Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Employee-owned devices are double-edged swords

8 must-have Android security apps | Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs

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Employee-owned devices are double-edged swords
Increasingly, employees are buying their own mobile devices and bringing them into the enterprise. But just because you didn't foot the bill for the gear doesn't mean that your company's off the hook for compliance responsibilities. Read More


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8 must-have Android security apps
While Android is a terrific operating system in many ways, it does pose some real risks for IT departments. Last week's revelation that Google had to remove around 50 malware-infected applications from its Android Market highlighted the downside of the company's "free love" approach to publishing applications where it will let anyone put their app on the market and will only take it down if alerted by a third-party user. The upside of this, of course, is that the market also offers a wide variety of quality security applications that can protect you from malicious apps. Here are eight Android applications that can help IT departments keep a better hold on employees' Android-based devices. Read More

Perks drive up pay for tech CEOs
Jets! Cars! Home security services! All of these perks add to tech CEOs' pay packages. Read More

Wells Fargo says no to personal smartphones and tablets, period
Wells Fargo imposes strict regulations on employee-owned mobile devices and social networking sites because of security risks. Read More


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Magic Quadrant for User Provisioning
According to Gartner, there is no "one size fits all" user provisioning solution. This Gartner Magic Quadrant highlights key differentiators when selecting a user provisioning solution and provides a comprehensive overview and ranking of the top 18 vendors in this market. Read Now

How Google and Android users can make secure mobile market
Android has a lot going for it, but as the last week has shown its approach to selling and distributing applications is going to need some improvement. Ever since launching Android in 2007, Google has gone out of its way to making the mobile operating system the most accessible and app-friendly in the industry.  Read More

Android roars past BlackBerry globally, in U.S.
Google's Android mobile OS surpassed RIM's BlackBerry OS globally and in the United States for the first time last month, with the Google smartphone and tablet software nearly tripling its worldwide market share to 15.2% over the past 12 months, according to Web watcher StatCounter.  Read More

No e-wallet will ever replace a John Wayne
Yet another reason why electronic wallets are unlikely to supplant leather ones Seems I'm not alone in doubting that e-wallets will eliminate the leather variety any time soon, as many of you have written to add to my list of wallet contents that even the smartest of mobile phones might find difficult to replicate. Read More


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Managing the Shift to Enterprise Private/Hybrid
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SonicWall CEO: Application awareness crucial for IT security
SonicWall once focused on small and midsize businesses, but its introduction earlier this year of a next-generation firewall line dubbed SuperMassive leaves no doubt that the company is now taking aim at larger enterprises. In fact, the privately-held San Jose company's CEO, Matt Madeiros, says the enterprise market accounted for nearly half of SonicWall's sales over the past six months. Read More

4 ways to have fun with IP addresses
Why so serious? Here are a few ways to have some fun with your IP address.Look, I know that the pool of IPv4 addresses running out is a serious topic that requires a serious solution, and we should all be moving to IPv6 as soon as possible. But before we shelve those old IP addresses, let's take a look back at a few ways folks have had some fun with them. IP Spotting Read More

iPad 2's Web speed boost coming to other iOS devices this week
A quick and dirty JavaScript speed test of the new iPad 2 gives an early indication of how the tablet's processor, operating system and HTML improvements pay off in terms of performance. Read More



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