Mobile Device Management Options for Android Tablets

Posted on December 15, 2011 by David Rivera Posted in Apps, Blog, Security





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The fast rise of tablet use in the enterprise has forced IT departments to deal with the same issues with tablets that they have been dealing with for years with traditional desktops and laptops, including inventory tracking and securing corporate data.

As with traditional PCs, IT administrators need to configure and secure tablets to meet their corporate requirements, but do not want to physically touch every device to do so. So, support for “zero-touch” deployment and configuration is critical for IT acceptance of tablets. Read more

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7 Essential Policy Areas for BYOD Security

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Clain Anderson Posted in Blog, Consumerization, Security





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Enjoying the privilege of using a personal device at work doesn’t come without responsibility. Companies that allow employees to use their own tablets must ensure that clearly defined security policies are in place. More importantly, those policies must be understood and agreed upon by management, IT and the tablet users themselves.

Technology is giving organizations lots of ways to successfully protect and manage the data and applications on Karen’s BlackBerry Playbook, Adam’s iPad, Barbra’s ThinkPad Tablet and Kevin’s Galaxy Tab—but without underlying policies, seemingly valid solutions can be ignored or even create ethical problems. Read more

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If you'd like some help understanding how your organization can take advantage of business-focused mobility technology from a broad industry perspective, read our quick eBrief.  Find out how the problems associated with mobility — access, connection quality, and security — have essentially been solved through new application development, embedded broadband, and cloud computing.

Enterprise Mobility Slideshow: IBM Gets iPad, Android Tablets Ready for Enterprise With New Mobile Apps

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Apps, Blog, Enterprise





Originally Posted By eWeek

IBM is rolling out eight new social-networking and collaboration mobile apps specifically designed to address enterprise-class requirements on Apple’s iPad and Android-based tablets. The new software, available for download now from most of the popular app stores, takes IBM’s industry-leading social-networking, real-time collaboration and online-meeting capabilities from behind the company firewall and places it into the hands of tablet users. The new offerings span a wide range of tablets, including the iPad. The software allows employees to more effectively collaborate and share data and images, and conduct meetings on the fly more securely as part of their everyday work experience, IBM said. Big Blue’s new apps offer social-networking capabilities for the iPad, online meetings, instant messaging, accessing business documents, and easier access to mail and calendar. IBM also released new software for building apps faster and better, and for improving the Web experience for users.

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The Weekly Round-Up – Enterprise Tablet Style

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Weekly Round-up





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ibm.com: ’Tis the Season for Enterprise-Class tablet apps…new apps!
Originally Posted By Ed Brill
This morning at LeWeb in Paris, IBM is announcing several new mobile apps across our collaboration and social portfolio. This continues the theme we’ve established throughout 2011 of mobile leadership.
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Tablets in the Enterprise: Still a blank slate
Originally Posted By Peter Eckert
Despite all the success stories, the tablet is not right for every environment — at least not today. It is all too trendy to look to the tablet for every business environment, but certain solutions are just too complex or oversaturated with features to be easily ported to the tablet. This will change in the future, as the next five years will be dramatic in the progression of tablet capabilities.
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Advanced web browsing on Android tablets
Originally Posted By Jack Wallen
Jack Wallen provides some tips for improving the browsing experience on Android tablets. I want to address a few of this power-user tips to make your Android tablet browsing experience as good as it possibly can be.
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Tablets for Creativity: Because You Never Know Where Inspiration Will Strike Next

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Apps, Consumerization





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People who get paid to be creative have always broken the rules when it comes to workplace behavior. Ad writers and art directors play ping-pong in the office. Architects travel the world. Rock stars trash hotel rooms.

While it doesn’t always look like it, creative people are always working, playing with ideas in their minds and gaining inspiration from the sensory world around them. Read more

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Will IT Consumerization Save Our Public Schools?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Sam Morris Posted in Consumerization, Education, Tablet Adoption





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I was struck by the results of a recent survey conducted by Interactive Educational Systems Design, Inc. (IESD) for curriculum provider Time To Know. Our of more than 300 district superintendents, assistant superintendents, and school principals from public school districts with 2,500 students or more,

  • 63 percent of respondents said that a teacher-led classroom with computers for each student is what education should look like
  • 69 percent cited budget constraints as a top concern
  • 84 percent said 21st century skills, including critical thinking, problem solving and the ability to think creatively, are a high priority Read more
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This "Quick Tips" guide lists critical purchasing considerations for business tablets. Discover how to reduce security risks, simplify set-up and configuration, and improve collaboration. By choosing an enterprise-ready tablet and weighing your options carefully, you can excite and engage employees, while giving your IT department the peace of mind they need.

Yankee Group’s Predictions: Instability Will Rule Mobility in 2012

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Mobility Strategy





Originally Posted By Market Watch

With 2 billion new mobile users in just the last five years, 2012 promises to be a year of challenges, change and disruption.

In its new report “2012 Mobility Predictions: A Year of Living Dangerously,” Yankee Group looks ahead to 2012 and sees the mobile industry preparing for a year of uncertainty and global transition. As the fiscal balance tips to new economies, mobile players must adapt quickly or disappear. In 2012, mobile workers and consumers will embrace tablets, mobile content, mobile video and personal cloud services at unprecedented levels. At the infrastructure level, operators will feel the squeeze and look to new policy solutions to help them monetize all-IP networks. Amid these shifts, even Internet players must prepare for a year of change that will create new challengers for industry leadership.
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