Bangalore: Imagine you carry your personal laptop, tablet computer or personal smartphone to office everyday to do your office work. Would that be cool? Companies now a day see a variety of devices entering the workplace with many employees unhappy and mortifying their office PCs. The culture of Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) is gaining popularity because consumers are influencing technology trends which in turn are driving changes in Enterprises. According to a Forrester Research, 42 percent of employees admit of using own computer or smartphone in their jobs and 27 percent of them say that their tech back home is more efficient than the tech they use at work. Employees today stipulate tech freedom, which they articulate that it will give rise to progressive results in their productivity. According to a recent VMware's New Way of Work Study 2012, 72 percent of Indian respondents said that using their own devices at work boosted their productivity. On the same requisites, employees are also spending quite a chunk to upgrade their technologies on their personal devices to keep it on par with their office PCs. One of the major contributions has been around $1252.60 on hardware alone, and another $556.90 on software. The reason for the spending was about 42 percent said that they use certain features in their personal lives that they wanted to use for work. Ofcourse, there is very few company polices which embrace this trend. CIOs of major companies say that one of the foremost concerns has been the security of data. Companies face technical challenges and considerations when providing tech freedom to employees. Also financial, legal and support elements needs to be considered when implementing a BYO program. The IT team also has to think of the probabilities to chart out solutions which not only provide the luxury tech freedom to the employees but also adheres to the company policies and compliance requirements. But there a few companies who have dared to think out of the box like Citrix Systems Inc. Citrix has rolled out a BYOC program where employees will get a $2,100 stipend to buy a laptop and three-year service plan. Whether it is a wide screen, ultra fast processor or a light weight laptop, it is up to the employee to but the device of their choice. The purchasing of the company's technology and regular maintenance of the device is completely the employees' responsibility. The culture of bringing in BYOC is still at its embryonic stages and there is very less support from CIOs or technical squad of companies. But with sturdy formal policies and technology frameworks, tech freedom can be provided to employees which will not cripple their thought process under bureaucratic and draconian controls.