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The popular perception of IT within government might be one of glacial innovation and even slower adoption - but we think the Feds are getting a bum rap. Our friends at Fixmo are right in the midst of managing the transformative impact of mobility on government. Granted, it's no easy task, but the appeal of going mobile is proving irresistible to myriad government agencies and organisations.

Dell Software’s sweet spot is the mid-enterprise market, with lower cost solutions that are relatively new to the market and can offer the latest technological developments without being encumbered with legacy systems to support. At Dell’s recent analyst day in San Francisco, mobility was the one of four pillars of Dell’s strategy. The others were cloud, Big Data, and security.

Regardless of what features the latest smartphone has, plenty of discussion arises from what the manufacturer has missed off. With smartphones now carrying more potentially sensitive data, is a password enough to secure your phone?

Michael Moss, talking about his new book Salt Sugar Fat, said something that struck a chord with me. He was talking about the science of creating food and something called the 'Bliss Factor...that perfect balance that will ensure that the products are a smash hit with consumers'. That's where I want to go with BYOD policy...

Samsung unveiled the next phase of its program to make its Android smart devices fit for enterprise deployment with the announcement of KNOX. KNOX provides an end-to-end package of security services that reach from the hardware to the application layer.

In order to truly overcome the immense challenge of mobile security, it takes a conscious effort from both developers and mobile users. Here's a look at both ends of the spectrum, and best practices for minimising mobile security risk.

There's a half truth blazing its way through the enterprise mobility marketplace. Organisations are being told, by vendors who are best uninformed and at worst being dishonest, that having an app store means you have MAM (mobile app management). This deception needs to end, now.

Mobile devices have captured the imagination of the general public and business leaders alike. Mobile technology is often viewed as all about a personal experience and personal productivity. However, if we look at mobile only from that perspective, we may overlook what has become one of the big social realignments of our time.