Consumerization of IT and BYOD have increasingly put IT organizations on the hook to deliver continuous access to employees and customers. But despite the focus on mobility, quality assurance of mobile apps is being left behind.
Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 will mark "the end" of the computer industry's dominant OS due to increasing competition and choice sparked by alternatives, according to Salesforce.com CEO, Marc Benioff.
Organisations are demanding more and more of their IT departments to be increasingly agile and responsive to users’ needs when it comes to bring your own device (BYOD). The challenge is ensuring BYOD doesn’t become bring your own disaster.
Before plunging straight into bring-your-own-device (BYOD), it is important to be aware of some of the unforeseen costs associated with managing and running BYOD schemes.
Big companies, even those with demanding <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> needs, are nonetheless allowing employees to use personally owned <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/061510-smartphone-history.html">smartphones</a> and tablets for work, according to a new survey. And increasingly, it is employees and not the companies that are bearing the costs -- for the devices, and cellular data plans.
It’s an issue that keeps many a CIO awake at night — how do you create a technologically flexible workplace while maintaining a strong IT framework and security? How do you track ongoing costs and benefits?
If an employee walked into work one day clutching his shiny new iPhone, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a>, Android or other mobile smartphone or tablet, wanting to use it for official corporate business, would you say yes?
I recently met with rock star CIOs at a conference focused on enterprise mobility. Here's a snapshot of what I learned: