Mobility meets business intelligence, and transforms it
To date mobile devices have largely been excluded from the business intelligence world because of their limitations and because of security concerns. That, according to Forrester Research, is about to change and the extension of BI to mobile devices will in due course change the nature of BI, it suggests.
BLOG: Collaboration goes mobile
"IT has a new challenge on its hands: ensuring that users can access and collaborate on content anytime, anywhere and on any device."
From a recent news post on mobile devices management vendor; Mobile Mentor. The author presents yet another example of how consumer technology trends are impacting the enterprise. Presenting both challenges and opportunities. As we continue to make mobile technology an intimate part of our everyday lives, why would we put our machines down when we head to work?
NAC helping secure corporate data in a world of BYOD
Network access control is an aspect of computer security that has been around much longer than the BYOD phenomenon and all the issues thrown up by having mobile devices accessing corporate IT systems. However BYOD has given NAC a new lease of life, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan.
Cost savings and talent retention: the main drivers for BYOD
A couple of weeks ago we talked about how the BYOD phenomenon had moved beyond employers simply accommodating, managing and securing employees’ mobile devices and were starting to look at how these devices, and the functionality they bring, could be exploited to strategic advantage; an idea dubbed ‘holistic mobile engagement’. It seems that, by and large, Australian organisations are yet to reach this level of maturity.
Teleworkers are smartphone workers
If your image of the average Teleworker is somebody sat in front of a computer at home, think again. Research by the ACMA shows more teleworkers using smartphones than desktop computers, and this does not include workers whose work role takes them out of the office.
Three steps to mobile mastery
We talked a couple of weeks ago about how companies that have surmounted the challenges of managing and securing mobile devices are looking at how they can make mobile technologies core to their operations, what Forrester Research calls “Holistic Enterprise Mobile Engagement”. Now Denis O’Shea, CEO of mobile management company Mobile Mentor, spells out a three-step process that can take a company from mobile chaos to mobile mastery.
The many facets of BYOD management
There has been much attention given to managing the security aspects of mobile devices in the enterprise and as the push to use mobile devices has accelerated this has, quite rightly, been the number one priority. However, rather than having an ad hoc approach to allowing mobile devices into the corporate IT environment, every organisation should have a comprehensive policy that tries to anticipate and develop a company position on all the issues that can arise.
Beyond BYOD - holistic mobile engagement
We’ve heard plenty about the ‘bring your own (mobile) device’ (BYOD) phenomenon: the drivers behind it; the problems it brings, the solutions to those problems. Now, Enterprises that have surmounted these challenges are looking at how they can make mobile technologies core to their operations.
How to deliver applications to a mobile workforce
You’ve done all the right things to secure your employees’ mobile devices: you’ve implemented mobile device management for basic device security and features such as remote find, lock and wipe; you’ve implemented a mobile policy, but to make mobile devices most useful to your staff they need applications. So how do you do that securely and efficiently?
3CX Delivers an Easy and Affordable On Premise Mobile Device Management Solution
3CX, developer of the award-winning Windows VoIP PBX 3CX Phone System and mobile device management solution 3CX Mobile Device Manager, today announces the launch of the On Premise edition of 3CX Mobile Device Manager for Windows Server