Daily Mobile Computing Feed – Oct 28, 2012

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

  • BYOD pivotal for Windows 8 in the enterprise
  • ARNnet The enterprise opportunity for Windows 8 in turn will lie with next generation devices and users who practice Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) at the work place. Microsoft’s Asia Pacific approach for Windows 8 adoption has been clearly focused on device … (more)

  • Microsoft links PCs to mobile computing
  • Detroit Free Press NEW YORK — Can’t decide whether you want a PC or a tablet? Now you won’t have to. With the release of Windows 8, computer makers are blurring the boundaries with devices that mash keyboards and touch screens together in different ways. (more)

  • Smartphones and tablets to play a bigger role this holiday season
  • Richmond Times Dispatch “Mobile computing puts Web retailing and social media on steroids,” said David Urban, a professor of marketing and executive associate dean at Virginia Commonwealth University’s business school. Mobile technology gives time-starved consumers the … (more)

  • Windows 8: An era of touch computing
  • EE Times India In a bid to regain its lost glory in the mobile computing arena, Microsoft has launched its new operating platform ‘Windows 8′. Windows 8, designed to run on both PCs and tablet computers, aims to change the world of computing. Starting Friday … (more)

  • BYOD: A Comprehensive Guide – Network Computing
  • Dozens of security and IT management vendors on the market claim to offer BYOD management capabilities, and more products are being released every day. (more)

  • Mobile computing, virtualization, cloud increase data center complexity …
  • Manila Standard Today Internet security firm Symantec has announced that 79 percent of organizations globally report increasing complexity in the data center, according to the results of its 2012 State of the Data Center Survey. While the cause of data center complexity … (more)