By Dr. Tim Sandle
Publication Date: 2025-12-15 22:25:00
A man uses a laptop at a coffee shop in downtown Hanoi. – AFP
According to some analysts, there will be a rise of mobile virtualisation in workplaces to protect bring your own device (BYOD) policy mobile devices. Among those making such predictions is Hypori CEO Jared Shepard, as he explains to Digital Journal.
Organizations move from device-centric mobile security toward mobile virtualisation
The pace of technology at work continues unbounded, observes Shepard. He states: “The enterprise edge is evolving fast and being completely redefined. What was once an infrastructure decision anchored in offices and owned hardware has become an operational reality defined by mobility.”
As an example of such changes, Shepard sees: “Employees now work from customer sites, shared spaces, home offices, and virtually anywhere a secure connection exists. Mobility is no longer an exception to the enterprise; it is the enterprise.”
Mobile virtualisation creates isolated, virtual environments on a single physical phone, letting you run multiple OSes or separate work/personal spaces.
There are other changes taking place: “At the same time, legacy assumptions about corporate mobility have collapsed. The era of carrying a separate “work phone” is effectively over. This shift is not driven by device cost or availability, but by employee choice.”
This means BOYD is becoming increasingly commonplace, as Shepard finds: “Today, more than 80% of organizations…
