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Exclusive advice for IT professionals implementing, supporting and managing mobile technologies.
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Two-factor authentication: Mobile security at your fingertips
Two-factor authentication -- the security process that requires two means of identification, one of which is usually a physical token such as a fingerprint, the other typically being a password -- is more complex than using just one authentication method, but it's a lot more secure. In this tip, Craig Mathias describes why fingerprint recognition is the key to really effective security for essentially all mobile applications.
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RIM makes hostile takeover bid for encryption vendor Certicom
BlackBerry maker RIM is looking to gain more control over the security components of its platform by launching a hostile takeover of Certicom, a vendor of encryption technology for the BlackBerry and many other mobile platforms.
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Mobile messaging for the enterprise
Mobile messaging, mobile voice and instant messaging continue to grow as popular communications media, yet many enterprises are still far behind user demand.
This series on enterprise mobile messaging provides mobile managers with an in-depth view of mobile messaging applications. It includes enterprise mobile email and mobile instant messaging, mobile voice, and mobile security and management.
In this series, you'll learn about mobile messaging technologies and how your enterprise can benefit from them.
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Fingerprint recognition and mobile security
Fingerprint recognition technology for mobile devices is posed to become the preferred user authentication solution mobile device security. In this Technical Note from the Farpoint Group, you'll see why Fingerprint recognition is likely to become the methodology of choice for all aspects of mobile security across a broad range of applications and usage scenarios.
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Boosting business productivity with Bluetooth
Bluetooth wireless connectivity has been creeping quietly into many of the devices that workers carry into the enterprise every day. ABI predicts that roughly half of the 1.2 billion cell phones sold this year will include Bluetooth. IMS Research estimates that Bluetooth was embedded in one out of three laptops last year, growing to 75% by 2012. How can on-the-go professionals put these Bluetooth devices to work? Let's take a look.
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Microsoft trying to grab Verizon's mobile search from Google
Microsoft's effort to outbid Google for the rights to be the default mobile search engine for Verizon phones might seem like a routine vendor partnership, but it could have a profound impact on mobile enterprise strategy.
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Motorola offers new Voice over Wireless LAN smartphones
SAN FRANCISCO – Motorola Inc. launched the first phase of its end-to-end enterprise mobile computing product line, Total Enterprise Access Mobility (TEAM), at VoiceCon this week.
The initial product release, TEAM Voice over Wireless LAN (VoWLAN), introduces two new ruggedized, single-mode VoWLAN smartphones designated EWP 1000 and EWP 2000, with Windows Mobile 6.1. The form factor of the phones is similar to popular cellular smartphones, measuring about 4.7 inches by 2 inches.
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As iPhone passes BlackBerry market share, RIM prepares to counterpunch
While Apple's iPhone takes second place in the struggle for smartphone dominance, RIM hopes its expanded line of BlackBerrys can help it overtake the surging newcomer.
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Defining mobile IT solutions
Mobility is now so important to productivity and the overall success of the enterprise that mobile access to information is an increasingly important concern of IT departments. But to set an effective mobile IT strategy, we need to look closely at the types of information that live in a mobile environment. In this series, Craig Mathias explores the various ways mobility solutions can be used successfully and cost-effectively in your enterprise.
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BlackBerry Storm: A potential iPhone killer in the enterprise
With the BlackBerry Storm, RIM is offering enterprises an alternative to the iPhone. It features the touch-screen technology favored by consumers, but it has the highly praised security and reliable wireless email capabilities of the BlackBerry platform.
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