Your Corporate Mobile Policy: Its Time to Stop Procrastinating!
Posted by Jennifer Burns on Fri, Apr 30, 2010
With over 90% of companies today have employees using smartphones within their organizations (according to Strategy Analytics), there is an area that needs to be immediately addressed by all. You need a company-wide mobile policy. It is an absolute essential! At a minimum, a strongly defined and enforced mobile policy can help keep expenses in control, protect your data, and produce a more efficient workforce. It can even ensure that your organization is not held liable for employee-incurred damages.
I understand that creating a corporate mobile policy is easier said then done. Until now. During a webinar we hosted today, Philippe Winthrop, our guest speaker discussed this topic in depth and he shared an AWESOME FREE TOOL for IT and LoB decision makers who are struggling to define a mobility policy for their organization. The document provides a number of policies and sample language that you can use to build your policy. Click here or visit theemf.org to download it.
By now, you all know that I am a Tip sharing junkie...so here are two that were uncovered during the webinar.
#1 Create a task force that includes individuals from different areas in your organization to help create your policy. Solicit members from IT (obviously), HR, the executive team, Sales, and so on. All of these areas help bring in different perspectives to ensure your policy is in line with productivity, purchasing profiles, security needs, etc.
#2 Your mobile policy should be updated, reviewed and signed by employees annually at a minimum. And don't forget about new hires...they should see it as soon as that Blackberry hits their palm.
So there, no more excuses..stop procrastinating!
by walknboston