BYOD devices and enterprise security

Tablets in the Enterprise TechRepublic Member | February 14, 2013

BYOD Android devices play an important role in enterprise security Find out how Donovan Colbert used his TF300 Transformer tablet/convertible to safely manage a virus in his Windows shop. Read more Resource of the day Deploying a High-Performance and Cost-Efficient Product Lifecycle Management System Check out this white paper to learn about tools that can help you manage your product lifecycles more efficiently. Posts from TechRepublic   Tablet wars? Minimize financial risks with BYOD The tablet market isn't suffering from a true war, but there are financial risks for IT leaders. Find out how hosted services and BYOD programs can help. Read more Easily create and share presentations with Kingsoft Office Find out why Jack Wallen thinks Kingsoft Office is one of the best apps on the market for creating and sharing presentations via an Android mobile device. Read more Easy Invoice from your Android tablet Jack Wallen takes a look at Easy Invoice, an application that allows you to manage invoices and inventory from your Android tablet. Read more Avert a BYOD disaster with Mobile Application Management Mobile device management (MDM) solutions don't take into account security and deployment considerations on an application level. Enter Mobile Application Management (MAM). Read more A BYOD project management primer Will Kelly offers tips on how to address the operational, policy, and security challenges of managing a successful BYOD initiative. Read more 10 ways to reduce security headaches in a BYOD world Security is a huge concern when it comes to BYOD. Here are several steps you can take to protect your network and keep your organization's data safe. Read more Mobile mayhem: The five biggest enterprise security threats Mobile devices have revolutionized business efficiency, but much to the regret of enterprise security specialists, they've also introduced tremendous risk. Here are the top five risks and how to mitigate them. Read more Posts from ZDNet   Good starter apps for your Windows 8 tablet Windows 8 tablets are starting to appear in earnest and it's a good time to find some good apps to get new owners started. If you've purchased a Surface tablet or other brand, these apps will help get you going. Read more Feature driving tablet adoption: Battery life Tablets are replacing laptops in more gear bags than ever before. The capabilities of tablets have evolved to make them viable alternatives for mobile professionals. Even as capable as they are, the long battery life is what's driving adoption. Read more ThinkPad Tablet 2: Inking in Windows 8 (video) The Tablet 2 from Lenovo has a pen option that brings inking capability in Windows 8. This video shows how well inking works on the tablet. Read more iFixit: Microsoft Surface Pro receives worst tablet repairability score There's no denying that the Surface Pro is a quality piece of hardware, but any repairs are best left to a professional. Read more Why running Android apps on the Surface Pro is bad for Microsoft, Android, and developers Installing an Android emulator on a Surface Pro tablet is not the way to go to plaster the gaps in Microsoft's app ecosystem. Read more Why do iPhone and iPad users jailbreak? Freedom Millions are jailbreaking their iOS devices in order to add much-needed features to their iPhones and iPads. But jailbreaking opens up a whole world of pirated apps to owners, which is a bad situation for Apple and iOS developers. Read more Android, Apple iOS flip consumer, corporate market share Android dominates the global mobile platform in the consumer market. In the enterprise, Apple's iOS gets an iPad boost and leads. Why? Read more Featured multimedia   Five Wi-Fi management apps Brien Posey shares some utilities that can help you to get the most out of what Wi-Fi has to offer. View on site Increase BYOD productivity by adding five apps to your devices With the right productivity apps you can manage to remain productive when you're using your own devices at your place of business. View on site Today's recommended downloads Avoiding the Accidental SOA Cloud Architecture (Oracle) Free Trial Download: up.time Systems Management Software (Uptime Software) Oracle Database 11g Product Family (Oracle) The Modern User Experience Platform for the Enterprise and the Web (Oracle) Get a Robust, Flexible Foundation for Enterprise Cloud Deployments (Oracle) Connect with TechRepublic BYOD and the Consumerization of IT Special Report The Bring Your Own Device phenomenon is reshaping the way IT is purchased, managed, delivered, and secured. TechRepublic and ZDNet editors and analysts delve into what it means, the key products involved, how to handle it, and where it's going in the future. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Big Data Analytics The Editor's Daily Picks Google in the Enterprise Cracking Open 10 Things

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