MIS CASE STUDY (CHAPTER 4) IT INFRASTRUCTURE: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

11.)    What are the advantages and disadvantages of allowing employees to use their personal smart phones for work?

Advantages

-          Employees can use their own smart phones would allow companies to enjoy all of the same benefits of a mobile workforce without spending their own money on these devices.

-          In addition, the companies are easier to keep track of each mobile device and to roll out software upgrades or fixes, because all employees were using the similar devices.

-          Besides that, a number of software products have emerged to help companies manage diverse mobile platforms. These software products have capabilities for configuring devices remotely, enforcing different set of policies for different user and devices, and managing applications running on all of them.

Disadvantages

-          Because the employee work with more than one type of mobile device and operating system, companied will need to quickly and flexibly confirm that their employees are still able to remain performance.

-          Moreover, companies providing adequate technical support for every employee could be difficult with the variety of phones and operating systems available.

-          On the other hand, mobility puts assets and data at greater risk compare to if they were only located within company wall on company machines.

2.)    What people, organization, and technology factors should be addressed when deciding whether to allow employees to use their personal smart phones for work?

-Factors on security, inventory management, support, integrating mobile devices into pre-existing IT functions and systems is very important in deciding whether personal smart phone should be allowed on work.

-IT department play a major role in this situation as they are owe who control flow of the company’s data and systems.

-A firm’s software development teams to play a role in deciding the usage of personal smart phones as their performance in software technology are the things that can control the security of the company’s privacy.

-The top management is important in the argument. Their managements outlook are important as their mighty experiences and wisdom can be useful in the decision.

-A technology can virtualization which allow corporations to prohibit saving data on local devices without any disturbance to the employee’s personal applications and data to have effect in the deciding game.

-The employee’s opinion to play role in the choice as they are the one who will be using their personal assets work.

3.)    Allowing employees to use their own smart phone for work will save the company money. Do you agree? Why or Why not?

Yes, I agree that they can save money from the aspect of transport expenses, such like using mobile payment and no need to go for some payment by purposely. The mobile apps can also be the replacement tools for office works. They can even open a PDF file using or just send the file through the email or Bluetooth by the smart phones. This can make those workers getting less on using some stationary items such as pen drive or SD card, so their stationary expenses can be lower. Through the apps of the smart phone, they can also easily to contact each other and it is free of charge, by the way this will help the company to save money from the aspect of telecommunication fees.