BYOD is saving serious money for IT

Benefits for the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon have been largely anecdotal, but Gartner is starting to find real, measurable dollar savings for companies that have embraced it.Gartner analysts discussed the economics of BYOD at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Barcelona, Spain, last month. They found that IT departments can support nearly three times as many users in BYOD tablet programs than company-purchased tablet programs."IT leaders can spend half a million dollars to buy and support 1,000 enterprise-owned tablets, while they can support 2,745 user-owned tablets with that same budget," said Federica Troni, research director at Gartner, in a statement.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here