The consumerization of IT has led a growing number of organizations to initiate bring your own device (BYOD) programs which permit employees to select their own smartphones, laptops and tablets to satisfy their day-to-day business needs.

According to Gartner, “The rise of BYOD programs is the single most radical shift in the economics of client computing for business since PCs invaded the workplace.”  Only a little more than half of the respondents participating in a recent survey commissioned by Dell said they don’t have a formal policy in place regarding BYOD.

The freedom to acquire the mobile device of their choice is now creating a new challenge for IT: empowered end-users are finding their own apps. Click here to read THINKstrategies’ views in Datamation about these trends and how organizations can respond to these challenges.