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The boundaries between work and play are beginning to disappear as consumer technologies -- including social networking tools user generated content and wikis -- are increasingly adopted by corporate America. For technology companies this emerging ”consumerization” trend represents an opportunity but it also brings new management challenges as companies struggle to embrace these technologies in a way that doesn’t limit their usefulness but also doesn’t result in lost time or money. And while there may be productivity gains for corporations that experiment with integrating the latest consumer gadgets security remains the deal breaker say experts at Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.