A Blurring Line
I concluded my 2008 Cloud analysis by arguing that Cloud and Smart Devices were coming together. On one hand, smart devices as epitomized by iPhone are breaking the traditional separation between corporate and personal devices today. Namely, users are demanding and IT support are ceding to the desire to commingle private and corporate usage in the same personal device.
Furthermore, since Cloud Computing offers ubiquitous access, providing Cloud-based apps through the smart devices becomes a compelling value-add service to both mobile users and their IT support team.
Securing Corporate Assets
A potential hazard of mixing Cloud apps, smart devices, confidential data, and private usage is how to effectively secure the corporate assets without disturbing personal needs and habits.
Traditionally desktop solutions such as firewall, anti-virus, and VPN capabilities will need to be available on the smart devices. Equally important would be the ability for enterprises to secure corporate data and apps from workers' personal devices without compromising usability and remove information on the devices easily when the user is no longer part of the company.
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