Top 10 Security Challenges For 2013

March 29, 2013
Steve Hurst

For security professionals 2012 was a very exciting year. We saw some major changes in information security attack strategies, known as vectors, and an increase in their public visibility. Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) became more common and mobile and wireless security came into the forefront of our...

Are You Ready To Take The Tablet Challenge?

March 28, 2013
Sander Biehn

At the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES), we saw “The Big” thinking small. The race is on for PC makers to find their way into the tablet market. Everyone from Lenovo to Dell is trying to find the ‘Goldilocks zone’ of just the right size, functionality, and battery life in mobile devices for the professional who now alternates between in-the-office and on-the-go....

Back To The Basics With Data Security

March 27, 2013
Bindu Sundaresan

These days, we use mobile devices for just about everything, from online purchases while we’re standing in line at the coffee shop to managing our bank accounts and storing confidential data. “Human factor” is often cited as one of the weakest links in...

So, What’s Stopping You?

March 25, 2013
Jim Dillon

Have you ever seen an invention or viable business and said to yourself, “Hey, that’s my idea?”  If you’re like me, it’s happened more than once.  But the value of an idea is not only in the ideation, but rather it’s having the idea and executing on it. I’ll write business plans only to have my idea usurped and executed rather well.  One of my so called “business plans” was a...

The 3 Phases Of Enterprise Mobility Management Evolution

March 21, 2013
Maribel Lopez

To successfully deploy mobile applications and support BYOD, IT leaders realize that they must create a mobile management strategy that defines how to manage and support an influx of devices, how to secure access to corporate data, and how to distribute and manage the wide range of enterprise applications the business plans to deploy....

Mobile Is The New Face Of Engagement

ATT

It wasn’t that long ago that companies had a high degree of control over the expectations they set for their customers, employees and partners. Our upcoming webinar, Mobile is the New Face of Engagement, examines how today, as the mobile user base quickly approaches one billion individuals, end-users’ expectations of mobile devices have grown...

It’s An App World After All

March 19, 2013
Hsuan-hua Chang

Mobility is changing our world.  People are connected to wireless networks all the time, and we’re starting to take it for granted. In 2011, when I visited Ghana, I learned that adults were  using cell phones to do money exchanges and teens were  playing games in their feature (non-smart) phones all the time. I realized that apps have entered into people’s daily lives universally, even in a developing community....

Security Spotlight On Consumer Packaged Goods

March 18, 2013
Bindu Sundaresan

When it comes to consumers, the experience is everything. The most successful Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies are already leveraging interactive marketing and social media to drive awareness of their goods as well as their brands – and with good reason. To harness the effects of interactive marketing, social media, and the emerging technologies now available with the plethora of mobile apps and cloud computing, CPG businesses must...

Message Delivered: Solve Your Customer’s Problem via Text

March 15, 2013
Barbara Jones

Have you been toying with adding SMS (texting) to your marketing mix, but are wondering how best to do it?  Quick Answer: Solve a problem for your customer and it will garner you the best results. Here’s an example that we can all relate to:  You leave your house mid-morning to run errands, only to find that about three hours later you’re famished, but don’t know where to go nearby to grab a bite to eat.  Making matters worse,...

The New Mobile Management Evolution

March 14, 2013
Jim Dillon

For those of you who follow the mobility space closely, you are well aware of the evolution of mobile device management (MDM).  No longer is it simply a discussion about supporting mobile devices, the conversation now includes:...

2013 Rx? Inject Your Mobile Strategy With A Good Dose Of Cloud

March 12, 2013
Maribel Lopez

Bill Laberis, Editorial Editor for Enterprise CIO Forum, recently posted a video called “Cloud-enable your mobile strategy.” I believe these two technology trends, mobile and cloud, will fundamentally change computing over the next ten years. The future of computing is a distributed environment where corporate data...

Show Me The Money, eCommerce!

March 11, 2013
Lisa Thomas

If your website is all about making money for your business, mostly through the transaction of goods and services, then by definition it is an eCommerce site.   As with any business, making money requires investment, and running a lucrative eCommerce site is no exception.  By investing and integrating these five money-making traits into your site, your business will be bound to bring in even more money in 2013: mobile, social, personal,...

The Business Impact Of Mobile Engagement

March 8, 2013
ATT

The mobile game is changing. Users are no longer willing to settle for simple, passive applications. The new expectation is for apps to act as “systems of engagement” that provide users with access to the information and functionality necessary to solve problems and address immediate needs. The role that these systems of engagement perform is...

Crowley Ocean Rangers Help Protect Alaska’s Natural Beauty

March 7, 2013
ATT

A new breed of ranger rides the Alaskan seas these days, deputized by voters to protect state waterways against harm from cruise ships. The rangers, marine engineers from Crowley Maritime Corp., conduct onboard inspections that take them into small spaces above deck and below water ­– making it difficult to record their findings on the go....

5 Ways To Quench The Mobile Internet Thirst

March 6, 2013
Sander Biehn

Mobile Internet is EVERYWHERE. When we are not accessing it in public via cellular 4G LTE, we are using our mobile devices to surf on corporate Wi-Fi networks. But access is not always fair. Sometimes, we just want to quickly check our mails. Or launch a corporate app. And yet, we have to struggle with poor response times because someone is streaming multimedia. It is analogous to being unable to...

Hybrid-Location And Travel APIs Ready for Take Off At SXSW’s Travel Hack

March 5, 2013
Maureen Backe

Airline data is at the heart of the travel and hospitality industry. When you combine it with location-based information and the untethered freedom of mobility, you set the stage for innovation. Imagine mobile apps that use flight schedules,...

Breaking Down Barriers

March 4, 2013
Geeta Nayyar

The practice of medicine is always seeking improvements. From leeches to laparoscopic surgeries, the medical field is dynamic and progressive by nature.  Standards of care are never stagnant, they move forward with the times. Likewise, the delivery of care has changed. There was...

Raising the Bar On Global Mobility Management

March 1, 2013
ATT

A major issue confronting many of today’s enterprises is the need to manage mobile services and devices on a global scale. Multiple mobile service providers offering a multitude of plans, devices and ordering platforms and policies often add up to a major...

Cloud And Mobile Are Reinventing Your CDN

John Watson

Over the past 15 years, Content Delivery Network (CDN) services have been about one thing: delivering content, typically video and rich media, to end users on PCs. In 2013, however, businesses deliver a lot more than video streaming files to users and customers. Today they deliver complex websites; personalized and dynamic, non-cacheable data;...

After Some Fits And Starts, Uncle Sam Is On The Way!

February 27, 2013
Josh Heard

We’re well into the New Year, and state and local governments are continuing to find ways to do more with fewer resources, and they are looking to technology to improve efficiency in the delivery of services. What does the rest of the year look like for our state and local governments and how their employees do...

Battle For The Marketing Budget

Brian Solis

Social is as social does. That’s me doing my best attempt to channel Forrest Gump. Why? Because like in the movie, this expression essentially signifies that people will follow what others do, often without knowing why. Sometimes it’s important simply because everyone else is doing it. Call it a form of social proof if you will, the age-old psychological phenomenon where, in...