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The Little Shop for Apps
To cut costs and ensure security, companies adopt a retail model for distributing apps for mobile devices to their employees. Enterprise use of smart phones and tablets is exploding, but letting employees buy applications on their own from the iTunes or Android app stores can become a logistical and security nightmare. Instead, companies are setting up their own stores so they can centralize app procurement; automatically provision and de-provision software; and even distribute their own custom-made … Read more »
Putting IPads to Work
Spurred by enthusiastic senior executives and rank-and-file employees, companies are starting to roll out iPads in the enterprise, especially for board meetings and sales staff. New security features from Apple and additional security and management tools from third-party vendors are boosting that effort, but companies are wary of employees’ using their own iPads and putting sensitive customer data on the devices. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer noted that “employee demand for iPad in the corporate environment remains … Read more »
iPads storm the enterprise
As global accounts director at Altus, Inc., Michelle Klatt’s job is to visit Fortune 500 companies and demonstrate her firm’s video management software. When the iPad came out a year ago, she was all over it. “I was one of the first salespeople to get one,” she says. “I fought very hard.” Her company’s videos look “absolutely beautiful” on the iPad, she says. And once the sales presentation is over, she uses her iPad to update the Salesforce.com entry for the sales prospect, log the meeting, send out follow-up e-mails, manage her LinkedIn contacts, and do other job-related paperwork. Read full article at Network World. … Read more »
Five iPad safety tips
1. Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt. There are two parts to the data encryption challenge – encrypting stored data, and encrypting data that’s moving over public networks, says securityexpert Brian Reed, vice president of products at mobile security vendor BoxTone. SSL encryption on the iPad is a fast and convenient way to protect data in motion. “With data at rest, you want to ensure that the data is encrypted and protected, but you also want to be able to remotely wipe it if possible,” he adds. Read full article at Network World. … Read more »
iPads Storm the Business World
As global accounts director at Altus, Inc., Michelle Klatt’s job is to visit Fortune 500 companies and demonstrate her firm’s video management software. When the iPad came out a year ago, she was all over it. Read full article in PCWorld. (Reprinted from NetworkWorld.) … Read more »
5 iPad Safety Tips
1. Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt. There are two parts to the data encryption challenge – encrypting stored data, and encrypting data that’s moving over public networks, says security expert Brian Reed, vice president of products at mobile security vendor BoxTone. SSL encryption on the iPad is a fast and convenient way to protect data in motion. “With data at rest, you want to ensure that the data is encrypted and protected, but you also want to be able to remotely wipe it if possible,” he adds. Read full article at PCWorld. (Reprinted from NetworkWorld.) … Read more »
Four Keys to Locking Down Your iPad
Even though the iPad is designed primarily as a consumer device, salespeople are increasingly adopting it because of its ease of use, convenience, and coolness factor. Mobile security firm Good Technology Inc. reports that the iPad’s share of enterprise deployments went up 64 percent in the last quarter. According to Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), more than 80 percent of the Fortune 100 have already deployed the iPad in the enterprise or are piloting it. Read full article at Internet Evolution. … Read more »
Mobile Insecurity: Reality or Just hype?
The increasing functionality and numbers of mobile banking platforms, the growing sophistication of criminals, and the popularity of smart cell phones create the potential for mobile banking security issues, but industry watchers have widely divergent opinions about how serious the threat really is. Smart phones in particular-devices which can surf the Internet and run applications, such as the iPhone and the Blackberry-are supposedly the latest threat vector. And even banks not in the mobile banking business aren’t immune since customers can simply surf to their regular banking Web sites using the browsers on their phones. Security software vendor SMobile Systems says spyware is becoming increasingly prevalent on cell phones, and hackers are financially motivated to make the programs silent, stealthy and efficient so users won’t even know they’re there. Read … Read more »