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August 14, 2012

Daily Mobile Computing Feed – Aug 14, 2012

Daily aggregation of mobile computing news from @cloud_aware, mobileaware.net.

  • BYOD Survey: 47 Percent of Users Lack a Password on Smartphones

    • Accessing … Virtual-Strategy Magazine Coalfire, an IT governance, risk and compliance (IT GRC) services company, recently conducted a survey on the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to work trend. The findings reveal many companies are not discussing mobile device cybersecurity issues with … (more)

  • Digital Management, Inc. (DMI) Enhances Its Mobile Computing Services

    • With … Virtual-Strategy Magazine BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Digital Management, Inc. (DMI), a leading provider of mobile solutions and services for smart devices, announced that it has dramatically enhanced its enterprise mobility solutions for Federal and commercial … (more)

  • Mobile and BYOD – Lessons from successful deployments

    • ComputerworldUK In spite of challenges around control and security, mobile computing – and the drive for a ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) policy for staff – presents some transformational benefits for organisations. By freeing staff to work where they want, and to … (more)

  • Don’t Forget These Five Security Issues in Your BYOD Policy

    • Workforce Management (blog) BYOD might be the corporate buzz word for 2012. If you’re in the dark, BYOD stands for Bring Your Own Device. It represents employees connecting their own mobile devices to corporate networks, instead of using employer-issued devices. There was a time, … (more)

  • MobileIron: Its Toolkit ‘Speeds Up’ Mobile Device Management

    • InformationWeek But what might be more important than actual products is how IT decides to implement its bring-your-own-device–BYOD–strategy. Mobile device management software vendor MobileIron recently announced support for OS X, which means that IT can manage … (more)

  • Forget text books, bring your tablet

    • KSDK Chesterfield, Mo (KSDK) — Parkway is the latest area school district to implement a BYOD (bring your own device) program. Starting this school year, students at Parkway Central Middle School and Parkway North High School can bring their smartphones, … (more)

  • Mobile device security policies should be revisited

    • TechTarget Technology companies need to address the bring your own device (BYOD) trend with an evolving but clear mobile device security policy, experts say. According to a mobile security survey of more than 400 IT and security professionals conducted by … (more)

  • Digital Management, Inc. (DMI) Enhances Its Mobile Computing Services

    • With … Sacramento Bee “MCW will help us solidify our lead and enhance our growth in mobile computing services for Federal and commercial customers. In the incredibly fast-paced world of enterprise mobility, it’s clear that organizations need expert solution partners to … (more)

  • Digital Government Strategy Designed to Catch Up to Our Mobile World

    • govWin (blog) Wednesday, August 8th, at the Federal Mobile Computing Summit in Washington, DC, Dave McClure, Associate Administrator of GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, talked about the future of the federal Digital Government Strategy … (more)

  • Acquisition accelerates DMI growth plan

    • Washington Technology The deal for Mission Critical Wireless LLC comes as mobile computing heats up in the government and commercial market places, particular as more worker use their personal mobile devices to do agency or company work, the so-called bring your own … (more)

  • The problem with BYOD: We all suck at mobile security

    • VentureBeat The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement may be a dream come true for office workers, but it has one big problem: Office workers are really bad at securing their phones. That’s the message embedded in a survey by IT risk and compliance services … (more)

Daily Big Data Feed – Aug 14, 2012

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Daily Cloud Feed – Aug 14, 2012

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Daily Log News Feed – Aug 14, 2012

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Daily ITIL News Feed – Aug 14, 2012

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  • Macmillan runs roadshows to address resistance to service management

    • ComputerWeekly.com Cancer charity Macmillan had to overcome user resistance when it upgraded its IT service management (ITSM) technology, after the organisation outgrew its existing technology and processes. The organisation eventually overcame user resistance with a … (more)

  • Reduce IT Risk with COBIT 5

    • GovInfoSecurity.com … and governance evangelist at CA Technologies. Stroud spent more than 15 years in the finance industry, successfully managing multiple initiatives in both the IT and retail banking sectors related to IT service management and process governance. (more)

  • NetCom Learning announced it has increased its Information – PRLog

    • IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) has become the international standard for best practices in IT Service Management. NetCom Learning can help by empowering … (more)