mobile devices - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Blackberry buys Good Technology as it further expands into mobile device security

  Blackberry placed rivalries aside and purchased Good Technology as the phone maker moves further into the mobile security market.

• Tablet users more engaged with online banking

  Online bank ING Direct has found that customers who use a tablet device to access its services are likely to be more engaged, with higher savings balances and more products than non-tablet users.
  

• The next frontier of application context-awareness: mood

  Mobile devices, such as smartphones, bristle with an array of increasingly sophisticated sensors ranging from gyroscopes and light sensors to hygrometers and thermometers. These sensors can be used to provide context to applications and a device's operating system, modifying the end user experience to account for their environment (a simple example being altering screen brightness and keyboard backlighting as ambient light changes).

• 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.

• Enterprise smartphone and tablet incursion to grow in 2012

  Workers bringing their own devices to work was one of the biggest challenges IT departments faced in 2011... and in 2010... and in 2009 as well. And guess what? It's going to be one of the biggest challenges in 2012 too.

Whitepapers about mobile devices

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  The Smart Digital Workplace: Transforming your network foundation to evolve the future of work

  THE EVOLUTION OF THE DIGITAL WORKPLACE The global workplace is shifting to an environment that fosters an interactive and collaborative relationship with its stakeholders. This new “active facility” design is quickly replacing the existing passive workplace.

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  Effective Mobile Engagement Report 2016

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  Managing the Complexity of Today’s Hybrid IT Environments

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  The tipping point is here - All wireless workplaces show benefit over traditional wired technology