Submission + - BYOC: Should employees buy their own computers? (bbc.co.uk) 1
Local ID10T writes: "Data security vs productivity. We have all heard the arguments. Most of us use some of our personal equipment for work, but is it a good idea?
"You are at work. Your computer is five years old, runs Windows XP. Your company phone has a tiny screen and doesn't know what the internet is. Idling at home are a snazzy super-fast laptop, and your own smartphone is barred from accessing work e-mail. There's a reason for that: IT provisioning is an expensive business. Companies can struggle to keep up with the constant rate of technological change. The devices employees have at home and in their pockets are often far more powerful than those provided for them. So what if you let your staff use their own equipment?"
Companies such as Microsoft, Intel, Kraft, Citrix, and global law firm SNR Denton seem to think so."
"You are at work. Your computer is five years old, runs Windows XP. Your company phone has a tiny screen and doesn't know what the internet is. Idling at home are a snazzy super-fast laptop, and your own smartphone is barred from accessing work e-mail. There's a reason for that: IT provisioning is an expensive business. Companies can struggle to keep up with the constant rate of technological change. The devices employees have at home and in their pockets are often far more powerful than those provided for them. So what if you let your staff use their own equipment?"
Companies such as Microsoft, Intel, Kraft, Citrix, and global law firm SNR Denton seem to think so."
False economy (Score:2)
Dear managers of the world, some higher mathematics
Anyone doing any sort of technical work ought to have a new computer at least every 2 years, probably with a mid-stream upgrade. Anyone else ought to have a computer no more than 4 years old.
Of course, TFA implies that the two of the three