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 Originally Posted by HelloNNNewman
Whoa, what? I'm not sure what industry you are in, or what exposure you have to multiple corporate IT departments, but our company works with ~40 different IT centers currently and your statement is completely at odds with our experience. One surprising item I've found is that 99% of the companies we work with treat the iPad with a "if you want it, get it yourself because there is no way we will officially support it internally" mentality.
Our company is a very large engineering firm supporting multiple organizations and companies (private and government) throughout 3 states (plus my division) and not only does our company (and our partners) assign and require phones to be carried, but don't look for feedback on them as the IT guys are solely responsible for implementation, integration, and security of the networks. They will use BB, Android, webOS, and Win mobile (yet) devices, but they refuse to allow iPhone and iPad access to the networks. For tablet and netbook computers, all these networks are staying with enterprise devices (MS) - and may look into Android, but not for a year or two. I'm sure there are companies that bring in iPads, but it's certainly far from being a 'standard' for companies to adopt them.
I agree that most companies try to lock down technology and not worry about user preference. However, most end-user technology finds its entry point through user demand. Think about desktop computers, laptops, email, etc. That stuff was sneaking in while "IT" focused on mainframes. Certainly it is not the same for every company, but a large part of the success seen by iPhone and iPad is because executives get one and bring it to work. If the president of your company says he wants you to support his new iPhone... I'm pretty sure that will happen and others will line up behind him asking for the same support.
It is also becoming a strategy for cost containment through virtualization. Users can use whatever they want and just deliver corporate access through virtual desktops.
Here is an example of what I am talking about. Keep in mind these guys have much to gain since they happen to sell the technology that makes this possible... but I've seen it work. It's the fastest growing segment of virtualization technology.
A Look at Bring Your Own Devices in the Enterprise » ocb - Citrix Community
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