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Employee Use of Mobile
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Devices Not Up to Enterprise
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Consumerization of IT continues to cause digital
Affiliate Program Security Standards
disruption as new technologies enter the market

IDG Enterprise—the enterprise technology graphic).
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devices, despite less than a quarter of them of the security risks of accessing and sharing
of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) research,
CEO, IDG Enterprise. “Organizations are
receiving mobile security training, according
corporate information on mobile devices,”
highlighting the impact CITE adoption has
working to mitigate risk and build secu-
to new research from the Ponemon Institute
said Paula Skokowski, CMO of Accellion.
IN THE
on the enterprise; integration of cloud, apps
rity that enables employees and the busi-
and Accellion, Inc., the leading provider of
“Employees looking to use mobile devices to be
and mobile device management; and the
nesses to use CITE technology to move
enterprise mobile solutions that enable increased
more productive, continue to download and use
next wave of consumer technologies IT
the business into the digital era and create
productivity while ensuring data security and
potentially harmful apps and do not understand
IP TELEPHONY decision-makers need to consider.
improved employee productivity and cus-
compliance.
the security implications of these actions.”
he recently competed study, he Security
CITE Adoption Results in New
tomer satisfaction.”
he study revealed that employees are
Impact of Mobile Device Use by Employees, found Policies and IT Purchases
CITE: More than Just Smartphones
increasingly using mobile devices to be
MARKET
that 88 percent of respondents are accessing
productive:
The proliferation of personal devices
and Tablets
62 percent say direct and convenient mobile
conidential information on mobile devices. his
being used for work purposes has required
LinkedIn, Skype and other consumer
is the new workplace reality, and enterprises need
access to corporate information is essential if they
the majority of organizations (82%) to
or individual services are the cloud-based
to implement solutions that will enable mobile
are to be productive.
make changes, from creating policies on services most used by employees (90%)
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percent say it was not efective in reducing the
information at risk with BYOD and BYOC
nization. To support a culture of employees
MDM use is more prevalent at enterprise
security risks created by the use of mobile devices.
activities, but 75% believe others in their company
working in the ofice and at home, over
organizations (1,000+ employees) and it is
Employees are also unaware of the risk of using
are doing so.
the next two years more organizations will
used on both company issued and employee
unapproved mobile apps for work:
To read the entire study, please download the
support employee owned smart phones and
owned mobile devices. While MDM offers
66 percent of respondents say they have
report at tinyurl.com/qe8kbl2
a level of control not previously available,
tablets and 83% of organizations will invest
downloaded and used mobile apps that do not
there still is uncertainty if MDM solutions in mobile technologies. The approval of
have the approval of their company.
can mitigate risk. Enterprise organizations consumer devices in the workplace is well
Only 19 percent of respondents say they made
and SMB organizations (< 1,000 employ- received by employees; CITE will have a
sure the apps they downloaded did not contain
ees) face different challenges with MDM implwemwenwta.tieonle.cEonmterperiselloerrg.acnoizmations
positive impact on user satisfaction (69%),
viruses or malware.
and user productivity (66%) over the next
Only 22 percent of respondents say they think
12-18 months (check out the CITE info-
See CONSUMERIZATION, page 27

OUTLOOK

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and risk-taking tend to fall. Investors are March 2014 MCI Survey
said to be conident when the news about Comments from Industry Executive
the future is good and stock prices are ris- Leadership:
ing.
Who participates in the MCI-EFI?
Bank, Small Ticket
The respondents are comprised of a “We continue to see strong growth in
wide cross section of industry executives, both applications and origination volume.
including large-ticket, middle-market and We are optimistic that this trend will con- tinue as we close out the irst quarter. In
small-ticket banks, independents and cap- addition, portfolio performance in terms of
tive equipment inance companies. The delinquencies remains very low.” David
MCI-EFI uses the same pool of 50 organi- Schaefer, CEO, Mintaka Financial, LLC
zation leaders to respond monthly to ensure Independent, Middle Ticket
the survey’s integrity. Since the same orga- “New business volume targets in our
nizations provide the data from month to month, the results constitute a consistent truck transportation business continue to be
barometer of the industry’s conidence.
met or exceeded by our over 2,300 dealers
nationwide in the U.S., suggesting contin-
How is the MCI-EFI designed?
The survey consists of seven questions ued strength in the economy.” William
and an area for comments, asking the Besgen, President & COO, Hitachi Capital
respondents’ opinions about the following: America Corp.
• Current business conditions
Bank, Middle Ticket
• Expected product demand over the next
“The overall economy is fair; however,
four months
I do see an increase in capital expendi-
• Access to capital over the next four
tures in 2014. The capital expenditures
months
will be made to reduce labor cost and/or
• Future employment conditions
replace outdated or worn out equipment.”
• Evaluation of the current U.S. economy Elaine Temple, President, Bancorpsouth
• U.S. economic conditions over the next
Equipment Finance
six months
• Business development spending expecta-
Why an MCI-EFI?
tions
Conidence in the U.S. economy and the
• Open-ended question for comment capital markets is a critical driver to the
• How may I access the MCI-EFI? %
equipment inance industry. Throughout history, when conidence increases, con-
sumers and businesses are more apt to
Survey results are posted on the Foundation website, acquire more consumer goods, equipment
http://www.leasefoundation.org/IndRsrcs/MCI/
and durables, and invest at prevailing pric-
es. When conidence decreases, spending

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