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August 8, 2014 •
Opinion, Top Stories •
Darryl Linington •
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Just like mobile analytics, big data, the internet, and social networks changed the way companies do business, so the adoption of mobile devices has become a catalyst for change in corporations and small- to medium-enterprises (SMEs). Smartphones and tablets...
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April 2, 2014 •
Opinion •
Charlie Fripp •
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Companies are going to have to move away from a mobile security stance to a mobile device management approach if they are going to embrace Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) without compromising information security. Richard Broeke, an IT security expert at...
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February 5, 2014 •
Opinion •
Charlie Fripp •
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Mobile security and device management will become one of the top challenges for South African companies as attacks on smartphones and tablets are likely to increase again in 2014. So says Richard Broeke, a consultant at leading IT security company, Securicom....
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January 23, 2014 •
Opinion •
Charlie Fripp •
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Seven years ago Steve Jobs stood up at Macworld, San Francisco, and announced the first iPhone in San Francisco and in doing so launched a revolution that is still having a monumental impact on the business and social world today. Up to that time a mobile...
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September 19, 2013 •
Cloud Computing •
Charlie Fripp •
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With the growth of technology, the relevance of cloud computing emerged as an important issue at Gartner’s recently-concluded Symposium and ITXpo, held in Cape Town, South Africa. Local mobile operator MTN has a number of cloud offerings, but the...
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July 24, 2013 •
Security •
Chris Tredger •
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Cisco today released findings from Cisco’s 2013 Annual Security Report (ASR) in South Africa revealing that the highest concentration of online security threats come from legitimate destinations visited by mass audiences, such as major search engines,...
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June 21, 2013 •
Security •
Chris Tredger •
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From smartphones to tablets, mobile devices continue to cause ongoing concern for IT teams responsible for information security. Sensitive corporate information can be easily transported, leaked, or lost while the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement has...
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June 12, 2013 •
Opinion •
Chris Tredger •
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The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is transforming the IT industry and how businesses tackle the challenges of personal mobile devices brought to work by employees. IT leaders are faced with risks and rewards as BYOD has become the rule rather than...
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April 15, 2013 •
Opinion •
Chris Tredger •
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The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon has exploded in recent years as a result of mobility and the exponential growth in the popularity and the available variety of smartphones, tablets and notebook computers. By allowing employees to bring their...
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March 4, 2013 •
Opinion •
Chris Tredger •
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The always on, always connected, productivity-on-the-go trend of allowing smartphone and tablet toting employees to take their own devices to work (known as BYOD, or “bring your own device”) and to plug it into the company network is growing in popularity...
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November 9, 2012 •
Security •
Chris Tredger •
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Bring your own device (BYOD) is the biggest trend affecting how businesses operate online, with 72% of companies expecting to use the concept extensively in the near future, according to a recent survey by B2B International on behalf of Kaspersky Lab. 50% of...
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July 10, 2012 •
Opinion •
Chris Tredger •
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Since the big marketing scam of Y2K, nothing seems to have caused a bigger commotion in computer networking than Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), says Ruckus Wireless. “BYOD is scary, and scary sells products,” says Michael Fletcher, Sales Director for...
