When to allow non-enterprise owned devices to access corporate systems?
Gartner predicts that by 2007, employee-owned notebook plans will be adopted by at least 20 percent of A-Type companies* as PC and server processors and the operating systems that run on them will no longer be inextricably linked to each other. In addition to allowing multiple operating systems to run on the same device, this new wave of hardware and software-delivered virtualisation also will permit the guest machine to have a locked down corporate image while the host domain may upgrade and load hardware and software at will. What made good sense on the desktop computer of a dedicated white-collar employee who learnt computing at work may not be the right balance for the always-on generation with laptops, multiple home computers and PDAs, etc. – who learned to use a computer before they could even write. Software • Key Decision: When to stop investing in today’s enterprise applications? Gartner cautioned that automatic investment in the software status quo can choke future business s
