Good Technology, which specialises in ‘bring your own device’ solutions for more than 4,000 businesses worldwide, has introduced a number of updates to its email and collaboration application.

The enhanced Good for Enterprise app helps individual users to increase productivity whilst keeping their data secure.

Kerry Butters writes:

When deciding on which mobile device is the right one for your business, there are a few things to take into consideration. Firstly, are you buying a handset for yourself or for others who work in the business, or are you considering running a BYOD (bring your own device) scheme.

Juniper Research is forecasting that the ‘bring your own device’ trend will see the number of employee-owned smartphones and tablets used at work more than doubling in the next two years. By 2014 there’ll be 350 million personal mobile devices being used at work, compared to less than 150 million this year.

It means almost 23% of all consumer-owned tablets and smartphones will have a business function as well.

Ralf-Gordon Jahns of research2guidance writes:

The ever increasing demand for access to company data on the go has compelled companies to address the complexity of application deployment, device management, security management and user support. These factors will lead mobile device policy setting to become one of the most important decisions for IT departments.

LOCOG, the London Organising Committee Of The Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, is the latest high-profile company to secure its mobile email with Good Technology.

It’s using Good for Enterprise to secure thousands of personal and sponsor-provided mobile devices over the next few weeks.