consumerisation of IT - News, Features, and Slideshows

• BYOD: Enterprise must brace for Apple Watch release

  Businesses should brace themselves to deal with a wave of wearables in the workplace, with people almost certain to use the Apple Watch for work tasks according to Telsyte analyst Rodney Gedda.

• Deloitte predicts 're-enterprisation of IT' in 2015

  Stand aside, consumers – the enterprise will drive growth of drones, wearable devices and 3D printing in 2015, according to Deloitte.

• Bunnings drives productivity with iPod Touch rollout

  Bunnings is aggressively developing mobile apps for its retail employees following a deployment last Christmas of 1500 iPod Touch devices to store staff, according to the company's mobility team leader.

• Dropbox lures business users from consumer product

  Dropbox has revealed additional IT admin controls as it continues its bid to lure business customers.

• Wanted: Trailblazers putting 'disruptive technologies to work'

  New Zealand companies invited to enter SuperNova awards by Silicon Valley's Constellation Research

• Beyond the iPhone: A buyer's guide to smartphones in the enterprise

  Once ugly, slow and purely functional, the smartphone has become sleek, fast and at the forefront of technology. And the devices aren’t just for the enterprise — ever since Apple released it's ever-popular iPhone in 2007, more and more consumers have forgone their candybar phones in favour of mobile computers.
  

Whitepapers about consumerisation of IT

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  The new rules of enterprise mobility

  This white paper outlines the driving forces behind businesses establishing corporate application stores, the benefits of such an approach, and what to seek in a solution that supports this strategy. • The next wave of mobility is coming at us in the form of mobile applications. • Savvy companies are deploying commercial and custom mobile applications for their lines of business • Organisations must devise a viable strategy for managing the applications that employees will use on mobile devices

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  Enterprise mobility management smackdown