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Google Glass Will Force CIOs to Take a Fresh Look at BYOD Schemes
Nov 7, 2013Google 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 BYOD Phenomenon Is Losing Its Buzz
Aug 13, 2013Despite rumours swirling in Silicon Valley that the BYOD phenomenon is losing its buzz, CIOs who think they can abandon the practice risk upsetting an important and growing constituency of their workforce: millennials, also known as ...
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Corporate Attitudes Toward BYOD Policies Appear to Fall Into One of Three Categories
Aug 5, 2013Computerworld - Corporate attitudes toward bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies appear to fall into one of three categories, according to a survey of IT users released this week: There's no official BYOD policy, devices are banned, or no ...
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Vast Majority of Businesses Are Exposing Sensitive Corporate Data to Cyber-Criminals
Jul 23, 2013New research has shown that the vast majority of businesses are exposing sensitive corporate data to cyber-criminals by failing to implement effective BYOD strategies. The report, released this week, found that just over half of the 570 ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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More and More Workers Are Bringing Their Personal Mobile Devices to The Office Daily
Jul 23, 2013More and more workers around the world are bringing their personal mobile devices to the office daily, and companies appear to be having trouble keeping up with the trend. About 60 percent of organisations acknowledged they either don't ...
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A Four-Year-Old Vulnerability Could Infect 99% of Android Devices with Trojan Malware
Jul 5, 2013A four-year-old vulnerability could infect 99 per cent of Android devices with Trojan malware without users even realising, a team of security researchers has claimed. A blog post by Bluebox CTO Jeff Forristal said the vulnerability has ...
Tags: Android, virus, data safety
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The Launch of The Ultimate Workhorse Among Ruggedized 4G LTE Smartphones
Jun 19, 2013AT&T and NEC Corporation of America today announced Friday's launch of the ultimate workhorse among ruggedized 4G LTE smartphones, the NEC Terrain™. The NEC Terrain is equipped with AT&T Enhanced Push-to-Talk (EPTT), and it ...
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Check Point Reveals That 79% of Businesses Had a Mobile Security Incident in The Past Year
Jun 6, 2013Check Point has published its second mobile security report, revealing that 79% of businesses had a mobile security incident in the past year, in many cases incurring substantial costs. The report found mobile security incidents cost more ...
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Savvy Fortune 500 Corporations Have Implemented Their Own BYOD Governance Policies
Jun 3, 2013Network World - Like it or not, IT departments are accepting the fact that employees are bringing smartphones, tablets, and personal laptops to work and that they will use these devices while on the job. To cope with this reality, savvy ...
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Companies' BYOD Policies Are Affecting How Many Traditional PCs Enterprises Purchase
May 29, 2013Companies' bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies are affecting how many traditional PCs enterprises purchase and contributing to a global sales slump, IDC analysts said Tuesday. About 25% of employees in businesses with more than 10 ...
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More IT Leaders Plan to Invest More in Technology This Year Than They Did in 2012
Apr 11, 2013More IT leaders plan to invest more in technology this year than they did in 2012, according to a recent Tech Poll/Tech Priorities survey conducted by CIO Research. But, before you get too excited, it's only a few more IT executives ...
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WatchGuard Announced The Availability of Two New Wireless Access Point Products
Apr 4, 2013WatchGuard has announced the availability of two new Wireless Access Point products in the region, providing customers with the same level of security for their wireless local access network (WLAN) traffic that they rely on for their ...
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BlackBerry Faces a Herculean Task Marketing The New Z10 Smartphone to U.S. Consumers
Mar 13, 2013BlackBerry faces a herculean task marketing the new Z10 smartphone to U.S. consumers. In interviews, analysts and CIOs told Computerworld that employees at companies with bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies have been switching from ...
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for Some Agencies, The Answer Is a Hard "No"
Mar 5, 2013As federal CIOs develop new strategies to support an increasingly mobile workforce, they will inevitably have to decide whether to adopt a bring-your-own-device policy, just as a similar challenge confronts their counterparts in the private ...
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Federal Government's Automatic Budget Cuts May Accelerate Cost Savings Measures
Mar 5, 2013WASHINGTON - The federal government's automatic budget cuts, due to begin Friday, may accelerate cost savings measures already in place via sharing of services across agencies, IT consolidation, and an increasing reliance of off-the-shelf ...