Prohibition Of Employee-Owned Technology Is Driving IT Underground

The data is clear: Today's workers often need more than locked-down corporate PCs and are spending an average of $1,253 annually of their own money on computers to do their jobs, according to a recent Forrester survey of more than 5,000 technology end users across the US and Europe. Yet the same survey reveals that only 12% of firms encourage those who do so, with the rest actively discouraging it -- and some even penalizing employees. The mismatch between employee needs and IT's position is obvious, but few organizations are adequately prepared to change course.

Employees are turning to their own tech because:

-- Windows XP is 11 years old -- yet it's still in use on more than 50% of corporate desktops and laptops.

-- Most tools and practices currently used for endpoint management and security were developed in the early 2000s.

-- Locked-down PCs lock out new sources of productivity.

-- Gorilla-sized agents hog resources and impact productivity.

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