By: Wayne Rash, eWeek
The iPhone has changed much of the way that the enterprise does business, gains productivity and handles security. But now the iPhone has a lot of mobile company and corporate IT departments are groping for ways to cope with the bring your own device trend. Five years ago, at the end of June, 2007 the world of mobile IT changed forever, although few realized it at the time. Who could have guessed that the sales of the first iPhone would ultimately lead to significant productivity gains, new lines of business and new headaches for IT. At first all that the iPhone seemed to be was an upgraded iPod music player. But over time as more and more people realized that their iPhones could do more than make phone calls, browse the Web and play music, the demand to make them part of the enterprise became too much for IT departments to resist.
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