With
the concept of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), more ‘n’ more employees are
bringing their own personal devices like Smartphones, Tablets and other Android
devices instead of using the ones offered by the organization. Evolution of
enterprise mobility in India has transformed the way organizations were
carrying their business operations. While the CIOs of the organizations thinks
that BYOD helps them saving costs as they won’t have to buy specific devices
for the employees. But it is not always a truth.
According
to the recent survey, the enterprises that simply say BYOD is all about
productivity and have completely overlooked the cost structure are playing with
a blank check, which has created a huge question mark on the current trend of
enterprise mobility. Enterprise mobility was supposed to help CIOs overcoming
the conventional hardware-buying cycle or at least reduce the cost. For some of
the popular technology giants, the concept of BYOD costs more than the long run
than the company-owned devices.
So
where is actually all the money is going? In this post we’ll try to take a look
at a few of the hidden things that actually consumes more money.
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Expense Reports
Most of the organizations
spend an average of $80 for the company-owned mobile devices, or $10 more than
the concept of BYOD. Initially, you may feel that the enterprise mobility
solutions helps you save a lot money, right? Well, unfortunately that is not a
truth. You will have to take a look at the hidden cost of reimbursing the BYOD
workers as the employee will put a monthly expense report for his/her personal
wireless device’s bill.
Moreover, preparing a
single report will cost at least $18 to process, says Aberdeen, which at the
end drag the cost of the BYOD mobile device bill around $90/month. Sometimes,
employees often expense their entire wireless bill rather than the itemized bill
as it would be almost impossible for the organizations to filter their personal
and professional usage.
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Security,
management, data loss and more
With the concept of Bring
Your Own Device, the IT person within an organization will have to input every
device into a system, punching the phone number, IMEIs and other employee
details manually. It could be a major pain point for the organizations to deal
with the BYOD on an ongoing basis.
Also, there is a huge
amount of costs involved in security and compliance with the BYOD. CIOs of the
organizations will have to invest in a multi-platform mobile device management
solutions and other softwares.
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Help desk support
You will have to invest in
the help desk support as well. With the BYOD, IT departments are unable to
control the actions of the carriers or the devices. However, they are still
responsible to support the BYOD employees without getting any additional
resources. Moreover, the employees can easily fix the problems faced within
their wireless devices. So, the organizations will have to invest in the help
desk support.
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Multi-platform
& multi-department
It is a fact that the
concept BYOD brings more platforms to develop applications
for and support. Opting for the enterprise mobility may lead your organization
to develop a dedicated app for the iPhone or iPad devices. Developing an
internal app can drastically rise with the bring your own device concept.
Moreover, it requires multi-department support as well. So, the company will
have to invest in the multi-department communication process to handle the
issues created in BYOD.
After
going through the above details, do you still think that enterprise mobility
will help you save a lot of cost? Share your views on this!
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