1. Productivity with Your Own Device
Zacharias Enislidis MBCS 25th February 2013, BCS Hellenic Section

2. Agenda
 A little bit of history
 BYOD starts by chiefs
 BYOD effects
 IT concerns
 Issue of fragmentation
 Issue of compatibility/access of content
 List of essential applications and categories
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3. A little bit of history
The guy who thought about it, Alan Kay, in
1968
Dynabook
http://www.mprove.de/diplom/gui/Kay72a.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r36NNGzN
vjo
Odyssey 2001 (1968)
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4. A little bit of history (continued)
Nokia’s tech wonder in 2005
•Bad marketing
•Consumers not mature enough
•Weak CPU
•Lack of community
support/manager
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5. BYOD Starts by Chiefs
Early adopters: CEO, CIO, CFO
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6. BYOD effects
Mobility Employees Satisfaction
Employer Satisfaction
Communication
Familiarity
(personal/corporate)
Work-Life Balance philosophy
Increased productivity
through out all employees
Morale
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7. IT concerns
IT concerns
Business
Security Support and
Productivity
Device access &
Industrial
IT
Device Loss Data Loss espionage & Viruses
infrastructure
data theft
access
IT resources
Performance
allocation
Device
Number and “Standard
performance &
type of devices issue” device
Network
supported availability
performance
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8. Issue of fragmentation
http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
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9. Issue of fragmentation (continued)
The inherited philosophy of OS fragmentation:
Android is linux, never forget this.
Total Number of Linux distributions: 480
http://futurist.se/gldt/wp-content/uploads/12.10/gldt1210.png
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10. Issue of compatibility/access of content
Use Greek ISP and try download the above from
Google Play.
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11. List of essential applications and categories-Demo
• To do List
– Astrid Tasks https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timsu.astrid&hl=en
• Travel Coordination and management
– Tripit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tripit&hl=en
• Bussiness Acquaintance
– Bump https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bumptech.bumpga&hl=en
• Data Transfer between mobile devices, desktops and servers
– FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP
- AndFTP https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lysesoft.andftp&hl=en
– Mobile to Mobile
- Hoccer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.artcom.hoccer&hl=en
– Mobile to Mobile, Mobile to servers/desktop
- Software Data Cable
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lyy.softdatacable&hl=en
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12. List of essential applications and categories-Demo
• Data Transfer between mobile devices, desktops and servers (continued)
– Cloud Storage/sharing
- Dropbox https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dropbox.android&hl=en
- Tonido https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tonido.android&hl=en
- Google Drive
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs&hl=en
- Sky drive https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.skydrive
• Remote server/desktop administration (agentless)
– ConnectBot https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.connectbot&hl=en
– 2X Client RDP/Remote Desktop
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tux.client&hl=en
• Remote server/desktop administration (agent)
– TeamViewer for Remote Control
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamviewer.teamviewer.market.mobile&hl
=en
– PocketCloud Remote RDP / VNC
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wyse.pocketcloudfree&feature=more_fro
m_developer
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13. List of essential applications and categories-Demo
• Ticketing management
– PocketJIRA
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ar.com.cubika#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY
XIuY29tLmN1YmlrYSJd
• Knowledgebase
– Kindle https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.kindle
• Geolocation
– Locale https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twofortyfouram.locale&hl=en
• Augmented Reality
– QR BARCODE SCANNER
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_progetto2003.SCAN&hl=en
• Communications
– Skype https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skype.raider&hl=en
– Google Talk /Google Hangout
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14. List of essential applications and categories-Demo
• Systems Monitoring
– Server Monitor
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.odinnet.servermonitor&hl=el
• Virtualization Client
– Vmware View Client
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vmware.view.client.android&f
eature=search_result
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15. Open Discussion
Thank You!
Any Questions?
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