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White Paper
Enterprise Mobility: Securing a Productive and
Competitive Future
Competitive Future
What You Will Learn
As more organizations adopt new business models related to mobility, the cloud, the Internet of Things (IoT), and
the Internet of Everything (IoE), the enterprise is becoming an amorphous environment. Smartphones, tablets,
other endpoint devices, and web applications are irreversibly changing the way people work and play online. Cisco
has embraced an “Any Device” vision. In this vision, enterprises:
has embraced an “Any Device” vision. In this vision, enterprises:
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Give employees greater choice in the devices they use
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Maintain a common, predictable user experience
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Enhance their productivity, security, and global competitiveness
Enterprises and other large organizations must decide whether to allow certain users, devices, and locations
access to company networks, data, and services and to what extent access should be tiered according to business
and user needs. Based on real Cisco experiences, this white paper discusses the steps and business decisions
that information and security officers, enterprise IT, and information security architects should consider as they
begin the journey to Any Device.
Introduction
Every day, Cisco’s workforce uses more than 82,000 Windows laptops, 32,000 Macintosh computers, 10,000 Linux
machines, and 72,000 iPhones, iPads, and Windows and Android devices. Our more than 70,000 employees and
30,000 global contractors, consultants, and business partners decidedly want more choice in the devices they use
for work. And they want freedom in where they use those devices to access corporate networks, systems,
applications, data, and online services. While all laptops are provided by Cisco, the vast majority of smartphones
and tablets are personally owned. Most Cisco workers use both a computer and a smartphone to access company
IT services, and more than 20 percent use more than two devices. The diversity of those devices is growing
exponentially.
More than a decade ago, Cisco embarked on a long-term vision called Any Device (depicted in Figure 1). The goal
is to allow greater choice in devices while maintaining a common, predictable user experience that enhances
global organizational competitiveness and security in an increasingly mobile workspace.