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IT consumerism makes security critical

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MUMBAI, INDIA: With convergence and mobility making even consumers use a host of computing devices in daily life, security of IT infrastructure has become critical to enterprises providing products and services, a senior executive of global security solutions provider Symantec Corporation Thursday said here.

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Symantec Worldwide sales executive Bill Robbins said, "As internet, mobility and social networking drive the increasing use of computing devices by consumers, securing their information, data and privacy has become a major challenge to enterprises,"

In a keynote address at the annual 'Symantec Vision 2010' conference, Robbins said that today's  consumers are smart to use any device they choose, be it a PC, iPad, iPhone, Android, etc. for professional and personal use.

Symantec vision was to help consumers in using technology in such a way that they don't have to depend on a system administrator to manage their IT systems at home or office, he added

"The IT-isation of consumer is resulting in use of more and more technology in homes than in offices. Mobility is enabling consumers to stay connected digitally and operate in a virtual world,   with the advent of social enterprise, communicating by e-mail has become inefficient as evident from the sheer volume of mails users get, Robbins noted.