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• NAB trialling BYOD

  The National Australia Bank is trialling a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) program for its top 200 executives, according to Adam Bennett, NAB executive manager of enterprise transformation.
  

• Hold on Oscars! Telecom industry releases documentary on 'The Future of the Network'

  The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is a little late for this weekend's Oscars, but the outfit this week has nevertheless revealed the first in a four-part documentary series on "The Future of the Network."

• F5 jumps into BYOD with new app manager

  F5 Networks on Tuesday will announce a mobile app manager product aimed at simplifying the integration of the omnipresent personal smartphone into corporate networks.

• Companies still unprepared for cyber attacks: Deloitte

  Many enterprises around the world think they are prepared for cyber attacks but the reality is that any organisation is at risk of a security breach, consulting firm Deloitte has warned.

• BYOD nightmare: iOS devices hobble Exchange servers when they synch

  Microsoft and Apple recommend that businesses deny certain iPhones, iPads and iPods access to Calendar items until the companies can clear up a problem that slows Exchange servers to a crawl when the devices try to synch.

• Enterprise app store adoption rises: Gartner

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

• ForeScout integrates its NAC with MobileIron

  In a bid to give IT departments better control over devices that employees bring to work, ForeScout Technologies has added MobileIron to the list of mobile management vendors its network access control platform can be integrated with.

• 5 ways the help desk may be hurting you

  Aptly named, a company's help desk is primarily focused on resolving technology issues so the business as a whole can function successfully. Despite the best of intentions, however, help desks can put the company at risk by using legacy tools, shared passwords and incomplete security practices.

• Nokia Lumia gets lift from elevator company

  The Australian office of a lift and escalator company has seen more than 70 per cent of employees use Nokia Lumia handsets running versions of Windows Phone under its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategy. However, a recent Forrester study painted a less rosy picture for the popularity of Windows Phone in Australia.

• More than 75 per cent of enterprises now support BYOD: Good Technology

  The percentage of enterprises supporting BYOD has increased to 76 per cent, according to Good Technology’s 2nd Annual State of BYOD Report.

• Non-profit cuts costs with BYOD

  Compassion Australia has saved thousands of dollars since shifting to a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) mobile strategy, according to the non-profit organisation's systems administrator of projects, Blessing Matore.
  

• Are federal agency workers going rogue with personal devices?

  Federal agencies continue to struggle with the question of whether to allow employees to use their personal smartphones and tablets at work under so-called bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies, according to a survey out this month from the organization Telework Exchange.

• Parliament gets ready for BYOD, gears up for mobility

  The Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) is developing a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy and is equipping staff with mobile devices as part of its ICT reorganisation, the new CIO, Eija Seittenranta told CIO Australia.

• Bring Your Own Apps: where mobility and cloud meet the enterprise

  Amid all the talk about the bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon sweeping the enterprise, there is a subtler trend brewing that is set to become more strategic for IT managers in 2013: bring your own apps (BYOA).

• Gartner: Cloud computing, mobile ushering in "major shift" for enterprise security practices

  Gartner has said what it expects to be the top security trends for 2013, citing the rise of cloud computing, social media and employees bringing their own devices to work as among the forces likely to produce radical changes in how enterprises manage IT security. The market research firm also says the "major shift" expected in IT security in 2013 will shake up established IT security vendors as newer players in cloud and mobile challenge them.