5 Things You Need to Know about BYO Tech

Two megatrends collided in big IT shops during 2010, and will continue their irresistible force/immovable object dynamic moving into 2011 and beyond, analysts say.

One is the well-ordered, well-established practice of consolidating servers and PCs as much as possible and standardizing on specific manufacturers, form factors and component lists to minimize support, training and replacement costs.

The other is the consumerization of IT, which is having as great an impact on the business world as the PC, LAN or networking revolutions, by putting the interface to almost any IT resource in a business literally in the hands of end users, according to Ian Song, research analyst for IDC.

Two megatrends collided in big IT shops during 2010, and will continue their irresistible force/immovable object dynamic moving into 2011 and beyond, analysts say.

One is the well-ordered, well-established practice of consolidating servers and PCs as much as possible and standardizing on specific manufacturers, form factors and component lists to minimize support, training and replacement costs.

The other is the consumerization of IT, which is having as great an impact on the business world as the PC, LAN or networking revolutions, by putting the interface to almost any IT resource in a business literally in the hands of end users, according to Ian Song, research analyst for IDC.

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