Google Glass and other smartglass technology will force CIOs to take a fresh look at their bring-your-own-device (BYOD) schemes as wearable computing begins to make headway into the workplace as early as 2017. That's according to ...
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The current direction of smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry means its products might not be a sustainable option for use in BYOD schemes. That's what Maurice Jenkins, director of information systems and telecommunications for Miami ...
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Houses of Parliament members are increasingly using their smartphones and tablets as a work tool, the parliamentary head of ICT, Joan Miller, has claimed. Speaking at the Cloud World Forum in London Olympia today, Miller said that about ...
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Millions of mobile phone users across the European Union (EU) are set to benefit from fast-tracked reforms of telecoms regulation, which include an end to roaming charges. The 27 European Commissioners voted on Tuesday in Brussels to end ...
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Apple is looking into the possibility of launching iPhones with bigger screens, in addition to a range of cheaper models that come in colours other than black or white. The Cupertino, California-based firm is discussing the idea of making ...
According to Good Technology, enterprises are reporting they are cutting costs and increasing efficiency through BYOD programmes. Organisations around the globe are slowly but surely implementing BYOD schemes in the workplace. Good ...
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Over half of the UK’s business IT networks (51 percent) were breached during 2012 due to employees using their personal devices at work, according to research carried out by Virgin Media Business. Some 500 British CIOs were ...
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Enterprise IT security professionals faced increasingly sophisticated, stealthy and dynamic threats in 2012, but numerous surveys revealed that knowledge and understanding of the latest attack techniques are lacking in many organisations. ...
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A group of UK workers are driving the use of consumer devices in the workplace and are risking being sacked as a result, according to research. A Unysis commissioned survey of over 350 workers and over 95 IT decision-makers in the UK, ...
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The PC market in Western Europe is changing, which could transform the way businesses procure PCs. The latest PC market share data from Gartner shows Acer grew 15.3% to become western Europe's second biggest PC supplier. Asus grew 42.3% ...
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Current business security models fail to prepare for cyber threats in the face of highly sophisticated, powerful cyber attack tools that are no longer the preserve of nation states, as they filter down to a wider community of attackers. ...
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The year 2012 will go down in history as the year when people voted with their wallets and decided that tablets are good enough for work. The success of tablets has driven people to bring their own devices to work. Supporting these ...
Tags: tablets, managed desktop estate, PC suppliers, desktop virtualisation, IT
According to research, businesses are keen to implement HD quality video conferencing but are doubtful current hardware in UK offices can handle content. A study by Virgin media business shows that companies looking to use HD quality ...
The majority(87%)of public sector organisations have no formal bring-your-own-device(BYOD)strategy,according to Freedom of Information research. Of the 41 local and central councils that responded to questions submitted by data backup ...
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The number of consumer smartphone and tablets brought into workplaces will more than double by 2014, according to a recent study, but security on the endpoints is lacking. Juniper Research claims the number of devices being used in the ...
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