Originally Posted by The Var Guy
If you’ve paid any attention to the computing industry in the last few years, chances are you’ve heard people discussing the trends around the consumerization of IT, including bring your own PC, or BYOPC, as well as bring your own device, or BYOD. Many people often speak of these trends interchangeably yet, while they are related, they do not mean the same thing. To make sure we’re all on the same page, let’s begin with a couple definitions. Read more
Today’s enterprise employees rely on anywhere from two to four different computers or mobile devices to do their jobs, from desktop and laptop PCs to tablets and smartphones. Managing a variety of different devices and operating systems can become a nightmare for users and for IT departments.
Microsoft and Apple are aiming to make this easier. You may already know that both Windows 8 and OS X Mountain Lion are launching this year, but you might not know how these two operating systems—as well as iOS, which is already in the market—will help you manage all the mobile devices in your workplace. Read more
Originally posted by Shahin Pirooz, Computer Technology Review
BYOD sounds like a recipe for happy hour. But in today’s enterprise environment, BYOD – or bring your own device – is less than a happy occasion for the IT staff.
Executives and employees alike are purchasing their own iPhones, iPads and Android-based smartphones and tablets, and increasingly using these devices for both work and pleasure. As a result, a figurative tidal wave of employee-owned mobile devices is flooding the enterprise workspace. There are distinct benefits to employees using devices with which they’re comfortable – they improve productivity and employee satisfaction. And BYOD is enabling enterprises to reduce their mobile expenses.
Despite these advantages, allowing employees to use their personal devices can introduce a number of complexities for the enterprise IT staff. Not only does it add to the tasks of already-overburdened IT employees, but if not managed properly BYOD can introduce security concerns and require greater in-house expertise for support and management of a wider array of technology.
Merrill Lynch Calls 2012 ‘The Year of the Tablet Shakeout’
Originally Posted By Philip Elmer-DeWitt
The tablet market is “still in its infancy,” writes Merrill Lynch’s Scott Craig in a note to clients Wednesday, with “years of solid growth ahead.” But that growth is not evenly distributed, and in his report Craig and his colleagues single out seven winners and seven losers.
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Gartner Predictions for 2012: More Cloud, Consumerization, Loss of IT Control
Originally Posted By Ann Bednarz
IT budgets and responsibilities are moving out of the control of IT departments and into the hands of others, thanks to trends such as consumerization and cloud computing, Gartner says in its vision for 2012 and the coming years.
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American Airlines First To Be Granted FAA Approval For Pilot iPads
Originally Posted By Devin Coldewey
If you’re flying American on Friday, there’s a chance your pilot will be using an iPad instead of the traditional paper flight charts. The airline has reportedly become the first major one to get FAA approval for the device, though smaller charter lines have had it for a while.
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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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Gartner Names the Top Ten Business Application Categories for Tablets
Originally Posted By Doug Drinkwater
Gartner vice president and distinguished analyst David Willis identified the ten top business application categories for tablets, when speaking at the Gartner Symposium/ITexpo in Australia earlier this week.
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Kindle Fire Is No Big Flame for Enterprises
Originally Posted By Alan Reiter
Amazon’s Kindle Fire has a lot to offer as a multimedia tablet, but nobody should mistake it for a robust business device.
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Health Care IT Going Mobile, Slow to Embrace Cloud: CompTIA
Originally Posted By CIO Insight
Physician practices are eager to adopt smartphones and tablets but lag behind in cloud computing and EHR training, according to a study by IT association CompTIA.
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Originally Posted By Sean Ludwig
Salesforce has revealed a new web-based application called Do.com that combines task management with social features to create a smart way to get things done on your own and in groups.
Do.com captures the laid-back style of an upstart web application with a simple interface and intelligent HTML5 deployment, but it’s also built with Salesforce’s emphasis on reliability, accessibility and security.
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