Weekly Round-up

Weekly Round-Up: Lenovo Enterprise App Shop, CIO Survey, LG e-Paper

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Apps, Blog, Enterprise, Weekly Round-up





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Lenovo Launches Mobile App Store for Businesses
Computer maker Lenovo announced its first enterprise app shop—the Lenovo Enterprise App Shop—to bring end-to-end mobile app services to large businesses, enabling custom management, deployment and publication as well as volume pricing.
Originally Posted By Nathan Eddy, eWeek
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CIO Survey Predicts Increase in IT Spending, but What About Tablets?
A just-released survey of 100 CIOs by investment bank J.P. Morgan shows these execs are more optimistic about IT spending than in recent years.
Originally Posted By David Needle, TabTimes
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LG to Debut First-ever Flexible e-Paper Displays in Devices Next Month
LG is taking e-paper displays to the next level with its newly announced flexible e-paper displays, which consumers will begin seeing in e-book readers as soon as next month.
Originally Posted By Frances Bea, Digital Trends
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Weekly Round-Up – Enterprise Tablet Style

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Android, Blog, Weekly Round-up, Windows 8





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Lenovo Plans to Be First to Make a Windows 8 Tablet [REPORT]
Lenovo is planning to be the “first to market” with a Windows 8 tablet, The Verge reports. Citing a “source,” the report says Lenovo is planning to be ready to ship the device in October and that it will have an Intel chip, so it clearly won’t be a Windows-on-ARM device.
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Originally Posted By Peter Pachal, Mashable

IDC: Android Tablet Market Share Reached 45% in 2011
The recent report also indicates that tablet sales rose by 56% in Q4 2011, leading the International Data Corporation to revise its forecasts upwards for 2012 and beyond.
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Originally Posted By George Jones, TabTimes

Microsoft CRM partner builds ‘first-ever Windows 8 tablet app for the enterprise’
Sonoma Partners, a Microsoft CRM consultancy, shares its experiences developing a custom, line-of-business Windows 8 app.
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Originally Posted By Mary Jo Foley, ZDNet

Weekly Round-Up – Enterprise Tablet Style

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, IT, Weekly Round-up, Windows 8





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Windows 8: Enterprise Features Could Set Tablets Apart
Windows 8 adoption on PCs and tablets will be a tall order for Microsoft. But proven enterprise support and the security and networking features built into Windows 8 may give the OS an advantage over consumer-focused Macs, iPads and Android tablets. Read Full Post
Originally Posted By Shane O’Neill, CIO

New iPad Could Cause Corporate Network Crunch
Here’s a scenario that could give network managers pause: iPad owners looking to avoid downloading high-definition videos or movies over LTE (to avoid steep data costs) may instead do so over Wi-Fi at work. And another: What happens when those with Wi-Fi-only iPads all decide to download iOS or application updates at the same time?
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Originally Posted By Matt Hamblen, Computerworld

Google Rejiggers Android Market, Other Cloud Services with Google Play
Android Market, Google Music and the Google eBookstore are now under one “digital entertainment destination” called Google Play that the search giant says will make it easier for users to find their music, movies, books and apps from mobile devices.
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Originally Posted By David Needle, TabTimes

Weekly Round-Up – Enterprise Tablet Style

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, IT, Weekly Round-up





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Google VP Dishes On Android Tablet and App Strategy
Android is huge here at Mobile World Congress. There are Android phones and tablets everywhere, but we still aren’t seeing a lot of Android tablets in American consumers’ hands. One of Google’s tasks here at the show is to try to change that. Yesterday at MWC I spoke with Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google’s Vice President of Engineering, Android, and asked him as many tough questions as I could. Read Full Post
Originally Posted By Sascha Segan, PCMag

How BYOD Will Affect Your Staffing
Consumerization of IT has rocked the usual mode of operation for many IT departments. Because technical knowledge doesn’t reside solely with the IT department, processes are being developed to connect IT and other departments. New job positions are being created to handle the opportunities and challenges that this trend brings. Following are three new titles we’re seeing pop up in companies everywhere due to the consumerization of IT movement. Read Full Post
Originally Posted By Curt Finch, CIO

Qualcomm, Microsoft Partner on Windows on ARM Developer Program: MWC
Mobile technologies specialist Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) announced that its Snapdragon processor will be joining Microsoft’s Windows on ARM developer seeding program. The company is working with Microsoft to provide test PCs to select developers to test and optimize apps for forthcoming Snapdragon-powered Windows on ARM PCs and tablets. Read Full Post
Originally Posted By Nathan Eddy, eWeek

Weekly Round-Up – Enterprise Tablet Style

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Healthcare, IT, Weekly Round-up





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BYOD Wins Over 85 Percent of Health Care IT Pros: Aruba
Originally Posted By Brian T. Horowitz, eWeek
Personal mobile devices are becoming a fixture in health care as 85 percent of hospital IT departments allow doctors and staff to use personal devices at work, according to a new survey of health care IT professionals by Aruba Networks, a manufacturer of mobile networking infrastructure.
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AppSense DataLocker App Makes Dropbox Suitable for the Enterprise
Originally Posted By Sophie Curtis, PCWorld
Virtualisation provider AppSense is making its first move into cloud-based data storage with the launch of a new product called DataLocker, which enables users to encrypt sensitive information in their Dropbox account.
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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Review
Originally Posted By Tim Stevens, Engadget
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the world of email. Yes, email! Sure, many of you have given up on the stuff in favor of more instant means of communication, but don’t worry, because that’s here too! Yes, the BlackBerry PlayBook, which was released 10 months ago, is now finally able to send messages all by itself.
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Weekly Blog Round-Up – Enterprise Tablet Style

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Weekly Round-up





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Windows 8 Beta Launch To Gather Feedback, Win Converts – CFO
Originally Posted By Steven D. Jones, Wall Street Journal
The goal of the forthcoming beta release of Windows 8 is to gather consumer feedback on the new operating system, Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) chief financial officer said Wednesday. Peter Klein told the audience at a Goldman Sachs technology conference in San Francisco that Microsoft gave developers a preview of the new operating system in fall and will add consumers to the audience with a so-called “consumer release” later this month.
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How and When Will Enterprise Apps be Made Windows 8-Ready?
Originally Posted By Mary Jo Foley, ZDNet
Line-of-business application developers — including those working at Microsoft — have two possible paths to follow to make their Metro-style apps Windows 8 compatible.
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Why ‘Android Fragmentation’ Isn’t So Bad
Originally Posted By Amy Gahran, CNN
Even though Android is the most popular smartphone platform in the U.S., and even though there were 10 billion Android app downloads as of December 2011, many Android users are frustrated that they’re still treated like a second-class app market. That’s because “fragmentation” makes it more complicated to develop Android apps that will run on most Android phones. New research from Localytics claims that Android fragmentation might be becoming less of a issue.
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Weekly Blog Round-Up – Enterprise Tablet Style

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Lane Jesseph Posted in Blog, Weekly Round-up





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Meet Windows on ARM, Microsoft’s New Tablet Platform
Originally Posted By Tim Carmody, Wired
Microsoft has good news for mobile users: the next version of Windows will indeed run full-sized desktop applications on low-power-optimized ARM-based tablets for use with a desktop and mouse. But Windows on ARM comes with caveats for users and developers.
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Tablet Users Report Better Work Life Balance and Higher Productivity
Originally Posted By Josh Smith, Gotta Be Mobile
Staples put together an infographic about tablets, highlighting why users love their tablets. The infographic offers a collection of stats, but the most interesting statistic is about an improved work life balance.
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Google employs Bouncer for Android Market Malware
Originally Posted By Jools Whitehorn, Tech Radar
Google has announced it is using a new service called “Bouncer” to keep malware-harbouring apps out of the Android Market.
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