Putting It All Together: How to "Implement" the Consumerization of IT at Your Company

Presenter
Brian Madden, Independent Industry Analyst and Blogger

Okay, so we've spent half a day talking about what consumerization is and all the different products and technologies that you can do to address it. Your brain is full of all these ideas. But now what? When you walk into your office tomorrow, where do you begin? How do you "eat the elephant," as they say? This final 30-minute session will cover the specific steps you can take to actually "do" consumerization. It will cover the specific step-by-step process based on what Brian Madden and Jack Madden have seen in their consulting, with the goal that you can go back and actually take some real steps to be successful with consumerization in your own environment.

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The Consumerization of IT: Part I

Presenter
Brian Madden, Independent Industry Analyst and Blogger

In this first session, I'll set the stage for the consumerization of IT to clear up common misconceptions about what it is and isn't.

The consumerization of IT is more than BYOD/BYOC/BYOPC, mobile device management, web apps and SaaS -- we know how to fix those problems already. It's really about the fact that users can easily go around domain policies and antivirus requirements by utilizing various personal devices and applications like Gmail and DropBox, without IT even knowing. So how do you begin to address this widespread issue? What areas should you really focus on?

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The Consumerization of IT: Part II

Presenter
Brian Madden, Independent Industry Analyst and Blogger

In this second session, I’ll show you how real companies are successfully using BYOD programs, security controls, data loss prevention, desktop virtualization, and more to protect corporate data and regain control of IT. Discover how companies are "giving up" on certain control and security issues to focus their efforts on other areas and explore proven technologies and techniques that can help you get ahead of this evolving end-user trend.

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