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• IDC cuts forecast for mobile management software sales

  Sales of mobile management software will grow at a slower pace over the next few years but will still top $2.9 billion in 2019, according to IDC's latest forecast.

• Microsoft applies 'freemium' tactic to mobile device management for Office 365

  Microsoft today made good on a promise from last fall, adding several basic mobile device management (MDM) tools to all commercial Office 365 subscriptions.

• Snowy Hydro eyes smart glasses

  Snowy Hydro is exploring potential uses of wearable devices in its business following a rollout of Centrify identity management software.

• Survey: iPhone 6 powers an increase in enterprise adoption of iOS

  Apple's iOS mobile platform gained user share in security-conscious businesses late in 2014, taking it away from Google's Android platform, thanks to the introduction of the iPhone 6 smartphone, according to a survey of its enterprise customers by mobile security vendor Good Technology.

• Android for Work brings container security to Google Play apps

  Google today made real its Android for Work product, which was first announced last June at the Google I/O conference. Android for Work is a revamped version of the Divide containerization app that Google acquired last spring. It's built in to Android 5.0 Lollipop and available as a separate app for Android 3.0 Ice Cream Sandwich through Android 4.4 KitKat.

• Okta Developer Edition brings identity to the masses

  Identity is hard.

• Bunnings drives productivity with iPod Touch rollout

  Bunnings is aggressively developing mobile apps for its retail employees following a deployment last Christmas of 1500 iPod Touch devices to store staff, according to the company's mobility team leader.

• Laptops to be managed more like mobiles: AirWatch CEO

  Integration with VMware will help AirWatch expand its mobile device management (MDM) to laptops and the Internet of Things, according to AirWatch CEO John Marshall.

• Fiberlink wipes one smartphone or tablet every three minutes

  One mobile device is wiped every three minutes as part of a corporate security policy, according to a study of 130,000 devices managed by MaaS360, the Fiberlink mobile device management platform.

• Samsung drops Knox prices and introduces Knox user portal

  Samsung on Thursday announced price reductions and updates for its Knox security and management software for IT shops and a free My Knox service that is directly available to professionals using ActiveSync.

• Australian MDM market to reach $51.6m by 2016: Frost & Sullivan

  The Australian mobile device management (MDM) market is forecast to be worth $51.6 million by 2016 as more organisations allow personal smartphones into the workplace, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.

• CYOD: How to choose devices for your users

  The enterprise’s need for control must be balanced against what users want when deciding on which smartphones to support in a choose-your-own-device (CYOD) scheme, say analysts.

• Enterprise to face more mobile operating systems

  It's not just Android and iOS devices that are likely to be making their way into Australian workplaces, with alternative mobile operating systems projected to gain in marketshare over the next four years.

• Slater & Gordon Lawyers makes the case for mobile security

  Concerns about protecting corporate data on personal devices lead Slater & Gordon Lawyers to introduce a mobile device management (MDM) suite two years ago.

• Coming to the enterprise: BYOD tablets running both Android and Windows

  A new wave of hybrids running both Windows 8 and Android operating systems creates opportunities and challenges for the enterprise, according to Telsyte analyst Rodney Gedda.