Right now, the average person owns 3.64 devices - smartphones, laptops, tablets, wearables or consoles - with estimates that we’ll hit 4.3 devices per person by 2020. We’re already seeing a shift toward a mobile-first society. Although not all of these devices are work devices, the average employee in the US uses at least 3 devices per day for work activities. To date, organizations have struggled to manage such a vast number and variety of devices, many of which are employee-owned (whether sanctioned or not). There’s a reason that Shadow IT has been on the rise.
We’re already seeing a shift toward a #mobile-first society. https://t.co/VrsWtOF0Ac
— Absolute (@absolutecorp) May 19, 2016
Some organizations have attempted to curb the endpoint risk by restricting employees to fewer devices. Restrictive policies typically fail because they clamp down on the productivity these devices offer. The number of devices is not redundant, but rather an extension of how people work. Donald Farmer discusses why employees use multiple devices for ITPro, including:
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