make BYOD a more secure and cost-effective policy.

How to talk security so people will listen (and comply!)

Sure you want users to comply with security edicts, but would you phish your own employees or share your company's hack history? At least some CIOs say yes.

Scot Finnie: Personal data syncing to the cloud is broken; let's fix it

The vendors behind sync services seem to be more interested in positioning their wares against competitors than in delivering solid services that integrate with a variety of platforms.

Best BYOD management: Work zones for smartphones

New containerization technologies can help BYOD initiatives succeed by creating separate spaces on smartphones for work and personal use.

Top tools for BYOD management

When we tested mobile device management (MDM) last year, the products were largely focused on asset management - provisioning, protecting and containing mobile devices. Insider (registration required)