Identity Management Plays a Key Role in Mobile Device Management (MDM) – Infosecurity Magazine
Identity Management Plays a Key Role in Mobile Device Management (MDM)Infosecurity MagazineIAM is becoming the hub for all things security, and so it should be for mobile device management. MDM provides an administrative interface for managing server-related components, as well as self-service interfaces and over-the-air provisioning. Full Article Here
Samsung Launches Galaxy Tablet, Smartphone Business Marketing Push – The VAR Guy
Samsung Launches Galaxy Tablet, Smartphone Business Marketing PushThe VAR GuySamsung has launched a B2B branding initiative to promote its laptops, Galaxy tablets, smartphones and management software into business accounts. For channel partners, the key opportunities could involve BYOD, mobile device management, vertical … and more » Full Article Here
Targeted attack reveals flaws of mobile device management software – SC Magazine UK
Targeted attack reveals flaws of mobile device management softwareSC Magazine UKMobile device management software is only as secure as the device it is on, and both are easily intercepted. Speaking to SC Magazine, Lacoon Mobile Security CEO Michael Shaulov demonstrated a technique of delivering a mobile remote access Trojan … Full Article Here
BYOD, COPE and M2M: SAP Reveals Next Generation M2M – MSPmentor
MSPmentor BYOD, COPE and M2M: SAP Reveals Next Generation M2MMSPmentorMachine-to-machine (M2M) is nothing new to the IT channel, but its momentum has been pushed aside by mobile device management (MDM), said SAP (NYSE: SAP) Vice President of Product Management Benjamin Wesson (pictured) in a phone interview … and more » Full Article Here
BYOD v. COPE: Can Either Model Address Sharing Device? – MSPmentor
MSPmentor BYOD v. COPE: Can Either Model Address Sharing Device?MSPmentorAirWatch Public Relations Manager Victor Cooper said via email that many organizations use shared devices, pointing to employees at hospitals or retail stores. Many of these devices are corporate-owned and include a mobile device management (MDM) …TEMIA Research Finds Costs Rise after Enterprises Adopt BYOD PoliciesVirtual-Strategy [...]
Key slides from Leap's Q1 presentation
Check out key slides from Leap Wireless’ first quarter earnings presentation Click here for the full PDF presentation. Click here to return to the story. Full Article Here
Leap sees improved iPhone sales, but will not purchase more
Cricket provider Leap Wireless (NASDAQ:LEAP) said it seeing an improvement in sales of Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone, but the company will not purchase any more devices from Apple beyond its initial $900 million, three-year deal that it made with Apple last June. Click here for key slides from Leap’s first quarter earnings presentation. Leap CEO Doug [...]
Dish raises specter of SoftBank's connection to UTStarcom, bribery allegations
The battle between Japan’s SoftBank and Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) for control of Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) is getting nastier, with Dish warning the FCC that it should take into account SoftBank’s ties to UTStarcom, which settled bribery allegations in 2009 with the Department of Justice. The filing by Dish comes shortly after SoftBank CEO Masayoshi [...]
Orr: Previous experiences push shoppers to tablet, phablet or smartphone
Jeff Orr Between the handset and ultra-portable notebook PC form-factors lies the realm of mobile computing. First explored commercially in 2007 with ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs) and handheld mobile internet devices (MIDs), mobile computing merges the battery-powered versatility of handsets with the processing power and application versatility found in traditional PC systems. Today, the mobile computing [...]
Kik Messenger moves from messaging to monetization
Kik Interactive burst onto the over-the-top messaging market in late 2010 with its Kik Messenger app, which supports chat-based conversations across platforms including Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS and Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android and lets users sign in with their Kik username, not their phone number, to guarantee control over their privacy. However, Kik Messenger also integrates HTML5-powered [...]
Army has lost control of its mobile devices, says DOD IG – Defense Systems
Naked Security Army has lost control of its mobile devices, says DOD IGDefense SystemsAccording to the DOD IG, the CIOs at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), West Point, NY, and the Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Vicksburg, MS, did not use a mobile device management application to …Mobile device security [...]
Why Every VAR, MSP Should Sell Mobile Device Management – Business Solutions Magazine
VC Circle Why Every VAR, MSP Should Sell Mobile Device ManagementBusiness Solutions MagazineThe other day I was reading a white paper we produced for an RMM (remote monitoring and management) provider on the topic of Mobile Device Management (MDM), and it struck me that this is a service you could be offering your customers. Consider [...]
Grudi Associates Offers New Mobile Device Management Capabilities to … – San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Grudi Associates Offers New Mobile Device Management Capabilities to …San Francisco Chronicle (press release)“This is a very significant development in mobile device management, because it enables us to help businesses manage BlackBerry, iOS and Android all in one place,” says Walt Grudi, President of Grudi Associates, a leading provider of [...]
Forrester Research calls mobile-device management 'heavy-handed approach' – Techworld.com
Forrester Research calls mobile-device management ‘heavy-handed approach’Techworld.comIn its 2013 “Mobile Security Predictions” report, Forrester says that “on-demand mobile virtualization will overtake mobile-device management” as a core technology that IT professionals will turn to as a way “to segregate business content and data from … Full Article Here
MDM is only part of the story – GCN.com
MDM is only part of the storyGCN.comNear or at the top of the to-do list for practically every agency network administrator these days is to find and implement a mobile device management (MDM) platform that fits with their organization’s “bring you own device” (BYOD) policy. But MDM … Full Article Here
New Alca-Lu CEO to accelerate cuts and asset sales
Alcatel-Lucent’s new CEO Michel Combes is expected to accelerate the company’s €1.25 billion cost-cutting plan, which includes 5,500 job cuts, a labour union source told Reuters. Combes’ predecessor, Ben Verwaayen, was criticised for not pushing ahead quickly enough with a major cost-cutting plan and failed to deliver a promised turnaround in his five-year-long tenure as [...]
Nokia breathes again as Indian $383M tax demand suspended
Nokia has seen a demand from the Indian tax authorities suspended by a local court after being ordered to pay $383 million within 30 days for failing to properly pay taxes. Indian tax officials issued the demand last month after raiding Nokia’s huge handset factory in Chennai, Southern India. The order from the Indian tax [...]
Telekom Austria gambles by lifting mobile data pricing, drops flat-rate
Telekom Austria is introducing higher-priced mobile data tariffs with the view that the growing demand for data will enable it to reverse declining ARPUs. The company says it will move away from offering flat-rate data bundles, and offer customers tariffs based upon transmission speeds and the volume of data they choose, according to Bloomberg. “The [...]
KPN investigates using LTE to provide rural broadband
KPN is considering the extent that its LTE network can be used to provide high-speed internet services to rural areas. Dutch residents outside of urban areas often have no access to copper or fibre connections, relying on satellite or 3G for internet service, according to Tweakers, a local technology website. The Netherlands has an estimated [...]
Tele2's Russian sale provokes bidding war
Tele2′s sale of its Russian operations to the banking group VTB has been disrupted by another potential buyer offering 30 per cent above the $3.5 billion agreed-upon sale price. While the deal was announced last week as having been agreed, two of the big three Russian telecom operators–MTS and Vimpelcom–have quickly come forward with a [...]
Report: Brightstar is mystery buyer of 1M BlackBerry 10 phones
BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY) announced with much fanfare earlier this month that an unnamed, "established" partner placed an order for 1 million BlackBerry 10 smartphones, the company's largest single order ever. Though the company has declined to name the purchaser, it is wireless device distributor Brightstar, according to an AllThingsD report. The report, citing unnamed sources, said [...]
AT&T snubs Qi wireless charging standard with support for Power Matters Alliance
AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) is trying to bring some order to the fragmented wireless charging industry by supporting the PMA, or the Power Matters Alliance, which is spearheaded by Powermat Technologies and Procter & Gamble. AT&T is seeking a commitment from its handset partners to support the PMA standard. "In an effort to move towards making [...]
AT&T doubles number of Digital Life launch markets to 15
AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) said it will effectively double the number of markets where it will initially launch its Digital Life home automation service from eight to 15. However, the company has not named the markets or said when exactly the service will begin. The company said in a statement that the offering will launch "this [...]
MetroPCS: We have no other buyer but T-Mobile
MetroPCS (NYSE:PCS) reiterated its call to shareholders to approve its merger with Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA, arguing that no other company has emerged since last fall to make a counter bid for the company. MetroPCS has pleaded with its shareholders over the past several weeks to approve the deal when they vote on the transaction [...]
BlackBerry Z10 sales get off to slow start at AT&T, but more U.S. carrier support coming
Sales of BlackBerry's (NASDAQ:BBRY) flagship Z10 smartphone got off to a relatively slow start over the weekend at AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) stores, according to analysts and media reports, but Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) and T-Mobile USA will also start selling the phone by the end of the month. AT&T is featuring the Z10 on its website. [...]