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BYOD Is Great, But It Doesn’t Make Data Any Cheaper

The recent move toward bring-your-own-device corporate mobile phone management has relieved lots of organizations of having to outfit employees with new hardware every couple of years. And employees get to use the phones they’re already familiar with. On paper, it’s a win-win. But now that companies — and workers — are starting to settle in [...]

Jun 27, 2012 Read More »

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 »

Wireless expense management considerations all companies should think about

By now the chances are good that your company has a grasp on at least some aspects of enterprise mobility management. Whether it’s the security of data accessed by employee smartphones and tablets, or how certain platforms are being managed, most organizations have gotten plenty of practice as the use of and reliance on mobile [...]

Feb 23, 2012 Read More »

Five Federal Mobility Predictions

Steven VanRoekel, Federal CIO (and only the second-ever US CIO) recently spoke at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.  He stated that the government plans to make 2012, “the year of mobile” as they can no longer afford to ignore the benefits of employee mobility. However, buttoning up a federal mobility program with the [...]

Feb 15, 2012 Read More »

Why Mobile Data Traffic Increases Should Concern You

Cisco recently released its Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2011 to 2016 and found that, five years from now, mobile data traffic will exceed 10.8 exabytes per month for an annual total of 130 exabytes. In plain English, that’s a lot. Even if you don’t know exactly what an exabyte, terabyte [...]

Feb 15, 2012 Read More »

Evidence of Poor WEM All Over UK Police Device Rollout

Back at the beginning of 2010, the U.K.’s  Home Office and National Policing Improvement Agency were eager to purchase mobile devices and begin handing them out to police forces around the European nation. By December of that year, the country’s National Audit Office (NAO) said that nearly $100 million in investments had been used to [...]

Feb 06, 2012 Read More »

Who’s Footing the Bill For Your Mobility?

Our CEO had a great post about the Groundhog Day that Mobility Management seems to be re-living over and over.  We wanted to go a little bit deeper and ask the serious question, are your wireless expense policies and processes sound and solid? There are plenty of factors to consider when companies take a closer [...]

Jan 31, 2012 Read More »

Mobility Management’s Groundhog Day

I love the Bill Murray flick, Groundhog Day.  It’s a modern day classic, right? For one of my siblings, Groundhog Day is the biggest holiday of the year.  He even skips sending out Christmas cards in lieu of Groundhog Day cards.  Ever since that movie, Groundhog day reminds me how the record needle gets stuck [...]

Jan 31, 2012 Read More »

Where is enterprise mobility management heading?

Don’t be alarmed if your head is spinning because of all the changes enterprise mobility management has experienced during the past year or two. You’re definitely not alone. From the rise of tablets and consumerization – thank the Apple for both of those – to the elimination of unlimited data plans and a greater focus [...]

Sep 14, 2011 Read More »