Mobile management: Making sense of your options

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	INSIDER Mobile management: Making sense of your options Smartphones, tablets, social networks, and cloud services are all popular, incredibly useful -- and a security risk. These days, the security focus is on mobile devices, as they tend to be used a lot to work with corporate information, but the variety of platforms, the fact many are employee-owned, and uneven security capabilities mean it's a real challenge -- sometimes an impossible challenge -- to manage them in the same way as the corporate PC.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here(Insider Story) Read More WHITE PAPER: AT&T A user-centric path to mobile security Mobile technology has revolutionized the way millions of people do their jobs. Employees now have unprecedented levels of flexibility, including the ability to work anytime from anywhere. 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Learn More Microsoft reveals Windows Phone 8.1's first update, with welcome new features Microsoft formally unveiled Windows Phone 8.1 Update early Wednesday morning, confirming features such as Start screen folders, sandboxed apps, and even a handy VPN function for surfing over public Wi-Fi connections.Those who opted in to the Developer Preview will be able to download the update next week; otherwise, consumers with stock Windows Phone 8.1 devices will have to wait a couple of months until it can be formally tested and deployed by carriers. Sources had revealed previously that the update, known formerly as Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1, wouldn’t be earth-shattering. But there’s enough there that it should be a must-have for Windows Phone owners, as evidenced by a blog post authored by Joe Belfiore, the Microsoft vice president in charge of Windows Phone.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Samsung delays Tizen OS launch indefinitely due to lack of apps Imagine that - mobile app developers don't want to support yet another operating system. Read More WHITE PAPER: APC by Schneider Electric Avoiding Pitfalls of Evaluating/Implementing DCIM Solutions This paper describes common pitfalls of evaulating and implementing DCIM Solutions and provides practical guidance on how to avoid them. Learn More. Apple iWatch launch may be pushed back until December The launch of Apple's iWatch has reportedly experienced production delays Read More Using a smartphone as a hotel room key: What could possibly go wrong? Imagine using a smartphone as room key for more than 650,000 hotel rooms, at over 4,000 hotels in 80 different countries. If you stay at one of 11 brands of hotels in Hilton's portfolio, you can choose your room online now; by 2015 you can bypass the front desk and use a smartphone to unlock the door to your hotel room. Read More WHITE PAPER: SIGMA Solutions and EMC Corporation Confront consumerization with convergence Virtualization expert Elias Khnaser spotlights the security, compliance, and governance issues that arise when enterprise users "consumerize" with shadow IT and public cloud services. And he provides a prescription for modifying this behavior with a private cloud hosted on a robust converged infrastructure. Learn More The only way legalizing cellphone unlocking will make a real difference As President Obama prepares to sign a bill to once again legalize unlocking cellphones, there's only one way it will make any real difference. Read More No surprise in the numbers: Tablets are 'wants,' smartphones are 'needs' Everyone would return home for a forgotten smartphone or notebook en route to work, but few would go back for a tablet. Read More 10 amazing (and bizarre) drone discoveries From search-and-rescue missions to accidental discoveries of fossils and crimes, drones have been behind some fascinating discoveries. Read More BlackBerry focuses on security for the enterprise Now that BlackBerry has fallen significantly behind Apple and Google in the race to offer features and third-party apps for its smartphones, the company is concentrating on providing devices that, it claims, have the strongest available security—the killer feature for the enterprise.At a company-sponsored symposium in New York Tuesday, BlackBerry executives made the case that the company’s devices and services could offer levels of security for enterprises mobile devices that can not be replicated on Apple, Android or other mobile devices.BlackBerry’s fortunes have fallen on hard times in the past few years, as feature-friendly Android devices and iPhones have eaten away at sales even on the company’s home turf, the enterprise. But the company’s strong expertise in securing phones may continue to give it a competitive edge in those fields governed by stringent security policies and regulations.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More
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