AT&T is embracing BYOD with its new Toggle management solution

AT&T is hopping on the bring-your-own-device bandwagon. The Dallas-based wireless carrier unveiled Toggle, a mobile-device management solution AT&T executives hope will change the way people work. At least when it comes to their choice of devices they bring to the office. On Toggle, employees can seamlessly switch between personal and work modes without entering PIN codes. Toggle also provides secure remote access, or SRA, within the confines of a secure work environment. “We started to think, ‘How do we approach the BYOD phenomenon?’” Mike Troiano, AT&T’s VP for advanced mobility solutions, told VentureBeat in an interview. While many don’t associate AT&T with the BYOD trend or look upon the telco as a technology disrupter, that’s changing with Toggle. The selling point for the carrier is flexibility for employees who prefer to work on their own machines — and security for the companies employing them.

AT&T* is making it easy for workers to carry just one smartphone. New enhancements to AT&T Toggle(R) give network administrators more control, employees more flexibility and organizations more security when preparing for a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environment. With the latest additions to AT&T Toggle, it’s even easier for administrators to manage their mobile environment with an improved user experience and new applications in the AT&T Toggle App Ecosystem. AT&T Toggle customers also benefit from AT&T Toggle Data packages available for use with AT&T Mobile Share and Mobile Share Value plans. According to Gartner, “by 2020, 85% of organizations will adopt BYOD in some form.”(1) Many employees prefer the ease of using their preferred device for both personal and professional use. One example of this is SleepMed, Inc., the largest private sleep diagnostics provider and the largest ambulatory EEG provider in the nation. Like many healthcare institutions, SleepMed, Inc. is moving to BYOD to reduce costs and increase productivity and convenience. The company is providing AT&T Toggle to its 1,000 SleepMed employees and has plans to expand to the 8,000 physicians in its network to meet a demand for smart connectivity. “Using AT&T Toggle will allow our community to use their personal devices for work without compromising security — which is of the utmost importance in the healthcare industry. Our staff will be more mobile and connected,” said Sean Heyniger, chief executive officer, SleepMed, Inc. “As a result, they can improve workflow, and ultimately, patient experience and outcomes.”