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Becoming a mobile enterprise...
Within the world of enterprise IT there are three huge shifts underway; the rise of mobile technology in the workspace, the uptake of cloud services and the growing independence of the end-user. As a result of these three trends coming together, CIOs and IT managers need to start thinking seriously about a mobile strategy that makes sense for their individual organisation.
Denis O'Shea, CEO of Mobile Mentor, discusses the issues CIOs and CFOs face on the back of these trends and puts forward a model that businesses and government entities can use to develop a mobile strategy.
Read the article on CIO Magazine NZ...
To BYO or not to BYO...
The BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device) trend is well underway. According to IDC, employee-owned smartphones will represent more than half (56%) of the business smartphones shipped in 2013. Enterprises and government entities are scrambling to adapt to this reality, often not realising the full extent of employee-purchased technology in the workforce.
This article outlines a few of the essential considerations when considering a BYO Mobile strategy; implications on cost, security and the mobile policy.
Jail-broken smart devices...
As you are certainly aware, smartphones present quite a few potential security risks to your company’s IT environment. Well, here is another issue to consider; jail-breaking smartphones is becoming more prevalent every day.
Jail-breaking iPhones in particular has become a lot easier recently with the launch of a new dedicated website and as iPhones are penetrating the enterprise environment, it is worth finding out about some of the risks to the enterprise and how to manage this threat.licy.
Apple iOS5 and iCloud: better for enterprises.
With iPhones and iPads becoming a standard feature in many organisations today, the recent launch of Apple’s iOS5 has attracted a lot of attention in the enterprise space.
We have been fielding plenty of questions from our customers with regards to iOS5 and its benefits and risks in the enterprise space. We have been using and testing iOS5 on our internal iPhone’s and iPad’s for a number of months now, and have summarised what we feel are the biggest advancements from the point of view of enterprises...
Is lack of lifecycle management threatening your investment in mobile?
The true benefit of embracing mobiles for maximising employee productivity is being threatened as organisations face the increased pressure to support multiple mobile platforms and accommodate employee liable devices. Best in class organisations are taking control of the full mobility lifecycle, and in doing so, are reducing complexity and cost, securing company data and optimising the productivity gains.
Do you know what you’re paying for?
You may have a fair idea as to what your annual spend on mobile bills is, but do you have a thorough understanding of what you are actually paying for? It is quite possible that 10% of your costs are unnecessary.
Payment for mobile bills so often gets signed off and accepted as being significant without further scrutiny, but according to the Gartner Group Telco billing can be as much as 10% inaccurate, and this is not the only place where you could be saving on mobile costs.
Data Security on Mobiles: Are You Really in Control?
The typical Smartphone in your organisation features as much storage as a laptop. Your employees have the ability to store, transfer and access gigabytes of personal and company data and are a huge liability if use and security is not actively managed.
Are employee-owned mobiles increasingly being connected to your systems? Do you have the assurance that a missing device can’t be exploited?
What is lack of control costing you?
Have you ever had an employee return from overseas with an unexpected large bill? How do you know that your mobile users are on the appropriate plans for their usage? And as mobile devices become more critical to your business efficiency, how much time and resource is it costing you to support your users with provisioning and technical support issues?
What risks and costs could you avoid?
In the last ten years, the number of mobile phones in business has tripled, and the outlook is that by 2012, 73 percent of the global workforce will be enterprise mobile users (Forrester Research, Inc. 2008). This trend of migrating employees to a single business extension device embraces the benefits of staff productivity, business efficiency, customer responsiveness, and has become a requirement to compete in today’s economic landscape.
