A lot of companies are jumping on the BYOD smartphone bandwagon. VMware, for instance, enacted a that is similar to Ingram Micro's. BYOD benefits range from to cost savings, although the idea that BYOD leads to cost savings has stirred controversy. (For more on this, check out .)

It should be noted that BYOD smartphones are far ahead of other devices, such as BYOD iPads. Ingram Micro has BYOD iPad and Mac programs, although these programs are not mandated. In some cases, enterprise iPad rollouts fall flat. For instance, when the city of , adoption was surprisingly slow.

Ingram Micro's BYOD smartphone initiative differs from most others because of its scale. That is, Ingram Micro wants to mandate BYOD smartphones for more than 4,000 phones spread out in some 40 countries.

The global nature of the rollout has led to a legal quagmire, as a sweeping BYOD policy needed to be examined country by country. Ingram Micro project manager Jason Conner has spent countless hours in meetings with HR, finance and the legal department hashing out issues such as smartphone stipends and privacy.