Resourcery, Cisco Partner on BYOD Technology Solution

Resourcery Plc, a leading systems Integrator in West Africa in partnership with Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in networking, is organizing a one-day business session for Technology Executives and I.T Managers tagged;“Cisco BYOD,…bringing flexibility to the work place.”

Speaking at a media briefing to announce the event, Mr. Adewale Oniyide, business solution manager, Data Security (Resourcery) noted that it’s estimated that in the next three years, the number of mobile networked devices would have grown to 15 billion globally.

As a result, it’s expected that employees across the globe would advocate for the right to use their own devices on the company’s network.

This means organizations must brace up for this development by making adequate I.T investment so that they are not caught unprepared.

Oniyide said; “Resourcery in partnership with Cisco is prepared to help business organizations in Nigeria successfully manage the BYOD transition so that they can effectively connect applications, resources and users, regardless of the device and the location. This would be achieved with high level of security, reliability and seamlessness. We all know that “work” is no longer a destination, but what you do—anywhere, anytime, on any device. That is why we call it transformation driven by mobility and the cloud.”

He also said: “There is no doubt that adopting BYOD comes with a set of challenges for the IT organization. Many of the benefits of BYOD, such as having the choice of any device and anywhere, anytime access, are somewhat antithetical to traditional IT requirements for security and support. However, this event provides a first-hand demonstration of how these challenges can be effectively managed without compromising the organization’s security or I.T requirements.”

Jideofor Onwuemelu, Cisco’s territory business manager, (Nigeria) noted that we all know that the standard practice in most, if not all organizations is that the I.T department pre-determines a list of approved workplace devices like desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets.

Employees are in most cases not allowed to bring in their personal devices for work on the company’s network. With Cisco BYOD however, I.T managers need to approach the problem differently because devices are evolving so rapidly that it is becoming impractical to pre-approve each and every one.

In order to benefit from this trend, Mr. Onwuemelu said: “I.T managers need to establish, at a macro level, what types of devices they will permit to access their networks. This may perhaps exclude a category or brand(s) due to unacceptable security readiness or other factors. Support must also be considered, such as adopting more IT-assisted and self-support models.”

He added that: “This business session provides an ample opportunity for us to demonstrate to our customers, the business benefits of the CISCO Bring Your Own Device technology. At the end of the session, technology executives present should be able to do more than just add a device to their network because Cisco BYOD Smart Solution would transform their workspace and boost their organizations’ productivity. Adopting the technology would also simplify general I.T operations by delivering an uncompromising work-your-way user experience backed with a unified policy.”