Mobile Computing

The explosive growth in mobile computing is on enterprise radars everywhere. From trends in mobile devices, security, applications, mobility, TCO and more, you will discover a wide range of all things mobile.

Top 10 Mobile Technologies through 2013

Gartner has identified 10 mobile technologies that will evolve significantly through 2013 in ways that will impact short-term mobile strategies and policies.

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Mobile and wireless technologies and applications offer a rare opportunity for disruptive innovation and differentiation. Organizations must identify the key mobile technologies that are likely to have a broad impact, and identify ways to exploit their potential in employee- and customer-facing applications.

These 10 mobile technologies were selected because they enable one or more of the following:

Improved infrastructure
More effective mobile application delivery
New business opportunities
Innovative applications or experiences
Better management and control

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7 Failures in Mobile Device Security

Laptop losses and security breaches continue to draw media attention. Smartphone and tablet security breaches are underreported. It's evident that the same old security and privacy problems remain.

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Are you doing enough to improve your mobile security governance? Do you know where to start?

Mobile technologies are expected to remain one of the top three CIO issues through 2016, according to a Gartner 2013 CIO survey of more than 2,000 CIOs.

Read an excerpt from Top Seven Failures in Mobile Device Security

What You Need to Know: Throughout 2012, client feedback collected from inquiries, user roundtables, workshops and other sources indicated that companies experienced failures in mobile security stemming from policy gaps. Failure consequences are not well-understood outside of high-security industries, leading users to form casual perceptions of information protection value on a variety of mobile devices, which range from laptops to phones.

Many users and decision makers remained convinced that there is little need to prepare for the loss or misuse of mobile devices, but any company that has a reason to be in business also has an obligation to treat business data with care across all allowed computing platforms, regardless of location and even if there is no external legal obligation involved.

This research presents best practices corresponding to seven failures in mobile device security. This research also summarizes action plans for each mobile security failure. . . [end of excerpt].

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How to Prioritize Mobile Device Requirements

How should you prioritize mobile device requirements?

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Mobile device management offerings are expanding from traditional configurations, policy management, IT administration and reporting to deeper security with containerization, mobile application management (MAM) and enterprise content management.

The mobile device management market has been growing in demand, and will continue to grow in 2012, with the market size estimated at over $500 million.

Read an excerpt from Critical Capabilities for Mobile Device Management

What You Need to Know: The core capabilities of mobile device management, such as provisioning, policy enforcement, asset management, administration and reporting, are commoditizing across multiple offerings, and appear increasingly similar. However, differentiation is growing in new areas, such as containerization, MAM and enterprise content management, driven by a great demand for consumer mobility and BYOD adoption.

This research provides ratings for a selection of enterprise mobile device management offerings, and evaluates them across seven critical capabilities in common use cases. Enterprises should use this research to identify the most suitable mobile device management products and services for. . . [end of excerpt].

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