Security is still the primary barrier to adopting mobile business applications, a study has found. More than three-quarters of the 300 UK firms polled said they planned to adopt mobile business applications in the next 12 months. But ...
Tags: Security, potential loss of data, risk, personal information
Computerworld - A new survey of 753 mobile device users and IT professionals in U.S. small businesses revealed that most are unfamiliar with mobile device management (MDM) technology, even though 79% have deployed smartphones to at least ...
Tags: Mobile, Device, Small Businesses
Recruitment firm SThree has taken on mobile device management provider Good Technology's Good for Enterprise product to manage mobile devices being used by nearly half of its 2,000 workforce. SThree was looking into challenges it faced ...
Tags: Technology, Computer, workforce
Johnston Press has mobilised its field sales team using Salesforce.com running on iPads to reduce the need for staff to come into the office. The regional newspaper company, which publishes across the UK and in the republic of Ireland, is ...
Tags: iPads, office, newspaper company, digital media company
Mobile phone group O2 is gearing up to introduce a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scheme to its operations in Europe and South America, following a successful roll-out in the UK. O2, part of Spain's Telefonica, said the policy has helped ...
Research In Motion's stock price jumped more than 6%Wednesday after CEO Thorsten Heins addressed developers and said,among other things,that BlackBerry subscriptions had climbed to 80 million,up from 78 million in the second quarter. ...
Tags: RIM, BlackBerry subscriptions, Heins
Mobile device management (MDM) is not about security, according to Eric Green, senior vice-president of business development at security firm Mobile Active Defense Partners. "There is no security in MDM; its ability to secure a device is ...
Tags: MDM, BYOD, ISC, Eric Green, mobile security
Computerworld-If the new iPhone 5 with LTE wireless sells as well as analysts predict,its impact on IT shops already wrestling with the Bring-Your-Own-Device(BYOD)trend could be dramatic. Some analysts predict higher cellular network data ...
Tags: iPhone, BYOD, impact, wireless data service
A jury in California found Research In Motion had infringed a patent relating to wireless device management owned by assignment by Mformation Technologies, a mobile device management technology provider in Edison, New Jersey. The jury ...
Tags: USA, Patent Suit, Data Center, Mformation Technologies
CIOs must cloud-enable business processes to make companies more agile, according to John Sculley, former CEO of Apple. The Cloud Computing World Forum opened with a keynote from Sculley, who predicted cloud adoption would grow ...
Cloud mobile device management services will be key to enabling bring your own device policies, according to a Lambeth Council IT chief. Rob Miller, assistant director of ICT services at the London borough council, said: "As technology ...
Tags: Cloud mobile, IT, ICT services, flexible IT environment
Table of contents Public Wi-Fi hotspot dangers Security of 3G and 4G-based hotspots Network access requires careful management Educating users about security risks Network security controls and practices are among the most mature,but can ...
Tags: Public Wi-Fi hotspot, 3G and 4G-based hotspots, security risks