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• IDC cuts forecast for mobile management software sales

  Sales of mobile management software will grow at a slower pace over the next few years but will still top $2.9 billion in 2019, according to IDC's latest forecast.

• Microsoft applies 'freemium' tactic to mobile device management for Office 365

  Microsoft today made good on a promise from last fall, adding several basic mobile device management (MDM) tools to all commercial Office 365 subscriptions.

• Survey: iPhone 6 powers an increase in enterprise adoption of iOS

  Apple's iOS mobile platform gained user share in security-conscious businesses late in 2014, taking it away from Google's Android platform, thanks to the introduction of the iPhone 6 smartphone, according to a survey of its enterprise customers by mobile security vendor Good Technology.

• Android for Work brings container security to Google Play apps

  Google today made real its Android for Work product, which was first announced last June at the Google I/O conference. Android for Work is a revamped version of the Divide containerization app that Google acquired last spring. It's built in to Android 5.0 Lollipop and available as a separate app for Android 3.0 Ice Cream Sandwich through Android 4.4 KitKat.

• Okta Developer Edition brings identity to the masses

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• How End-to-End MDM Leaves Rollins With One Less Pest to Control

  For many enterprises, a mobility strategy means fine-tuning customer-facing apps. Other companies, however, aim to take their in-house mobility management to the next level. Rollins, an Atlanta-based company that provides pest control services through 10 subsidiaries, including Orkin, recently selected a service provider to provide end-to-end mobile device management.

• Bunnings drives productivity with iPod Touch rollout

  Bunnings is aggressively developing mobile apps for its retail employees following a deployment last Christmas of 1500 iPod Touch devices to store staff, according to the company's mobility team leader.

• Fiberlink wipes one smartphone or tablet every three minutes

  One mobile device is wiped every three minutes as part of a corporate security policy, according to a study of 130,000 devices managed by MaaS360, the Fiberlink mobile device management platform.

• Samsung drops Knox prices and introduces Knox user portal

  Samsung on Thursday announced price reductions and updates for its Knox security and management software for IT shops and a free My Knox service that is directly available to professionals using ActiveSync.

• Australian MDM market to reach $51.6m by 2016: Frost & Sullivan

  The Australian mobile device management (MDM) market is forecast to be worth $51.6 million by 2016 as more organisations allow personal smartphones into the workplace, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.

• BlackBerry has 'one foot in the grave': AirWatch CEO

  BlackBerry slipped when it forced businesses to buy its mobile device management (MDM) platform to fully support BlackBerry 10 devices, according to AirWatch CEO John Marshall.

• Federal CIOs Face BYOD, Mobile App Security Challenges

  With BYOD policies beginning to take shape to allow new devices into government agency networks, federal CIOs now face a set of security challenges associated with mobile applications.

• Enterprise app store adoption rises: Gartner

  One quarter of enterprises will have an enterprise app store by 2017, according to a Gartner report.

• RIM unveils mobile management software support for Apple and Android devices

  BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion has released new mobile management software that adds support for Apple and Android devices but analysts say time will tell if the company's new emphasis on bring-your-own-device (BYOD) will succeed.

• Zenprise appoints A/NZ country manager

  US mobile device management (MDM) company Zenprise has appointed Melbourne-based John Martens as Australia and New Zealand country manager following its expansion into the region in October 2012.