Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 19 | Page 30

EDITOR’S QUESTION INTELLIGENTCIO WI-FI ENABLES EMPLOYEES TO REMAIN CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WITHOUT BEING TIED DOWN TO A SINGLE DESK OR LOCATION. The requirements of a Wi-Fi network, especially in a corporate environment, are more stringent than in a wired network and is being driven by greater adoption of BYOD in businesses. Devices brought into the business will have both work and personal applications on it. The personal applications could be what we call ´leaky applications’ and are able to grab data from other applications, and have viruses or malware installed, which compromise the entire corporate network. www.intelligentcio.com