Mobile device management shifts to the cloud

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	Mobile device management shifts to the cloud New cloud-based software lets employees register, secure, and manage their personal devices without IT department involvement. And a simplified Web interface automates a lot of management tasks. Read More WEBCAST: SAP Enterprise IT Innovation Forum: 2013 to 2020 Join us for a virtual event featuring noted author Geoffrey Moore and SAP CIO Michael Golz to discuss the number one challenge facing senior business leaders today – how to embrace the emerging "Systems of Engagement." View Now In this Issue Top tech hoarders: 15 companies with huge cash piles Microsoft who? Sinofsky adds another scene to his second act, signs up with Box Amazon Web Services improves GovCloud management Developers hack Dropbox, show how to access user data Top 10 Amazon cloud challengers INSIDER Cloud Helps Financial Company Spin Up a New IT Operation Microsoft to acquire Nokia's smartphones and mobile phones business Windows 8 surpasses Vista's uptake rate -- 10 months after launch IBM discovers its inner Kickstarter via enterprise crowdfunding Salesforce.com mobile app developers gain security tools WHITE PAPER: Novell Mobile Zen: Balancing End-User Productivity and IT Control Mobility is often seen as a zero-sum game: either end users or IT can win, but never both. Learn how users can have the convenience and mobile productivity they need, while IT retains control over enterprise goods. Victory for both sides. Learn More Top tech hoarders: 15 companies with huge cash piles Major tech stalwarts, including Apple, Microsoft, Google and Cisco, rank among the most cash-rich companies in the world. They've got billions -- in the form of cash and short-term investments -- to spend on acquisitions, R&D, stock buybacks, dividends and more. Here's how they rank. Read More Microsoft who? Sinofsky adds another scene to his second act, signs up with Box Steven Sinofsky remains very active after his retirement from Microsoft, now signing on with Box as an adviser for its cloud storage and file sharing service, its developer platform and its mobile applications. Read More Amazon Web Services improves GovCloud management Users of Amazon Web Services' GovCloud can now take advantage of CloudFormation, which aims to make it easier to manage more complex environments. Read More WEBCAST: IBM and Intel IBM Delivers Innovation On New x86 Systems and Solutions Tuesday, September 10, 2013 3:00 PM EDT You need an IT infrastructure that provides scalability, performance and efficiency tailored to the specific goals of your business. Join us on September 10 to learn more about IBM's new innovation designed to provide the performance and efficiency required for today's workloads. Learn More Developers hack Dropbox, show how to access user data Developers who were able to bypass Dropbox's security by reverse-engineering Python applications -- the language used by the cloud storage provider -- described their technique in a published paper. Read More Top 10 Amazon cloud challengers While industry analysts don't foresee any public cloud service vendor making a noticeable dent in Amazon's huge market lead anytime soon, Cloud Technology Partners, Forrester Research and Gartner do consistently name 10 providers that have a shot of picking up significant future revenue as the overall demand for public compute, infrastructure and storage services grows in the next three to five years. Here are the 10 companies and why they have a shot at challenging Amazon. Read More INSIDER Cloud Helps Financial Company Spin Up a New IT Operation Another company acquired about 75 percent of Lincoln Trust, along with its technology, which left the CTO with a pressing need for a new technology platforma(c). Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Wi-Fi Challenge NWW Jun-Aug13 Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Whether you are in retail, hospitality, healthcare, transportation, or another industry, keeping and attracting customers is crucial to the success of your organization. Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences can help you improve customer loyalty and increase revenue. Learn more. Microsoft to acquire Nokia's smartphones and mobile phones business Microsoft is to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services business, which includes the smartphone and mobile phones businesses, for Euro 3.79 billion (US$5 billion), Microsoft said Monday. Read More Windows 8 surpasses Vista's uptake rate -- 10 months after launch Microsoft got some good news Sunday as metrics company Net Applications said Windows 8's user share in August is now larger than Vista's at the same point in the latter's post-launch timeline. Read More IBM discovers its inner Kickstarter via enterprise crowdfunding IBM is readying its fourth internal Kickstarter-like crowdfunding effort over the past year or so to inspire employees to innovate and collaborate, often across departments and the globe. Read More Salesforce.com mobile app developers gain security tools Good Technology has integrated its Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform with Salesforce.com's Mobile SDK to help developers build mobile applications that are more secure and easily managed. Read More
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