BYOD to last long among Enterprises: Says Research

According to the findings of the 2013 multi-market BYOX (Bring-Your-Own-Anything) employee study, Ovum has revealed that there is no sign of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) disappearing as nearly 70% of the employees are using their own personal device to access corporate data .

Ovum's research study shows that 67.8% employees bring their own smartphones to work, and 15.4% of these do so without the IT department's knowledge and 20.9% do so in spite of an anti-BYOD policy.

Richard Absalom, Consumer Impact Technology Analyst, Ovum, said, "Trying to stand in the path of consumerized mobility is likely to be a damaging and futile exercise. We believe businesses are better served by exploiting this behaviour to increase employee engagement and productivity, and promote the benefits of enterprise mobility."

He further stated, "The thread that runs through all of the data is that IT is not keeping up with the changing demands and behaviour patterns of the new mobilized, consumerized workforce. Nowhere is this clearer than in the BYOA data. If employees are sourcing their own applications to do their job, then IT is not delivering the right tools or a good enough user experience for its employees."

Ovum's research also showcases the rise of the Bring-Your-Own-Application (BYOA) trend among employees. Ovum found that 25.6% of employees discovered their own enterprise social networking apps, while 22.1% and 30.7% of employees discovered their own file sync and share apps and IM/VoIP apps, respectively.