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Friday, June 06, 2008

Consumer applications in the workplace.

Computer Weekly (3 June 2008, p. 18) reports on how consumer applications used in the workplace "pose a security risk, but they point the way forward for business".

Benefits include staff being able to spot new business uses from blogging, use of photos, collaboration, SMS and mobile location services.

Banning these devices "gives a false sense of security" and "CIOs [...] could cut off significant business improvements and new ways of dealing with customers".