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The Future of BYOD: No Device, No Job?
May 13 @ 1:00 PMLast week, research analyst firm Gartner unveiled the findings of a worldwide survey of CIOs and their attitudes regarding the bring-your-own-device trend (BYOD). BYOD is certainly one of the hottest topics in the technology field today, and the results of ...
Read moreCategories: Mobile Management, BYODResource-Level Security and Policy in the Real World
May 8 @ 1:00 PMLast week I described how the move to a resource-level security model and policy, is essential in today’s world of loosely-managed devices, cloud services and BYOX. The old device-centric approach to security is no longer effective – you can’t hide ...
Read moreCategories: DataNow, Executive Insights, Mobile Management, mobile device management, security policyThe Risk of iOS Device Management with MDM Only Solutions
May 7 @ 4:09 PMYou may be familiar with the proverbial rhyme For Want of a Nail and how it more literally summarizes historical warfare: how something small can lead to the loss of a war. Well most recently a MDM outage lead me ...
Read moreCategories: Executive Insights, Mobile Management, MDMSEC, Social Media and Data Security, Oh My
May 6 @ 7:03 PMLast month, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), issued a new ruling stating, “…corporations or their executives can use Facebook, Twitter, or other social media platforms as a way of disseminating corporate information.” ...
Read moreCategories: Data, Data SecurityThe Corporate Firewall is Dying
May 1 @ 4:29 PMI had the idea for this post for a while but, this article from brianmadden.com finally kicked me into writing it. With Gartner’s research showing that 38% of CIOs expect to stop providing devices to users by 2016, it is ...
Read moreCategories: Executive InsightsUser Experience Ranks High on IT’s Technology Checklist
Apr 29 @ 4:02 PMThe bring-your-own-device (BYOD) is one of the hottest technology topics in the market today. As such, it has caused numerous companies – including AppSense – to push the envelope and develop new technology solutions designed to simplify the user experience while ...
Read moreCategories: Executive Insights, user experienceEnabling a Windows 7 Migration, Before It’s Too Late
Apr 25 @ 2:51 PMI noted with interest today a ZDnet article quoting Gartner around Windows XP End of Life and the security risk of avoiding a Windows 7 Migration. It’s a timely article! You see, this week we re-launched our Windows 7 Migration ...
Read moreCategories: Desktop Management, Windows 7 Migration, Windows XP5 Reasons PC Sales Dropped and Why It Doesn’t Hint At a Post-PC Era
Apr 24 @ 8:42 PMAccording to first quarter industry reports via Gartner and IDC, PC sales show a significant annual decline of 11% across the industry. Many are citing this as the latest in a long string of evidence that we are living in a ...
Read moreCategories: Desktop Management, Executive Insights, PC sales, Post-PCWhy Microsoft is “The” Cloud Computing Provider
Apr 23 @ 8:22 PMIn my last blog post, Cloud Computing Platforms- A Race to the Bottom, I wrote about Google’s decision to reduce compute engine pricing and how it implies a shift in the way providers compete in the market. Continuing the trend, ...
Read moreCategories: Cloud Computing, Executive Insights, cloud computing, microsoftIs Your Workforce Truly Enabled?
Apr 22 @ 2:00 PMWhen I first started working, policies were completely different from what they are today. Employees went to the office each day, sat at their desktops, accessed information from their local network drives and worked the standard “office hours.” But times ...
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