It might sound like an obvious thing to say, but in the IT industry it’s easy to get lost in the technology. Unfortunately, fixating too much on the bits, bytes, and specs can often distract IT pros from the job at hand – supporting the business. Something of a stand-off between staff and IT has…
Read MoreMy spelling-crazy son is also a collector, which means that he likes to collect words with unique spellings, such as examples of supervocalics. A supervocalic is a word that contains all of the vowels – think “sequoia” – and they turn up in unlikely places. One day he heard me say the word “consumerization” in…
Read MoreThere’s always two-sides to a story. Which do you agree with? Key into the first in a series of lively “Beerside Chats” — this one between Cesare Garlati, Director, Consumerization & Patrick Wheeler Mobile PMM as they debate the issues surrounding security, innovation & growth of mobile apps for the Enterprise. Which is best iPhone or…
Read MoreRather than resist it, organizations should embrace Consumerization to unlock its business potential. This requires a strategic approach, flexible policies and appropriate security and management tools. The Consumerization of IT is the single most influential technology trend of this decade. Companies are already well aware of it, as they wrestle with the growing influx and…
Read MoreFor all its hype iCloud does not represent a fundamentally new problem. Employees are already bringing personal devices to work and wanting to use them in their jobs, and these unmanaged devices are mixing personal and corporate data on a system that is outside the control of the security and IT teams.
Read MoreApple’s announcement last week of the new iCloud service has generated a lot of buzz, and a lot of questions from IT directors and secadmins.
Read MoreIT vs. Consumers. Control vs. Freedom. Will work-life/personal-life separation technologies – whether “walled garden” or mobile virtualization platforms – yield significant Enterprise adoption? In the Gartner research report: “Four Architectural Approaches to Limit Business Risk on Consumer Smartphones and Tablets” (Publication Date: 15 December 2010), the authors – John Girard and Ken Dulaney – caution…
Read MoreiPass just published the latest edition of the Global Mobile Workforce Report. Along with the usual great insights on mobile device penetration (now 98%) and mobile applications usage, this time the iPass survey reveals some more personal habits with regard to the use of mobile technology – including its use in the bedroom.
Read MoreI recently had an interesting chat with the operator of our snack vending machine while making a coffee in the kitchen. She was restocking our machine and had her iPad sitting on the table. In their 2 person company they now have 2 iPads and a PC. They do their inventory control and tracking while onsite at customer premises via the iPad.
Read MoreThe lack of a strategic approach to the Consumerization of Enterprise Mobility creates security risks, financial exposure and a management nightmare for IT. Employees around the globe are increasingly becoming more mobile as wireless devices and mobile data networks become ubiquitous, simple to use and affordable. The business benefits of extending enterprise data and applications…
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