Legacy Application Mobility, is the Answer Surprisingly Simple?
The significant benefits of mobility were highlighted in a recent Microsoft paper. The paper went further than most, stating some quantifiable bottom line benefits for mobile application access; claiming that mobility “leads to 30% improvement in processes and 23% more productivity – and 100% more satisfied employees”. This enthusiasm and willingness to drive value for the business outside of the typical work hours, or office location, can no longer be dismissed. So, what is stopping organisations tapping into this extra productivity, and why are organisations that rely on legacy applications, such as Mainframe, Unix, IBM i, Pick or even Multi-Value systems finding it
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They have previously been physically guarded, so the idea of making them available on an unregulated mobile device can be especially jarring. It’s important to remember though, that organisations who choose not to enable employee mobility are not immune to this risk. The latest Forrester State of Enterprise Mobile Security report, by Chris Sherman points out that “employees are going to continue to purchase and use whatever devices and apps they need to serve customers and be highly productive, whether or not these devices are company-sanctioned”. Whether you embrace of shun mobility, your employees are likely to try and find their own mobile workaround. Is this a barrier too high, or could there be a solution?
What there was a mobile app that would spontaneously give users a responsive, touch screen, replica of the on premise applications they use to complete their day to day tasks? The app would work on all devices and operating systems automatically, even those that haven’t been released yet. It would be as secure and performant as the in-house applications and you wouldn’t have to develop it at all. It would just work. That sounds wildly unrealistic and in some ways, it is. There is no app that will do all of those things, apps by their nature are specifically developed for their destined OS; but apps are not a requisite for mobility. They are often lumped together and assumed the same, but there is an alternative route to mobility that allows you
Providing wireless access to the employees would be beneficial for the organization in several ways. Cellular phones, laptops and tablets are all mobile devices that an employee can take with them whether it is within the same building or away from the office. Allowing an employee to access the network through a digital device at any location would improve availability to information when needed. For example, a sales person is away from the office making connections with product companies and he needs the part number of the products they specifically use in the shop, he can search for the information he needs by logging into to the network, through a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection, with his phone or tablet and pull those numbers. The sales person can also pull real time inventory reports that are accurate and up to
Many issues have surfaced, including what legal access an employer has to information on a personally owned device. In a recent study, 60% of employers indicated that they currently allow employees to use their personal phones, tablets, or laptops to access company information, or conduct business from the device. In addition, 14% of the respondents indicated that they don’t currently allow such use, but plan to implement a plan to do so within the next year. This new trend, referred to as “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) blurs the distinction of what is acceptable monitoring by an employer. Upon review of the website PrivacyRights.org, an employer can do the following on an employee owned device: “Locking, disabling and data wiping, access to the device, access to phone records or contacts, access to social media or other account username and passwords, monitor GPS and location information, view web browsing history, view pictures, video, or other media, view personal emails, view chat and messaging histories, and limit the use of cloud services.” (Clearinghouse, 2014) To protect both the employee and the employer, it is vital that an employer develop a BYOD policy, which clearly outlines the ramifications of what the employer does and does not have access to. In doing so, if a dispute were to arise
Mobile computing is growing at an extremely rapid rate and you can see it everywhere you go. You are probably doing it yourself multiple times a day and don’t even realize it. Phones, laptops, tablets, cloud storage and wireless networks that we use everyday are just a few elements of mobile computing. A survey listed by Bowles states that 26% of smartphone users makes them feel like they are being more productive than without them. (Bowles 2013) I can remember taking typing class in high school and now almost every school in America issues tablets to their students.
Other types of risks could be the using of personal device at work. This principle is known as BYOD. BYOD is an IT policy where employees are allowed or encouraged to use their personal mobile device such as phones, tablets, and laptops to access enterprise data and systems. BYOD can expose a company network, and easily attract more attackers. Not only this kind of principle help the company, but it also can cause a serious security breach. Data theft is at high vulnerability when employees are using mobile devices, and particularly their own to share data, access company information, or neglect to change mobile passwords. It is important that a company that allows its employees to use their own devices to list BYOD in their risks list. To
As a first line of defense, many organizations enforce ActiveSync policies, preinstalled in most consumer mobile devices, to enforce password protection and remote wipe and lock. More sophisticated IT departments may request the installation of additional mobile device management software agents to extend corporate IT reach into any application and functionality of your device. While security and manageability are legitimate concerns for the company, most BYOD programs rely on IT tools that don’t make a clear separation between personal and corporate data and applications. As a result, in case of unauthorized access a real or presumed situation the whole content of the device is more or less likely to be deleted and the device will be unusable. In regards to privacy, from a legal standpoint the fact that the employee owns the device holds no bearing in the event of litigation. As mentioned earlier regarding discovery, the court may require forensic review of all devices in connection with the litigation. An employee participating in a company’s BYOD program may be asked to produce their personal devices for a third party examination. The employee will have to make any personal information stored in the device accessible. This also includes the history of websites visited; songs and movies download and played copies of financial
Employee interaction on all devices are relatively the same and have similar impact on all systems. Some companies are allowing you to bring your own device (BYOD) to work for an enhanced work experience and increased productivity. Some of the benefits from this are no tracking of daily productivity, the comfortability of having your own device, and lower costs to maintain company property. Depending on the size of your company BYOD could be extremely beneficial and allow the employees to take on much of the burden of debt to work at the company. The average mobile device cost approximately three hundred dollars and if you have anywhere from 10 to 20 employees that could raise the cost to about 500 dollars. Apple and windows users tend to be more familiar with their devices so it is easier to manipulate their business requirements as they need. Lastly, having the flexibility to utilize one device vice several saves a lot of discomfort whether on business or official travel. The ability to have your own dedicated
It would be hard for companies to implement a policy against the use of cell phones while driving on business for many reasons. One big reason this would be difficult is because of the lack of control and regulation you have over the employees' vehicle or cell phone. The second big reason this would be difficult is because of the liability issue in implementing such a policy. If a policy were to be put in place it would need to be very specific and include different scenarios to make it clear to the employee what they should
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