From: Brookings Institution
Kena Fedorschak, Kevin C. Desouza and Gregory Dawson
The rate at which technology evolves has increased rapidly in past years. The pace of change presents a challenge to all levels of government that must quickly react to nascent technologies. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are two such technological trends that have transformed how business operates in the United States and should change the way that government functions as well.
BYOD refers to an emphasis on device interoperability wherein organizations allow employees, customers, and citizens to seamlessly connect their own devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets, and laptops) to internal networks. According to a study released by Cisco and reported by Forbes, companies can save up to $3,150 per employee by implementing a comprehensive BYOD solution and 95 percent of organizations allow some form of BYOD and 36 percent provide full support of the strategy. Gartner calls BYOD the “most radical change in the economics and the culture of client computing in decades” and expects that, by 2017, half of all companies will have mandatory BYOD policies.
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