3 Step IT’s new service manages companies’ tablets and smartphones

— Corporate IT acquisitions are becoming consumerisedDecember 14, 2011 – New mobile devices, tablets, and smartphones have rapidly gained popularity among consumers. More and more companies have become aware of the phenomenon that workers have begun to use their own tablets and smartphones at work, or demand them from the employer. This so-called IT consumerisation challenges the established management practices for mobile devices used at work, and also the operational procedures of IT departments. The arrival of social-media functionalities in enterprise IT systems has led to employees