Daily Mobile Computing Feed – Jul 11, 2012

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

  • Tablet Encryption 101

    • PCWorld Tablet Encryption 101 Today’s workplace is becoming increasingly agreeable to the BYOD (bring your own device) concept: Employers are finally giving the green light for staffers to use their own equipment for work while they’re at the office. For … (more)

  • Remember: BYOD is a user-driven movement, not a secure mobile …

    • By cwukfeedback@idg.co.uk (Sean Martin, a CISSP and the founder of
    imsmartin consulting Regardless if you call it the consumerisation of IT or the bring your own device (BYOD) movement, the trend of people using their own mobile devices to access corporate resources is unstoppable. Some users (guests) simply want to check … (more)

  • When BYOD goes wrong

    • Computerworld (blog) I have had a tremendous reaction to my previous blog posts on BYOD. In the first I looked at the basics of putting a BYOD policy together for your network, and my last blog post looked at remote access technologies in a BYOD era. A common question that … (more)

  • Next-gen IT: It’s not about BYOD

    • InfoWorld Read the industry press and research firms, and you might think next-gen IT revolves around the cloud and mobile computing — or agile or BYOD (bring your own device). But these are consequences for only next-generation IT organizations where these … (more)

  • BYOD means soaring IT support costs for mobile devices

    • ARNnet Survey shows companies considering more management software. (more)

  • UX a ‘critical’ concern for mobile, enterprises say

    • ZDNet (blog) Summary: The mobility revolution in the enterprise can’t happen if employees don’t understand how to use your apps. BYOD: Bring Your Own Diagram? (more)

  • Students get to BYOD – Bring Your Own Device – at Cranford Burns Middle

    • al.com (blog) MOBILE, Alabama — In any other year, the seventh-graders in Ashley Harvey’s social studies classroom at Cranford Burns Middle School would’ve taken trips to the library for two or three class periods to research facts about their assigned countries … (more)

  • Learn the Three Biggest Mistakes That Kill BYOD

    • MarketWatch (press release) “In a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) world, securing and controlling corporate data are critical concerns. Typical solutions such as mobile device management (MDM) solutions and mobile VPN manage the device and access, respectively, but ignore the data … (more)

  • A Conversation with Microsoft’s Channel Chief: BYOD, Cloud and Shifting …

    • Redmond Channel Partner … is driving the profound change in the channel, Roskill immediately focused in on the “consumerization” of IT, the desire for end users to work using the same devices they use for entertainment — or what analysts like to call “BYOD” (Bring Your Own … (more)