It's Take Your iPad to Work Day

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The obvious benefit for organizations is that if the employees are buying these devices for themselves, the organization doesn't have to. It might also get more productivity from staff members, who are willing to check in during their own time.

But there are significant issues to overcome - security being the most worrying for IT managers. A recent survey by Cisco found that although 48 percent of IT managers said they would never authorise employees to bring in their own devices, 57 percent agreed it's happening anyway without their consent. So it's probably a case of how it should be managed, rather than outlawing it.