BYOD Security Concerns: Does IT Protest Too Much?

28.06.2012

In an enterprise that has already committed to BYOD in a large scale, it's a different proposition. They're talking about a huge savings.

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We're touching on the topic of virtualization on the smartphone or tablet, basically enabling separate areas for business and personal apps and data. Do you think this is where BYOD is going?

Mensel: It's a really cool idea, and you can solve an immense number of problems. But until it works on iOS devices, it's not useful. The whole point of BYOD is that people can bring whatever they want. It's . A substantial portion of the time, it's going to be an iOS device.

Until those mobile hypervisors work on iOS, which isn't going to happen anytime soon, it's a non-starter.