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Enterprise-level BYOD and the quest for freedom: York County, Virginia
Impressive is appropriate for a school system that supports approximately 90 virtual Xen hosts that host 40 virtual desktop each. This environment is in addition to the many Citrix Presentation Servers, database servers, file servers, utility servers and network equipment that the school system supports. |
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Comments (8)
@JaseP:
What he said.
What he said.
Ken will be so disappointed with you guys... ;-)
BYOD, and a policy of being OS agnostic solves that problem.
We are talking about the schooling system here. OS agnostic? No, no, no! That would be truly forward thinking and detrimental to the gadgets and thingamajigs the CIO gets from incumbent heavyweights for implementing "mutually beneficial guidelines and policies". York County Schools in the friendly article must be an exception to the rule.
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To comply with the BYOD and Security Policies of "Educational Institution A", your device has to comply to the following specifications:
A machine with processor architecture X, with speeds K to L. RAM up to 8 GB with a minimum of 3 GB. Screensize up to 17" with a minimum of 13". Connectivity facilities P, Q and R. Operating system Y, versions C to D.
You further agree to have security and monitoring software installed on your device and agree to be bound to the BYOD Code of Conduct Contracts (hereafter called the contracts) from "Educational Institution A". "Educational Institution A" reserves the right to monitor devices falling under the contracts at all times. The contractant agrees to be bound by the contracts and waives any applicable rights.
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BYOD will in the majority of cases mean you foot the bill for the device and your overlords (be it employers, educators, whatever) become the effective owners of it. Why go to the trouble of building the virtual infrastructure to support devices agnostically, when you can just absorb your minions in your "business as usual" IT organization and let them pay for the displeasure.
This isn't based on technological barriers of course, it is based solely on my low opinion of mankind in general. BYOD is supposed to save businesses money. It only saves them money if they don't have to change a thing and have others pay for it. Ergo, a BYOD "owner" will get all the legal liabilities and support hassles and none of the benefits of owning the brought device.
We are talking about the schooling system here. OS agnostic? No, no, no! That would be truly forward thinking and detrimental to the gadgets and thingamajigs the CIO gets from incumbent heavyweights for implementing "mutually beneficial guidelines and policies". York County Schools in the friendly article must be an exception to the rule.
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To comply with the BYOD and Security Policies of "Educational Institution A", your device has to comply to the following specifications:
A machine with processor architecture X, with speeds K to L. RAM up to 8 GB with a minimum of 3 GB. Screensize up to 17" with a minimum of 13". Connectivity facilities P, Q and R. Operating system Y, versions C to D.
You further agree to have security and monitoring software installed on your device and agree to be bound to the BYOD Code of Conduct Contracts (hereafter called the contracts) from "Educational Institution A". "Educational Institution A" reserves the right to monitor devices falling under the contracts at all times. The contractant agrees to be bound by the contracts and waives any applicable rights.
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BYOD will in the majority of cases mean you foot the bill for the device and your overlords (be it employers, educators, whatever) become the effective owners of it. Why go to the trouble of building the virtual infrastructure to support devices agnostically, when you can just absorb your minions in your "business as usual" IT organization and let them pay for the displeasure.
This isn't based on technological barriers of course, it is based solely on my low opinion of mankind in general. BYOD is supposed to save businesses money. It only saves them money if they don't have to change a thing and have others pay for it. Ergo, a BYOD "owner" will get all the legal liabilities and support hassles and none of the benefits of owning the brought device.
r_a_trip: did you read the yorktown policy and faq? it is indeed OS agnostic, and it explicitly states that no software is to be installed. it is in fact all quite reasonable and even provides access to school equipment for students that don't have their own if the teacher wants students to use the devices in class.
the only concern is a paragraph about the right for the school to search the device if there is reasonable suspicion that the student has violated YCSD policies or related rules.
greetings, eMBee.
the only concern is a paragraph about the right for the school to search the device if there is reasonable suspicion that the student has violated YCSD policies or related rules.
greetings, eMBee.
Yeah, I wouldn't agree to a let a school system search my device... That's a fail in my book,... An employer?!?! That's different, ... they're (hopefully) paying me... I'd buy a second of whatever device I'm using just for the purpose of doing work (depending on the pay).
@eMBee
did you read the yorktown policy and faq?
Did you read this? York County Schools in the friendly article must be an exception to the rule.
@JaseP
That's different, ... they're (hopefully) paying me... I'd buy a second of whatever device I'm using just for the purpose of doing work (depending on the pay).
If they do pay you for the extra computing power you bring, I see no problem. Most probably they won't. Why go to the trouble of letting people bring their own, if a company ends up paying for it anyway. BYOD is not about empowerment, it is about skimping on desktops/laptops and accompanying costs. Maybe work conditions in the USA are better when it comes to these things, but I can't see this going fairly in The Netherlands. Too many bean counters thinking they can miraculously turn a nickel into a dime.
did you read the yorktown policy and faq?
Did you read this? York County Schools in the friendly article must be an exception to the rule.
@JaseP
That's different, ... they're (hopefully) paying me... I'd buy a second of whatever device I'm using just for the purpose of doing work (depending on the pay).
If they do pay you for the extra computing power you bring, I see no problem. Most probably they won't. Why go to the trouble of letting people bring their own, if a company ends up paying for it anyway. BYOD is not about empowerment, it is about skimping on desktops/laptops and accompanying costs. Maybe work conditions in the USA are better when it comes to these things, but I can't see this going fairly in The Netherlands. Too many bean counters thinking they can miraculously turn a nickel into a dime.
r_a_trip wrote:Did you read this? York County Schools in the friendly article must be an exception to the rule.aparently not. sorry.
greetings, eMBee.
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I personally would be very upset if I were forced by the school district to buy Apple or MS products, for my child, or be forced to support that device over my home network. I might even go as far as to threaten, even bring a lawsuit over it. BYOD, and a policy of being OS agnostic solves that problem. Ken just addressed the tech support side of the issue (in a one case example), for the most part.