Mobile device management - News, Features, and Slideshows

Features

• Apple-IBM deal threatens Android's enterprise push

  The new Apple-IBM partnership seems sure to help Apple sell more iPads to businesses, but it may also be setting off alarm bells at mobile device management companies large and small.

• BlackBerry is laser-focused on the enterprise with BES10

  After encountering problems last year selling its newest smartphones, BlackBerry has shifted to a stronger focus on the enterprise, especially through distribution of its BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 mobility management client software.

• How to choose the right enterprise mobility management tool

  As mobile device management continues to morph, consider what's 'good enough' for what you need right now -- and don't neglect the user experience, whatever else you do.

• Mobility in the enterprise: Who should hold the hot potato?

  Bringing mobility to the enterprise is like wrestling with an octopus. Here's how Electronic Arts, Case Western University and Needham Bank are taming the beast.

• What the iPhone 5S and 5C and iOS7 offer the enterprise

  Much of what Apple offers enterprise workers and their IT departments in the new iPhone 5S and 5C comes by virtue of its new iOS 7, first announced in June.

• Dual persona smartphones non grata at Starz

  Among several BYOD strategies Starz has tried over the past five years, dual persona smartphones -- offering employees a business and personal interface -- took off like a lead balloon.

• Mobile management morphs

  Customers are pushing the limits of the software -- asking it to manage and do many more things than it was originally created to do -- and vendors are happy to oblige.

• How BYOD saved VMware $US2 million

  As more companies adopt a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) approach to mobile, many are getting caught by hidden costs. But virtualization titan VMware has bucked that trend. VMware CIO Mark Egan explains how his company accomplished its feat.

• Top 12 Security Slideshows of 2012

  As 2012 comes to a close, it's time to reflect on the security trends of the year with this look at the hottest security slideshows of 2012.

• Top 12 IT Security Stories of 2012

  The holidays are nearly here and 2012 is on the way out. It's time to reflect on some of the most popular security stories and tips of the year as we prepare for 2013.

• Best BYOD management: Work zones for smartphones

  New containerization technologies can help BYOD initiatives succeed by creating separate spaces on smartphones for work and personal use.