The Top 5 BYOS Tasks To Put On Your Business’s To-Do List

June 19, 2013
John Cupit

In a recent post, I discussed how Bring Your Own Service (or Software) is becoming an issue in many enterprise environments as organizations embrace the concept of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). As with any transformative technology, it is still too early in the adoption cycle to have established industry-recognized best practices surrounding the security of BYOS.  However, there are five key tasks that should be addressed before supporting...

Tapping Into The Genius Of Technology

June 17, 2013
Jim Dillon

The potential that lies in technology is in the mind and at the fingertips of individual genius. And every one of us has the potential to be that genius. For any company, agency, or organization that is looking for ways to better the end user experience, a good first step is to listen to the collective individual, whether it is your user base, your own employees, or your constituents...

Security Amidst The Mobile Chaos

June 14, 2013
John Cupit

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has crossed the chasm from a bleeding edge to an early adopter technology.  According to IDC, more than half the companies they recently surveyed already let employees use their own smart devices within the...

7 Ways To Supercharge Your Mobile Customer Experience

Doug Sillars

Mobile context aptly describes the myriad ways you can present information to your users on a mobile device.  Now that more and more smartphone users prefer to browse on their mobile device over the PC, it is essential that you provide (at least)...

Mobile Video Is About To Rule The World. Are You Ready?

June 13, 2013
Lisanne Powers

Our lives have become increasingly intertwined with our mobile devices.  As the possibilities expand, our communication and collaboration experiences are broader and richer, both personally and professionally.  Applications are being developed that can support our personal and professional personas on one mobile device.  Amidst the everyday stream of phone calls,...

The Power Of Financial Modeling

June 11, 2013
Dan Schmidt

Over the years, I have found that there are three opposing forces when it comes to the procurement of new technology investment. IT, the line of business, and the sourcing/supply chain. All organizations have a vested interest in these forces...

Is VPN The Next Big Thing For Tablets?

Sander Biehn

It is only my second full week of working exclusively on my tablet, and I have been steadily and consistently surprised by what applications have been the greatest assistance to me. One of the biggest surprises has been the VPN client. By using the VPN and the resources attached to it, I have skirted many thorny issues that I experienced working on the tablet. These include printing, Microsoft document retrieval and manipulation, and access...

Calling All Road Warriors: Add Mobile To Your Travel Arsenal

June 10, 2013
Jim Dillon

If you are a frequent traveler, you probably have a tried-and-true routine.  You know just the right amount of clothes to pack to limit baggage, squeezing the most you can in your carry-on so that the overhead bin can still shut, you wear clothes that...

5 Ways We Overestimate Mobile Device Security

June 7, 2013
Velera Wilson

Mobile security has become a hyper-sensitive topic in many business conversations today. A CIO magazine article headline in January proclaiming “Mobile Attacks Top the List of 2013 Security Threats” echoes this sentiment and a report by...

Trend Alert: Increase Your Email Open Rate With Symbols

Jean Hendricks

Over the last several months, I’ve noticed an increase in symbols in the subject line of my personal email coming from several innovative businesses.  Have you received an email with a special symbol in it such as a heart, star or happy face...

Will Mobile Matter In 10 Years?

June 6, 2013
Maribel Lopez

A thought-provoking article by David Lithicum that recently appeared in InfoWorld asked  "What will 'cloud computing' mean in 10 years?"  He wrote "In a decade, cloud computing will encompass pervasive services, public and private...

CIOs: Go BYOD Or Go Home

ATT

The explosion of the Internet and mobile devices has created an enormous shift in how employees and businesses operate.  Access to the Internet is available almost everywhere, broadband at your home, wifi in coffee shops and airports and wireless access virtually anywhere.  Coupled with a huge growth in laptop, smart phones and tablets, employees are more mobile than ever. And mobile devices are so much more capable now; the days of...

Seeing Green In Mobile Marketing

June 5, 2013
Alice Bredin

It’s no secret that mobile marketing can offer small businesses a big advantage. That’s why so many of your competitors are spending more on mobile tactics. Nearly three-quarters of the businesses surveyed in the 2013 AT&T Small Business Technology Poll are increasing...

Taking Dinner Orders And Other Great Tablet Uses

June 3, 2013
Allyson Fralish

At a growing number of restaurants around the country, tablets are doing triple-duty: as the menu, the waiter, and a pastime. At a restaurant near my house, you can browse the food and drinks, tap on your choices to order, and swipe...

Why Technology Professionals Can’t Afford to Ignore Social & Mobile

May 29, 2013
Jason Druebert

Recently, I overheard a conversation in an elevator on the way to a meeting: two guys were laughing about their kids and their foolish social media usage. When I arrived at my meeting, one of attendees was talking about how he had just recently...

Is It An App Or Is It Art?

May 20, 2013
Jeff Morgan

“I don’t know what good art is, but I know it when I see it.”  It’s the same challenge when describing what an application is to your mother or someone used to thirty years of the PC. Today things are further complicated by a plethora of new devices. Is...

Avoid IT Horror Stories With A Mobile-Friendly Approach

May 17, 2013
Jim Dillon

What motivates you to change – is it a valued opinion, a trend, or a necessity?  I’d consider myself somewhat a creature of habit and I fall victim to my routine quite often. It often takes a wake-up call to force me to change my habits. As luck, or a lack of luck, would have it, last week I was hampered by a computer crash.  You know, two full business days of working with IT to fix your laptop while having limited access to the...

IT: It’s Time To Reinvent Your Control

May 15, 2013
Asmara Hadi

The rapid introduction of smartphones and tablet devices has challenged organizations to stretch their IT capacities. While IT departments continue to concentrate on traditional core requirements,  they must extend their capabilities to manage a proliferation of mobile platforms and devices. Since the concept...

Reflections From TEDMED

May 14, 2013
Geeta Nayyar

I recently spoke at TEDMED13, the healthcare and medical focused conference of the broader TED organization.  Now, I’ve been fortunate to meet some amazing people, but I have to admit that I was a little star struck.  The thrill of shaking hands with Aneesh Chopra, the chief technology officer for the United...

NFC: It Takes A Village

May 13, 2013
Hsuan-hua Chang

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a technology supported by a large ecosystem. The key players consist of telecom operators, manufacturers (readers, tags, smart cards, semiconductors, and consumer electronics), mobile device OEM, system integrators, banking/ financial institutions, merchant consumers,...

End-to-End Solution In Mobile Application Development

May 10, 2013
ATT

Mobile applications have captured the imagination of, well, everyone. They engage your customers, empower your employees and in theory, should make your business run more efficiently. Unfortunately, development teams are often...