BYOD: Channel friend or foe?

Douglas Woodburn
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TechMarketView research director Phil Codling spells out the opportunities - as well as the threats - bring your own represents for the industry

Bring your own might be the buzzphrase on everyone's lips, but until now few have attempted to quantify the size of the market.

According to TechMarketView, BYOD-related spend in the UK will mushroom from £176m in 2012 to £675m by 2016. But the trend also threatens to cut providers of hardware devices and support out of the loop, according to TechMarketView research director Phil Codling.

 

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