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Do You Allow Employees to Use Personal Devices for Work?
Source: Aberdeen Group
Business
Bring Your Own Device
- Monday, August 15, 2011
- By Robert D. Hof
Remember when only the boss got a BlackBerry? At Colgate-Palmolive, employees bring their own smart phones to work.
When executives of Colgate-Palmolive met last year to consider how the 205-year-old household products company could move more deeply into the digital age, they heard an earful from employees with smart phones.
"People were asking, 'Why can't I get my [work] e-mail on my own phone?'" recalls Linda Van de Wiele, director of collaboration for Colgate's Global Information Technology organization.
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