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Archived IT - Mobile Articles
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06 May 2013
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What I'm Learning about Mobile Computing Security Best Practices [30961]
Network World, May 5th, 2013
"I started my career at EMC in 1987... I've had PCs at every job since, but it wasn't until the mid-to-late 1990s until any of these machines had any security software installed on them. In fact, I think it was the rise of spyware that drove the deployment of security software somewhere around 1999.
I use my personal history to illustrate a point: PC infrastructure, management, and operations was fairly mature before security software became a requirement. Because of this, PC management was never quite aligned with PC security. This remains true today..."
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01 May 2013
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BYOD to Become the Norm for Half of Employers by 2017: Gartner [30874]
Datamation, May 1st, 2013
"Corporate-owned devices are losing their luster.
That's the message from Gartner, whose latest forecast indicates that the bring your own device (BYOD) movement is more than just a passing fad. BYOD, which is making iPad sightings in the workplace a common occurrence, will soon become business as usual for a growing number of organizations.
The research firm predicts that by 2017, employees will be required to provide their own devices at half of all workplaces. In its global survey of CIOs, Gartner also discovered that by 2016, 38 percent of companies expect that they'll no longer be issuing devices to their workers..."
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22 Apr 2013
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Do Our Mobile Devices Turn Us Into Teenagers? [30777]
Baseline, April 22nd, 2013
"Do we become different people when we fire up our mobile devices? Could be. In fact, a significant share of users say they feel entitled to do pretty much whatever they want while on their smartphones or tablets, according to a recent survey from McCann Truth Central. For many people, that means illegal downloading, cursing and even sexting..."
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22 Apr 2013
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4 Mobile Predictions CIOs Should Watch For [30681]
IT World Canada, April 15th, 2013
"Consumerization of IT and the bring-your-own-device trend continues to create headaches for many CIOs.
While privacy implications and data loss risks keep many C-level IT execs up at night, according to Chenxi Wang, analyst for Forrester Research, there are signs that emerging technologies will provide administrators with better tools to manage the growing ranks of worker-owned devices in the enterprise..."
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22 Apr 2013
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4 Mobile Security Predictions to Help CIOs Plan for the Future [30682]
CIO, April 15th, 2013
"Few things can keep CIOs up at night these days like mobility, particularly bring your own device (BYOD). After all, mobile, consumerization of IT and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) are turning enterprise security models on their heads. Privacy implications--let alone the potential for data loss and data leakage--are enough to make a CIO break out in a cold sweat...
- Mobile Prediction 1: Personal Devices Will Become the Norm
- Mobile Prediction 2: Seamless, On-Demand Mobile 'Virtualization' Will Overtake MDM
- Mobile Prediction 3: HTML5 Enterprise Apps Will Proliferate
- Mobile Prediction 4: Identity-based Mobile Services Will Put Privacy in the Spotlight
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22 Apr 2013
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Have You Really Started A Mobile Strategy? [30684]
Information Week, April 15th, 2013
"You probably have an app. We have an app. But do you really have a mobile strategy for how those apps fit into your business model? Is there a plan for keeping the creative energy focused on your apps so customers drool instead of mock? How are you building the in-house skills and collaboration to meet expectations that get higher with every smartphone and mobile game that's launched? Are you giving employees mobile capabilities that make them anywhere near as efficient running their business lives as their personal lives?..."
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