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‘Shadow BYOD’ Practices Put Gov’t Data at Risk
Mobile device security ‘Shadow BYOD’ Practices Put Gov’t Data at Risk Federal agencies should implement mobile-device management and other security measures to protect their data while letting employees use their mobile devices. High BYOD Use 50% of federal employees use their personal devices for work email, and 49% use their personal devices to download work…
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Time for the Channel to Embrace Wearables?
The first devices that typically come to mind when discussing wearables are activity trackers and smartwatches, primarily for consumer use. However, businesses are starting to evaluate these and other wearable technologies as a way to improve and monitor business processes. Potential applications range from accessing customer data in real time and viewing business analytics to…
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Helping Companies Handle the BYOD Balancing Act
Mobile security Helping Companies Handle the BYOD Balancing Act Among the biggest challenges businesses face are securing and managing mobile devices while keeping workers’ personal data private. Solution providers can help. BYOD Grows 86% of respondents said they own the smartphone they use at work while 37% of tablet users said they do. Trust Falters…
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NoSQL Databases Go Mobile
One irony in the history of IT is: that which was once old is frequently new again. Take, for example, databases on mobile devices. Once upon a time, it was taken for granted when building a mobile application that there would be a local instance of a relational database running on the device. Applications would…
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DataXoom Launches Mobility Partner Program
DataXoom, a value-added wholesaler of mobile data services, launched a new partner program for referral and sales partners. The DataXoom Mobility Partner Program opens up channel partnerships to OEMs, software companies focused on the mobile workforce, distributors of mobile devices, such as iPads, Internet-ready laptops and ruggedized mobile devices, and, to a lesser extent, telecom…
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Mobile App Development Tops IT Priorities
While application development has traditionally been an opportunity that many solution providers have had a difficult time realizing, a sharp spike in demand for custom mobile computing applications should push many of them to either acquire or sharpen their application development skills. Eight in 10 technology decision makers at both large and small businesses said…
