Monday, November 22, 2010

Verizon expands managed mobility; 7 free Thanksgiving iPhone apps

7 free Thanksgiving iPhone apps | 6 sets of useful Apple iPad resources

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Verizon expands managed mobility; AT&T enters game
Managing mobility is getting dizzyingly complex as more mobile operating systems roll out, and both corporate- and employee-owned devices make their way into the enterprise. The latest strides in this area come from Verizon Business, which has expanded a comprehensive mobility management service it launched last year with a development platform, and AT&T, which has just introduced a service to be available by the end of the month. Read More


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Roadmap to Unified Communications
Downsized budgets, increase in mobile workers, multiple communications tools to manage. IT leaders face these challenges while needing a network that can deliver the best business application performance available. Learn More Now

7 free Thanksgiving iPhone apps
Apps you'll want to gobble up for the holiday Read More

6 sets of useful Apple iPad resources
Apple says it sold more than 3 million iPad tablet computers during the first quarter they were on the market and nearly 5 million in the quarter ended Sept. 25. One analyst expects Apple, which only rolled out the iPad this past spring, to sell 45 million of the tablets next year. You may or may not be among the growing legion of iPad owners, but here's a collection of resources from Network World and its sister publications from the past few months that should be of use whether you own an iPad or have buying one in mind. Read More

Smartphone and iPad-crazy enterprises playing right into Aruba Networks' hands
The influx of smartphones, tablets and other wireless devices into businesses is making many employees more productive, but Aruba Networks is seeing firsthand how much strain all of this newfound mobility is putting on the enterprise IT and security staffs that are its customers. In this installment of the IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series, IDGE Chief Content Officer John Gallant spoke with Aruba CEO Dominic Orr about the changing wired/wireless network architecture, competing with Cisco Systems, exploiting the cloud and the rise of 802.11n. Read More

iPhone still leads in customer smartphone satisfaction, but Motorola Android phones are no slouches
Apple's iPhone continues to be the top-scorer in customer satisfaction, but the big surprise is that Motorola Android phones have climbed into second place, based on the latest survey of new smartphone users by ChangeWave Research. Read More


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BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Learn More

Manufacturing problems hit Nokia N8 smartphone
Some Nokia N8 smartphones are turning themselves off or refusing to turn on after charging. Nokia has identified a manufacturing problem and has promised to replace the small number of affected phones it said in a blog post on Thursday. Read More

Alternatives to Apple App Store, For Enterprises
Apple's App Store and iTunes are great for consumers but kludgy for companies. Yet only recently have enterprises been able to find an enterprise app store of their own -- for better mobile app deployment and management. Read More

Verizon still experimenting with LTE pricing models
Verizon apparently hasn't made a final decision on how it will charge users of its 4G LTE data services. Read More

4G LTE services won't start till 2014
The next-generation 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) mobile services are unlikely to be made available until 2014, says Ofcom. Read More


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Accelerating the Cloud
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Smartphones force tough decisions in enterprises
Companies must deal with many systems and make development choices if they want to move apps to handheld devices Read More

Google Voice finally finds a home on iPhone
Google Voice has lassoed some big prizes over the past couple of years, including Verizon-based Android devices, but today it finally caught its biggest game yet: the Apple iPhone. Read More

Google Docs Editing Comes to Android, iPhone and iPad
Google Docs editing for Android, iPhone and iPad isn't all that it could be, but it's a start. Read More

Apple releases iOS 4.2 GM, solicits apps from developers
On Monday, Apple offered up a final release candidate of iOS 4.2 to developers and begun soliciting apps built for it, suggesting that the company is close to hitting its promised mark of releasing the update in November. Apple previewed iOS 4.2 for iPhone and iPad at its September media event. Read More



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Microsoft Windows after 25 years: A visual history
More than nine out of 10 computers run some version of Windows. But no one could have predicted that would be the case when Windows 1.0 launched 25 years ago as a graphical front end for MS-DOS. Here's a look at Windows through the years and some thoughts on what the future might hold.

Cool Yule favorites: 15 techie gifts we like
Ho Ho Ho, it's time again to get our holiday wish lists together. Here are our 15 favorite products from the 140+ products submitted and tested in this year's Cool Yule Tools holiday gift guide.

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