Samsung Knox, BES 10 get Pentagon approval

Samsung Knox, BES 10 get Pentagon approval

​The enterprise partitions of new BlackBerry and Samsung products have passed the rigorous security testing of the US Department of Defense.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) on Friday said it had approved Enterprise Service 10 on BlackBerry’s Z10 and Q10 smartphones and PlayBook tablets, as well as Knox on Samsung’s just-released Galaxy S4, to run on its internal networks.

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The Global Enterprise Mobility Alliance Adds Nicholas McQuire as Managing Director and CEO

The Global Enterprise Mobility Alliance Adds Nicholas McQuire as Managing Director and CEO

​NEW YORK CITY (May 1, 2013) – The Global Enterprise Mobility Alliance (GEMA) today announced that noted enterprise mobility expert Nicholas (Nick) McQuire has been named managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of the alliance. McQuire comes to GEMA from the London office of research organization IDC, where he served as the vice president of enterprise mobility strategies.

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First BYOD, now BYON poses security challenge | MSC Security

First BYOD, now BYON poses security challenge | MSC Security

​Like bring your own device (BYOD) before it, the march of bring your own network (BYON) is happening silently, stealthily and almost completely outside of management control.

Nearly all modern smartphones and 3/4G tablets can be instantly turned into wireless hot spots allowing them and any other wireless-enabled systems within range to be connected to the web, whether out in the field or at the workplace desk.

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Who’s Winning, iOS or Android?

Who’s Winning, iOS or Android?

Who’s winning the mobile platform wars, Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android?

It’s one of the blogosphere’s favorite tech topics. Every new nugget of competitive information is fodder for an avalanche of coverage. Oftentimes, a story will declare that Android is beating iOS or that iOS is beating Android.

Really, though, it’s silly to obsess over any one data point. If what you’re after is a clear idea of how the world’s two dominant mobile operating systems are doing — rather than an excuse to make bold proclamations and/or cheer for your favorite — you want to consider lots of data points.

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Choosing a Mobile Enterprise Management Solution

Choosing a Mobile Enterprise Management Solution

Many organisations face the challenge of moving from a legacy Blackberry environment to supporting greater device choice while enabling access corporate information and data. The question they face is which of the multiple available solution approaches is the right one for them

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Why Too Many iMessages Will Crash Your iPhone | MSC Security

Why Too Many iMessages Will Crash Your iPhone | MSC Security

​iOS hacks are nothing new, but there are ways to crash the system without complicated exploits or intimate programming knowledge. By taking advantage of weaknesses in Apple's endemic iMessage system, some lads of ill repute have discovered a way to spam users until their phones lock up. iMessage is a text messaging service for users of Macs, iPhones and iPads, although this behavior only poses a threat to iOS devices.

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BYOD Bites – Avoiding the Pain of BYOD

BYOD Bites – Avoiding the Pain of BYOD

​The BYOD trend has been with us for a little over a year. What was a nascent trend has become such a significant force that most of the major global analyst firms have identified consumerisation (BYOD) as one of the top five factors that will drive organisational change, particularly in the technology office. A year in mobile is a long time, so how has BYOD impacted organisations?

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