I really like what the guys at Leppert do with their blog! I'm also sure it's translated into a wealth of business and has vaulted them to a premium knowledge position in their market place. Lee an Ian, great stuff and keep up the good work in the north!!!
The annual Consumer Electronics Show, (CES), has just ended and among the many new ideas and products showcased it included a number of IT related wearable devices. For some people the idea of a watch type device that communicates with your smart phone or a pair or glasses which become an interface to the internet seem largely unneeded and just another fleeting tech gadget category.
On the other hand there are going to be those who look at these types of devices and who start to think about how they could make use of them in their daily work environment. As soon as this starts to happen then business IT managers are going to be challenged with determining how to manage the pressures to permit them onto the company network. It becomes another piece of the trend to BYOD in the company IT environment. The first thing to consider when this happens is the security issues which having even more compact and open devices connected. After all company networks by definition carry confidential information all of the time and must be secured for corporate and legislated reasons.