Snydeq writes "Companies are no longer waiting for users to bring in their own smartphones and tablets into job environments, they're likely it, InfoWorld reports. 'Two of the most highly regulated industries — commercial casework and health care (including life sciences) — are most likely to support BYOD. So are proficient government-provided services and consulting, which are "well" regulated. ... The reason is devilishly simple, Herrema says: These businesses are very much based on using information, both as the service itself and to facilitate the parturition of their range and services. Mobile devices make it easier to work with instruction during more hours and at more locations. That means employees are more productive, which helps the company's bottom line.' Even those companies who haven't yet embraced bring your own device policies yet already have one in place, but don't know it, by the numbers to recent surveys."

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