At least 80% of mobile apps have security and privacy issues that put enterprises at risk

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	At least 80% of mobile apps have security and privacy issues that put enterprises at risk The first rule of managing a BYOD environment is to set good policies governing who can do what activities and access which data. But if you don't know what apps really do -- like harvesting a smartphone user's contact list -- you can't build effective policies. Appthority helps you manage the risk from mobile applications by analyzing what apps are actually capable of doing. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Boston IT Roadmap Boston – 4/4 Register Now! IT Roadmap is the one day, cost free, professional-level conference and expo that's full of job-ready solutions you can put to work now. IT Roadmap Boston is the place where IT leaders come to explore high-priority IT issues -- and learn how to meet today's requirements for anytime, anywhere business interactions. Click to continue In this Issue How BYOD Saved VMware $2 Million INSIDER Most CIOs Planning to Boost IT Investments for 2013 Lesson learned in cyberattack on The New York Times 6 Hot Offshore IT Outsourcing Markets Offer New Options Check out '2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries' How to Use LinkedIn's Alumni Tool to Network, Job Hunt RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG Research New Survey: Purchase Process of Enterprise Technologies Tell us about the buying process for enterprise technologies in Network World's Technology Influence Survey! This survey should take about 10 minutes of your time. To thank you, you will have the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes to win a $250 cash prize*! Please be assured your responses are confidential. To participate, click on the link below. *Due to regulations, prize sweepstakes is only open to legal U.S. and Canadian (except Puerto Rico and Quebec) residents, age 18 or older. How BYOD Saved VMware $2 Million As more companies adopt a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) approach to mobile, many are getting caught by hidden costs. But virtualization titan VMware has bucked that trend. VMware CIO Mark Egan explains how his company accomplished its feat. Read More INSIDER Most CIOs Planning to Boost IT Investments for 2013 Fifty-one percent of IT leaders plan to increase their IT budgets in the coming year, according to a recent survey of 188 top IT executives conducted recently by CIO magazine. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Making Your Investment in an Executive Dashboard Count Get insights into what your peers are seeking in Executive Dashboards along with the reasons these dashboards are most effective in achieving value. Learn More Lesson learned in cyberattack on The New York Times The New York Times' description of a cyberespionage campaign waged against the newspaper by Chinese hackers demonstrates the importance of assuming criminals will eventually break into a computer system, and the best defense is to detect the intrusion as soon as possible. Read More 6 Hot Offshore IT Outsourcing Markets Offer New Options Typically, when you think offshore IT outsourcing you think, India. However, many emerging countries are getting aggressive offering a variety of perks in order to win new IT outsourcing business. Here are six IT and business process outsourcing destinations worth a look in 2013. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed The CIO's New Guide to Design of Global IT Infrastructure Is it possible to eliminate the impact of distance? This paper explores the 5 key principles successful CIOs are using to redesign IT infrastructure of any size. Learn how to be prepared to adapt your environment in a way that supports distributed employees, anytime anywhere collaboration and the need for business continuity during a disaster. Read now! Check out '2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries' We've been eating our own dog food for 25 years now. That may be the most remarkable fact I have learned from compiling "2013's 25 Geekiest 25th Anniversaries," our seventh annual such collection of (sometimes loosely) tech-related milestones and memories. This marks the seventh consecutive year that I've gone archive diving in this manner. Should you be interested, here are the others. Read More How to Use LinkedIn's Alumni Tool to Network, Job Hunt LinkedIn's redesigned Alumni tool helps you find contacts from college and gives you insights into the companies they work for, the fields they work in and where they live. Here's how you can use the tool to help find an MBA program or land that dream job. Read More
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