BYOD: Bring your own device could spell end for work PC. 14 February 2012Last updated at 05:00 By Fiona Graham Technology of business reporter, BBC News Out with the old: You may find yourself using your own device - laptop, tablet and/or smartphone - for work whether you like it or not Do you dream of a world where you have your choice of laptop, smartphone or tablet at work; all of which connect seamlessly one to another, and are constantly updated?
Sitting at your desk, feeling the red mist descend as your ancient XP desktop computer tries and fails to open your inbox, this might seem like an impossible dream. But for some people that day is already here. But there could be a catch. It's about a year since we last covered BYOC - bring your own computer. Where this happens the company might cover either all or part of the expense, on the understanding that the employee also purchases a support package. Since then, BYOC has become BYOD - bring your own device. And 51% said the number of employees bringing their own devices to work is on the rise. Future of the Company. Microsoft's new world of work is all about people. 16 February 2012Last updated at 23:27 Viewpoint by Jean-Philippe Courtois President, Microsoft International People power: Microsoft International's Jean-Philippe Courtois believes the future of work rests on the relationships between people As part of our Future of Work series running throughout February, we asked some experts to give us their take on how the way we work is going to change.
Jean-Philippe Courtois is president of Microsoft International, a territory that spans over 100 subsidiaries outside the United States and Canada. Mr Courtois is also administrator for PlaNet Finance and Microsoft's official representative at the Institut Montaigne. He serves on the board of directors for AstraZeneca. In 2009, he also served as an EU Ambassador for the Year of Creativity and Innovation, and in 2011 he was named one of "Tech's Top 25" by The Wall Street Journal Europe. Jean-Philippe Courtois believes trust is essential to make flexible working a reality Be flexible “Start Quote. Viewpoint: Gartner on the changing nature of work. 10 February 2012Last updated at 00:04 By Tom Austin Vice president, Gartner Hive mind: Working around the clock in hyper-connected 'swarms' - is this the future of work?
As part of our Future of Work series running throughout February, we asked some experts to give us their take on how the way we work is going to change. Tom Austin, vice president at Gartner, has been a Gartner Fellow for a decade. He has also been chief of research at Gartner for social software, collaboration, communications, information management, business intelligence and the high-performance workplace, and is now leading an effort at defining "people-centred strategies". If you were to sit down today and create a company completely from scratch, would you copy the processes, practices and structures of today's organisations, or would you try to do something different? Of course, I ask this knowing that the world of work has changed dramatically in the past 20 years.
Spontaneity will trump reactivity.