Daily Mobile Computing Feed – Oct 19, 2012

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

  • Google’s Motorola Deal Dents Earnings
  • Wall Street Journal (blog) When Google, Inc. acquired Motorola Mobility, the search giant bragged the deal would allow the company to enhance competition in mobile computing and really show off its Android operating system. Now, Motorola looks more like an albatross than an … (more)

  • Forget Bring Your Own Device – Try Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled
  • ReadWriteWeb As consumer devices and services increasingly outstrip their corporate competitors in power, productivity and cachet, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has become the latest so-hot-you’ll-melt trend in the world of corporate IT. But plenty of IT departments … (more)

  • Friday: Analytics, BYOD policies, cyberhelp for small business and a winner
  • in … FCW.com IRS embraces analytics. The IRS has recently been turning to analytics in order to more effectively spot tax abuse and bad credit claims, AOLGov reports. “What’s different today is the power to analyze activities in real time,” Dean Silverman, senior … (more)

  • Enterprise mobility, BYOD reach tipping point, says Yankee Group
  • FierceMobileIT Companies are taking a much more permissive and realistic view toward the imperative of supporting mobility and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environments,” Marsh noted. Twenty percent more employees are using tablets for work this year over last year, … (more)

  • Silent Circle’s Military-Grade Encryption: BYOD Tool?
  • InformationWeek Silent Circle’s suite of apps for smartphones and tablets is designed to make calls, text messages, video chats, and, in coming months, emails virtually invulnerable to surveillance efforts. It’s no surprise the company sensed a market for this sort of … (more)

  • How The BYOD Phenomenon Is Shaping The Next Era In Managed Print Services
  • CRN The bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon has already provided a boost for solution providers in the networking, security and mobile device management arenas. But as more and more enterprise users turn to smartphones and tablets in lieu of … (more)

  • Big Blue takes on BYOD security
  • FierceMobileIT To address corporate concerns about the security of BYOD, IBM (NYSE: IBM) has released a number of security products targeting the enterprise mobility market, including a mobile security framework. The framework is designed to help enterprises develop … (more)

  • BYOD security and control fears
  • Enterprises are restricting employee access to vital work applications due to security and control fears, according to Ping Identity. Employees were found to use … (more)

  • Wanted: 17676 iPhones – For Use By Immigrations And Customs Employees
  • AOL Government Email and Directory service support basic need for mobile computing. Microsoft Exchange integration with ActiveSync Ensures proper integration with ICE’s enterprise messaging infrastructure. Virtual Private Network support basic need for secure … (more)