Leadership
September 16, 2011· 1 min read

Give Me My Corporate E-Mail on My Device

I've spent a lot of time talking to clients about allowing employees to receive corporate e-mail on their personal devices. I was pleased to read an article outlining how Ford Motor Company allows employees to bring their own device.

I’ve spent a lot of time talking to clients about allowing employees to receive their corporate e-mail on their personal device. I won’t go into how to do it securely today, but I was pleased to read the following article outlining how Ford Motor Company allows employees to bring their own device:

A manufacturing-floor look at Ford’s bring-your-own-device program

My only critique? They don’t allow Android.

As originally posted at jayschulman.com on September 16, 2011.

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