Who Should Own Your Smartphone? 129
snydeq writes "The great corporate barrier against employees using personal smartphones in business contexts has been breached, writes InfoWorld's Galen Gruman. According to a recent report from Forrester Research, half of the smartphones in use among US and Canadian businesses are not company-issued equipment. In fact, some organizations are even subsidizing employees' service plans as an easy way to avoid the procurement and management headaches of an increasingly standard piece of work equipment. Gruman discusses the pros and cons of going with a subsidized, employee-owned smartphone plan, which is part of a larger trend that sees IT loosening its grip on 'dual-use' devices, including laptops and PCs."
Re:It can be a blurry line (Score:5, Funny)
Well - under these conditions, it becomes your responsibility to educate the poor fool. Really, you MUST launch into a tirade/lecture, informing him that impulsive buying, without even researching what the hell he needs or wants is the sign of a seriously diseased mind, and that his status as an employee is in jeopardy. Offer to help him, and when he agrees, reach into your desk for the 3 pound hammer, smash the damned phone, and tell him that it just your little secret - you won't tell management that he's a senile moron who is losing his tenuous grip on reality.
At this point, you inform him of the half dozen best choices for a personal phone, and usher him out of your office/cubicle/dungeon.
Re:It can be a blurry line (Score:4, Funny)
Who amongst the horde of slashdotters can lift a 3-lb hammer, let alone use it to smash something?
Re:It can be a blurry line (Score:4, Funny)
I don't know what GP was thinking... BOFH-tactics usually involve electricity and/or Halon.