BYOD Trends Encourage Innovation Across Industries, Phaneesh Murthy of iGATE Discusses Potential

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- According to IT professional and iGATE CEO Phaneesh Murthy, BYOD policies pose many challenges for businesses—but they also provide technology companies with numerous opportunities to innovate. BYOD refers to the "bring your own device" policies that more and more companies are implementing, allowing employees to bring their own tablets and smartphones to work and to use them via the company's network. BYOD policies pose numerous security challenges, and indeed, many companies struggle to regulate these policies effectively. To prove his point, Murthy points to a recent Forbes article, which addresses many of these complex issues; Murthy has issued a press statement, as well, commenting on the Forbes piece and on the future of BYOD policies in general.

Forbes notes that more and more enterprises are offering BYOD support, and yet many of these companies face difficulties as they seek to keep corporate content secure. At the same time, these companies often face employee backlash at the prospect of IT departments controlling personal mobile devices. As such, many technology innovators, such as Samsung and VMWare, are seeking to develop comprehensive BYOD solutions.

Phaneesh Murthy comments on the growing need for these innovations. "Thanks to innovations from companies like Google and Apple, smartphones and other convergent hand-held devices have become ubiquitous in nature," he opines, in his new press statement. "Corporations need to realize the employee sentiment and encourage BYOD as much possible, of course keeping in mind enterprise security and data protection. Information today has become real-time, and employees in a workplace will always want to be connected with the world outside in real time through social apps and other platforms."

Continues Murthy, "This has always been an concern with major corporations that often have the fear of data exposure and security. It is important for the CIO's office in all companies to put together the right kind of security framework and yet allow the freedom of choice for employees to bring in their own devices and be able to seamlessly plug in and out of the enterprise."

The Forbes article lists some of the specific ways in which technology developers are seeking to improve BYOD security functions, including app- and hardware-specific security programs.

Phaneesh Murthy currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of iGATE, a noteworthy IT innovation and business solutions firm.

ABOUT:

Phaneesh Murthy is the CEO of iGATE, an innovative agency that seeks to provide business outcomes through proprietary methods of technological integration. Having worked with more than 300 active global clients, iGATE has a strong understanding of the modern business world and its needs. iGATE is the pioneer in delivering business outcomes-based solutions where the clients pay for results they achieve and not for the efforts and time put in by the iGATE team. Through the five core values of citizenship, innovation, passion, respect and excellence, iGATE has become a service provider for customers across numerous industries, including some that are listed as Fortune 1000 companies. Murthy is both the firm's leader and its public ambassador, frequently opining on the latest trends shaping IT.

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