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Smart mobility management keeps employees within view

The proliferation of smartphones and tablets in consumer circles has made mobility management an unavoidable question for enterprise IT managers. One way or another, these powerful gadgets are making their way into the hands of employees and onto corporate networks. But as companies debate their merits of different governance models, it’s becoming clear that they [...]

Apr 30, 2012 Read More »

Identifying the culprits in mobile billing nightmares

Telecom expense management has become a scary pursuit for some following the proliferation of smartphones and tablets in the modern workplace. Constantly connected employees have already provided some rude awakenings for department heads tasked with opening the bill at the end of each month. To control corporate wireless spend before it gets out of control, [...]

Apr 30, 2012 Read More »

Hidden BYOD hurdles could complicate wireless expense management

Bring-your-own-device programs are coming thick and fast these days, attracting the attention of everyone from government technology executives to small-business owners. Conventional wisdom suggests that leveraging personally-owned smartphones and tablets is a surefire way to control corporate wireless spend, but emerging evidence suggests that hidden costs could complicate matters. Mobility is no longer a competitive [...]

Apr 18, 2012 Read More »

Enterprise Mobility Management Must Address Independent Liable Employees

The consumerization of IT is eliciting a number of different responses from corporate network managers these days. While some strategies are better informed than others, perhaps the largest single mistake would be to overlook or ignore this trend. A new crop of tech-savvy employees that are both willing and able to make autonomous decisions outside [...]

Apr 13, 2012 Read More »

Enterprise mobility initiative finding support from all angles

The first calls for workforce mobilization tend to come from the lower end of the totem pole as common employees look to leverage the technologies they are most familiar with and promote a better work-life balance. But as time goes on, it seems as though top-level executives are coming around to the idea as well [...]

Apr 04, 2012 Read More »

Crafting a comprehensive smartphone management strategy

With personal preferences and business demands making smartphones inevitable components of enterprise IT plans, early intervention is essential for making sure security and cost-efficiency are not sacrificed for productivity gains. With that in mind, companies should already be taking stock of their current mobile phone inventory and deciding how to apply the right combination of [...]

Apr 04, 2012 Read More »

Report Highlights Differences Between iPhone, Android Data Consumption

Industry analysts from comScore have been a leading source of insight into the ongoing competition between vendors vying for supremacy in the mobile marketplace. Google and Apple have been leading the way for several months on the success of Android handsets and the omnipresent iPhone. As companies welcome personally-owned devices into their enterprise mobility plans, [...]

Apr 03, 2012 Read More »