{"id":618,"date":"2017-03-27T13:49:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T17:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/industry\/blog\/industry\/2017\/03\/27\/people-centric-technology\/"},"modified":"2017-03-27T13:49:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T17:49:28","slug":"people-centric-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/industry\/blog\/uncategorized\/2017\/03\/27\/people-centric-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"People-Centric Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a reality in today\u2019s workplace that employees demand flexibility, access and collaboration when it comes to their work tools \u2013 and providing these tools across a variety of devices and platforms is starting to become table stakes when attracting top talent. Employees want anywhere, anytime access to all the documents, emails and information they need to do their jobs\u2014and they want to access that content on any device.<\/p>\n<p>What happens when your employees don\u2019t have the tools they need to do their jobs? They resort to their own devices\u2014or apps. Did you know <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/industries\/microsoft-in-business\/how-secure-is-your-enterprise-let-us-help\/\">that more than 65% of employees use personal devices for work purposes<\/a> \u2013 and that consumer devices encounter 2x as many threats as enterprise devices?<\/p>\n<p>This can be a major challenge: while IT wants to enable users to work the way they want, it also needs to control access to sensitive information and mitigate potential security risks. 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Or how <a href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-US\/story\/energy-company-gives-remote-workers-extra-jolt-of-productivity\">Just Energy enabled employee mobility<\/a> (and streamlined operations to boot) by implementing Enterprise Mobility Suite. Or how <a href=\"https:\/\/customers.microsoft.com\/en-US\/story\/gj-pepsi-bubbles-up-good-ideas-by-equipping-field-workers-with-secure-managed-mobile-devices\">Pepsi was able to drive seamless connection<\/a> between its field and home office employees.<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more for empowering your own employees securely? 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