The New York Times’ Verne Kopytoff wrote this week about the proliferation of employees’ personal mobile devices in business and how once-resistant IT departments are starting to embrace the change. Kopytoff is quick to point out that IT departments’ change in tack has been forced by a variety of factors, notably employee complaints about inferior technology at the office, pressure to assuage those complaints and executives’ embrace of the iPad. Kopytoff writes, “But I.T. departments are gradually warming to the idea simply because their bosses left them little choice. The I.T. staff may grieve for their lost power, but they do it.” Okta’s IT customers see “Bring Your Own Device” initiatives as a good thing and much more easily enabled as they move to the cloud. BYOD means lower hardware costs and improved employee satisfaction. Employees are happy – and often more productive – when given choice about which.