Category Archives: BYOD
Mocana & VeliQ offer mobile app protection for BYOD
Mocana app security automation added to VeliQ’s mPaaS
In a partnership aimed at protecting mobile apps for BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device) installations, Mocana and VeliQ have announced a strategic partnership. They will integrate the Mocana Mobile App Protection (MAP) solution into VeliQ’s mobility Platform as a Service (mPaaS). The objective is to enable enterprise IT managers to secure mobile apps and their data in seconds, without having to write any code. It will be available from VeliQ as the snappily-named ‘Mobi Mobile App Protection by Mocana’, or MAP. The pair claim it will deepen the security offering of the VeliQ cloud-based mobility Platform as a Service (mPaaS) offering. Continue reading
BroadSoft says that MNOs are missing out on UC opportunities
Rating: Apparently people already know what unified communications offer
With the worries over security that have been generated by the introduction of BYOD (Bring Your own Device) rollouts, there’s been renewed interest in ‘unified communications’ (UC). That was the clear message GoMo News received from a cosy chat with Leslie Ferry, vp for marketing with BroadSoft. Over the years, the term unified communications has been frequently reinterpreted. However, Ferry was adamant that people understand what is meant by UC and are positive in their desire to achieve this. Moreover, Ferry argues that with their investments in LTE networks, Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are strongly positioned to meet the UC needs of an increasingly mobile workforce. Continue reading
MDSL sponsors Telecom Management 2013
Rating: BYOD forcing organisations to review their wireless expenses
With just over a week to go before the show starts, MDSL has just announced its sponsorship of this year’s Telecom Management 2013 Conference held in Rotterdam, Netherlands on 24 April [2013]. Telecom Management claims to be the only specialist European event that unites end-users and telecom integrators to inform users and potential users about new strategic developments in the field of Telecom Expense Management. MDSL claims to be the leading provider of global Telecom Expense Management (TEM) and Market Data Management solutions (MDM). Continue reading
Telecom Management 2013 Conference
[ April 24, 2013; 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. ] Organiser: Heliview
Venue: Stadion Feijenoord
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Web: http://telecom.heliview.nl/
Register: http://telecom.heliview.nl/deelname/voorwaarden.aspx [in Dutch]
The only specialist European event that unites end-users and telecom integrators to inform users and potential users about new strategic developments in the field of Telecom Expense Management. Continue reading
Guest Post: Newest trends in mobile biometric technology
by Robert Coulter, a writer specialising in security
The relentless rise of smartphones – especially in business or professionally oriented areas is making them into rich treasure troves of often highly sensitive data. The result: -a growing and powerful need for intensified mobile security. The market response is to introduce services and products ranging from mobile anti-virus suites to two factor authentication systems. Of all of these, one of the most important to emerge in terms of security strength is mobile biometric technology. Continue reading
Smartphone infections seriously underestimated Lacoon reveals
Rating: Actually more Apple rather than Android devices involved
Popular views of the threat from malicious infections are way out if MDM (mobile device management) specialist, Lacoon Mobile Security is to be believed. One erroneous perception, according to Lacoon, is that Apple devices poses a lesser threat than Android ones. Plus the level of infection seem staggeringly high. The company the conducted a study in partnership with global mobile network providers. It discovered that approximately one in 1,000 smartphones has mRAT (Mobile Remote Access Trojan ) spyware installed. Plus 52 per cent of infected devices were attributed to iOS and 35 per cent to Android-based mobile devices. Given that many BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) roll-outs involve devices numbers in three figures, this means the danger is very high indeed. Continue reading
Guest Post: Fighting fraud in an LTE world
Why mobile operators must be on guard against LTE fraud
by James Stewart, fraud product manager with MACH
Fraud is a major concern for the telecoms sector in these increasingly competitive times. It is global, sophisticated and the US’ FBI estimates that mobile phone crime alone is more lucrative than drug trafficking.1 Meanwhile, the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) indicates that the annual revenue losses for operators worldwide due to fraud may run as high as $40 billion.2 Far from decreasing fraud, the arrival of LTE services has given fraudsters even more scope to cause harm in both landline and wireless networks. Continue reading
Cisco group says BYOD could spell disaster for Americans
Rating: Fixing security holes could prove expensive
Here’s an interesting take on BYOD [Bring Your Own Device] – a US based report called BYOD Insights 2013′. It was commissioned by a group of Cisco partner firms. The study argues that network managers, IT workers and CIOs have all been surveyed as to how BYOD affects them. But nobody had thought to ask everday employees how they use their smartphones for work , or so the report argues. Now the whole thing is incredibly US centric but there are, nonetheless, some very intriguing findings. The report is absolutely free and all you need to do is visit this page to get it. Continue reading
Guest Post: 2013 is the year of the enterprise app
by Ian Schenkel, CEO with EuroSmartz
It was clear Apple was on to something when it opened its app store in 2007, with over 10 million downloads in the first weekend. However, some sceptics still doubted the longevity of apps, many suggesting they were just a fad. Today, mobile apps are no longer confined to just the smartphone. Tablet devices have joined the category and have gained widespread popularity. It’s no longer the early adopters who are using mobile apps and keeping their lives organised with mobile devices. Now it’s busy commuters, corporate business executives and small business owners alike, who are embracing the convenience of mobile apps to run their daily lives and accomplish tasks on the go. Some small businesses even use apps to help them run their business. Continue reading
Antenna & Huawei ally to aid BYOD rollouts
Rating: Huawei will resell the AMPchroma offering
A bit of a feather in the cap for Antenna Software which has been able to utilise the CeBIT 2013 show in Hanover to announce a prestigious link with Chinese telecoms giant, Huawei. Huawei will resell Antenna’s mobile enterprise platform, AMPchroma, as part of the Huawei BYOD Mobility Solution. The pair claim that the solution will addresses the key IT challenge many enterprises are struggling with in the shape of employees bringing their own devices to work (BYOD). Continue reading
Antenna Software and Huawei announce enterprise mobility Partnership @ CeBIT 2013
Leading network solutions provider selects Antenna’s AMPchroma as preferred mobility platform for enterprise mobile solution offering
Press release
March 7 th 2013 Enterprise mobility specialists, Antenna Software, and Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, have announced a partnership wherein Huawei will resell Antenna’s award-winning platform, AMPchroma, as part of the Huawei BYOD Mobility Solution. The companies will showcase the new partnership and solution this week at CeBIT 2013, the number one event for the digital world, in Hannover, Germany. Continue reading
NEC’s virtual smartphone can aid BYOD rollouts
Rating: Secure means of sharing Android apps & data under iOS
On the NEC stand at MWC 2013, GoMobile News spotted what might initially have seemed to be a rather innocuous demonstration – of a virtual smartphone. Essentially NEC proved it was possible to run Android apps on an Apple iPad running under iOS. That might sound somewhat underwhelming until you appreciate the implications for organisations operating a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) scheme. The beauty of this solution is that the emulator is running in the cloud. So no data actually resides on the iPad itself. So employees have no chance of waltzing off with vital corporate data, for example. Continue reading
F5 Networks claims true BYOD 2.0 with Mobile App Manager
Rating: Networks Nasties only control corporate data
F5 Networks has introduced a new tool aimed at enterprise IT managers in the shape of its Mobile App Manager which it claims provides a true BYOD solution. It combines policy management and secure application delivery with the scalability of SaaS (Software as a Service). This new approach means managing data at the app level, rather than the device level. In effetc, it means that it personal data is isolated from corporate data. So employees feelsafe using their devices without worrying that a network nasty might wipe their personal usage. Continue reading
Movirtu introduces Bring Your Own Number – BYON
Rating: Provision a corporate number on an existing SIM card
GoMobile News readers will already be familiar with the concept of Bring your Own Device (BYOD) where employees can utilise their own personal smart mobile devices in the workplace. Well, Movirtu has just introduced a whole new spin on BYOD which it has termed Bring Your Own Number (BYON). Known as Movirtu WorkLife, It gets around some of the major drawbacks to introducing BYOD – such as billing and security issues. Best still, it is quite simple to implement because employees only have to install an iOS or Android app (BlackBerry might follow). They acquire an entirely separate ‘corporate’ number without even the need for a second SIM or SIM swap whilst retaining their existing personal number. Movirtu even claims that this solution is compatible with leading device management offerings such as AirWatch, MobileIron and mFormation. Continue reading
