Information privacy is still the IT “elephant in the room”
Consumers are becoming more aware of the value of their personal data and will trade personal information for real or perceived benefit, but will punish ...
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How to boost business meetings with BYOD
There are many ways that businesses can make their meetings more effective and productive. Aside from the obvious factors that contribute to a meeting’s success, such as a concise and well-structured agenda, and considered support materials, one of the most important elements enabling meetings to run more smoothly is technology. From this perspective, the BYOD trend could provide the most straightforward way to boost efficiency in the meeting room.
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One in three US students uses school-issued BYOD devices, report finds
A report from Project Tomorrow has found that one in three US students had used a school issued BYOD device. The paper, entitled ‘The New Digital Learning Playbook: Understanding the Spectrum of Students’ Activities and Aspirations’, confirms what many are suspecting: schools are starting to seriously embrace the mobility trend.
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MobileIron VP strategy Ojas Rege on a “perfect storm” in mobile today
On Monday, enterprise mobility management (EMM) provider MobileIron announced that it had filed for IPO, with a potential $100m hoping to be raised. Two weeks before the filing was announced, Enterprise AppsTech spoke with MobileIron’s VP strategy, Ojas Rege, on the state of the mobile market and the role MobileIron had to play in it.
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What Hadoop means for SAS’s product roadmap
At an analyst gathering a few weeks ago, SAS termed Hadoop its strategic development platform for new analytics tools going forward. SAS is ramping up new products and enabling its existing portfolio to work natively in Hadoop. Its advantage starts with a wide and deep library of analytic functions and established data management capability.
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Why you need to eliminate innovation rot and crush the app backlog
The demands for new apps, both customer and employee facing, are at an all time high. IT and app backlogs are worse than ever. Innovation rot can infest your organisation. Here’s how to clear through the disinfest of your business.
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Egnyte CEO Vineet Jain: Why the cloud will never be enough for the enterprise
Vineet Jain, the CEO and co-founder of enterprise file storage platform Egnyte, has a bold bet which forms the basis of his entire business operations. Anyone who follows Jain on Twitter will instantly know what it is, as it’s his handle: @CloudNotEnough. What’s more, the Egnyte chief exec believes that the need for on-premise architecture alongside the cloud will remain the case for enterprises even in a decade’s time.
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Why are platforms the future for mobile app development?
The rapid advances in mobile technology have led to a world where there is no single accepted approach, but history looks to be repeating itself from the desktop world, and I believe that application development platforms are the way forward.
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Where is the Shazam for enterprise mobile apps?
With so much focus on how to build amazing mobile apps it’s really hard to go past Shazam. As we see the demand for enterprise mobile apps to continue to accelerate, I can’t help but ask: Where’s the Shazam for enterprise mobile apps?
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MobileIron files for $100m IPO, outlines company future
MobileIron has filed a registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering (IPO), with $100m hoping to be raised. The enterprise mobility management (EMM) vendor’s financial figures showed a spike in profit year on year alongside substantial losses, a fact the company acknowledges as a risk factor in its filing.
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Opinion: Bury XP - or bury your data
Upgrading Windows XP to either Windows 7 or Windows 8 is critical both from a cost perspective and security point of view. It's easy to measure the amount of money you’ll spend trying to get an aged Windows XP system to work when things go wrong. But it’s hard to put a price on your data. A data compromise due to a new virus can have immeasurable costs to the business that may last for years.
