Next Event - Monday 15th April - Bring Your Own Device, a Faustian Pact?

Mobile is now ubiquitous, isn't it? And we have all become used to the idea that it reaches into every corner of our lives, haven't we? So we're instantly on call and can access our office data and email everywhere all from the convenience of our own mobile device.

While mobility is a boon to the self-employed and to people running small businesses, it creates a fair number of challenges that tend to be noticed sooner by larger, and certainly by enterprise companies. Answering those challenges is an opportunity, potentially, for app developers and service providers alike.

Employees are now likely to have their own computers and mobile devices and may well have chosen them for virtues of usability, friendliness of interfaces, access to software that would not be permitted on office equipment, even if it was provided. The security issues abound, and even for small companies a Pandora's box of issues is thrown open. And it's not just software and devices. Many of us enjoy the freedom of hooking up our devices to cloud services, Dropbox is a favourite, and many may be tempted by the convenience of sharing work files using services like that. But having done that, the data genie is out of the bottle.

There are very many trade offs that are involved both on the employers side and the employees side in either allowing users to choose their own devices or on the other side allowing your employer to intrude on your personal time and space.

Together with our event partners, ICT KTN , we're going to explore those issues at our next event on Monday 15th April. Chaired by MoMoLo regular and security and standards industry maven David Rogers, of Copper Horse, who will be joined by a leading panel of experts representing a wide range of views on everything from device security, to implementation of BYOD in a corporate environment.

Panellists will include:

* Caroline Maloney from Telefonica
* Charles Brookson of Azenby

* David Arnold from BlackBerry

* Gemma Coles from Mubaloo

As usual there should be plenty of lively debate and opportunities for the community to voice our opinions, no matter what sector we consider ourselves to be in.

The venue is CBI Conference Centre at Centre Point. Please use the entrance at street level. Nearest tube is Tottenham Court Road (Central Line and Northern Line).

The event is free to attend, but registration is required and registration is now open at Eventbrite. (http://momolo-2013-04-15.eventbrite.com/)

Agenda

6.00 pm Doors Open

6.30 pm Panel Session chaired by David

8.00 pm Networking

9.30 pm Close