Daily Mobile Computing Feed – Sep 4, 2012

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

  • On Campus: UW students dropping cell phones in favor of smartphones
  • Wisconsin State Journal Mobile computing has gone viral at UW-Madison while regular cell phones are going the way of the land line, according to the university’s 2012 Student Computing Survey. Two-thirds of respondents said they owned an Internet-ready handheld device such … (more)

  • eMazzanti Technologies Publishes Guidelines to Avoid a Bring-Your-Own …
  • Equities.com It’s referred to as BYOD or Bring Your Own Device. eMazzanti Technologies, an IT expert in the Hoboken, NJ and New York City areas, has just released two new articles that define the scope of the threat and provide suggestions for mitigating the … (more)

  • Fortinet enhances BYOD security solution with new mobile clients
  • Voice & Data Online Fortinet enhances BYOD security solution with new mobile clients To address numerous challenges surrounding network, data and device security posed by the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon, Fortinet has introduced new versions of its … (more)

  • BYOD: A force for network change
  • ITWeb This is the view of Martin May, regional director, Enterasys Networks, who says the bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon has challenged network designers to keep pace with the demands of smartphone, tablet, iPad and other portable device users. (more)

  • MarketsandMarkets: Global Bring-your-own-device (BYOD) and Enterprise …
  • IT News Online Browse 144 market tables spread through 385 pages and in-depth TOC on “Bring-your-own-device (BYOD), Consumerimization of IT (Co-IT) and Enterprise Mobility Market by Software – Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Application Management … (more)

  • Desktop-as-a-Service: the answer to your BYOD prayers?
  • BusinessCloud9 The prediction by many industry leaders about the rise of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) appears to be coming to fruition with an ever increasing variety of iPads, smart phones and other portable devices requiring access to corporate networks. What comes … (more)

  • BYOD benefits can outweigh risks
  • ihotdesk – IT News This is according to Leon Ward, field product manager at Sourcefire, who believes that the BYOD (bring your own device) trend is set to go from strength to strength over the next few years, with more companies embracing its benefits. Despite this BYOD … (more)

  • CCS Insight: Google, Microsoft and Samsung may follow Apple with
  • vertical … FierceWireless We expect competitive conditions in the mobile computing market will drive technology suppliers toward a more wholesale embrace of vertically integrated business models. These models will encompass control of hardware, software, application … (more)

  • BYOD Trend Opens Companies to Security Breaches
  • CIO Today Only 55 percent of mobile workers told iPass they had remote wipe enabled on their smartphones and only 30 percent activated this security feature on their tablets. The BYOD trend brings enterprise security isues with it. “Bring your own device” is all … (more)

  • It’s a BYOD world, but you still need to eat your own dog food
  • GigaOM The great dogfooding debate rages on anew in the bring-your-own-device era. can of dogfood photo: Shutterstock/6493866629. Dogfooding is the yucky-sounding policy of many tech companies that try to mandate their employees use that company’s … (more)

  • BYOD requires clear strategy and enforcement
  • SC Magazine UK However, in a growing number of organisations, existing ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) strategies are leaving critical systems and confidential information exposed to data loss, malware, hackers and espionage. As some employers have found to their cost … (more)

  • iPad Mini: 7.8-in Apple BYOD-fodder rumors run riot
  • Forbes … Mini: 7.8-in Apple BYOD-fodder rumors run riot. Richi Jennings, NetApp. 0 comments, 0 called-out. + Comment now. + Comment now. So here comes the Apple iPad Mini, say persistent rumors. Will this be the 7-inch Bring-Your-Own-Device tablet to beat? (more)

  • The true cost of BYOD
  • Australian Techworld Now BYOD has swept across your company, with little regard to whether or not IT is on board. And while … It’s no longer a matter of fearing BYOD, rather, embrace it know the vast facets it encompasses and include all areas into mobile strategies … (more)

  • Fiberlink Offers MaaS360 Mobile Device Management for Small Businesses
  • eWeek The platform requires no minimum device commitment is designed to let small businesses gradually expand a bring your own device (BYOD) program. MaaS360 also allows business to embrace productivity enablement tools for application management and … (more)

  • Nvidia’s Tegra Processors In Kindle Fire 2 Could Accelerate Its Growth
  • In … Trefis Nvidia began a focused push into mobile computing last year, with ambitions of being more than a graphics chip maker. It positioned its standalone dual-core app processor, Tegra 2, well to capture significant non-iPad tablet market share in 2011 … (more)

  • Chinese giant Baidu launches mobile browser to keep up with nation’s
  • mobile … VentureBeat More than helping you to choose your next phone, MobileBeat is directed at executives who need insight on their mobile strategy, as well as anyone interested in tracking the rise of mobile computing. Major topics include the iPhone, Android, iPad … (more)

  • 10 tips for implementing BYOD securely
  • Network World … but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. With the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement quickly becoming an accepted norm, IT needs to better understand how it impacts all aspects of the corporate network security … (more)

  • KnowBe4 and ITIC study: Security lacks for ‘own devices’
  • Bizjournals.com Bring-your-own-device deployments have been among the biggest trends in corporate computing usage in the last 12 to 18 months, but a study has found that 71 percent of businesses that allow BYOD have no specific policies and procedures in place to … (more)

  • ARM Warns of Mobile Chip Sale Slowdown, Curbs Hiring Plans
  • eWeek ARM CEO Warren East tells the Financial Times that the second half of 2012 could see a continuation of the slowdown in mobile computing devices sales in the first half of the year. ARM Holdings, whose chip designs can be found in more than 90 percent … (more)

  • Newest tablets show future of mobile computing
  • Globe and Mail Video: Newest tablets show future of mobile computing Add to … AP Video. Published Tuesday, Sep. 04 2012, 5:30 PM EDT. Last updated Tuesday, Sep. 04 2012, 5:30 PM EDT. Tablets and tablet-notebook hybrids are creating a buzz at this year’s IFA … (more)