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Microsoft releases Office on iOS (with major caveats of course!)

After plenty of rumors and speculation , Microsoft has finally released Office for iOS devices . That's the good news, I suppose, because here's the giant caveat (which is unsurprising to anyone that read my report on this back in November of 2012 ) Office...

Published Jun 14 2013 by Guest Bloggers , 3,883 views, 2 comments

Citrix says 500 ISVs will wrap apps for XenMobile by end of year

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Citrix XenMobile had Synergy attendees abuzz this week, even though some aren't ready for that level of mobile adoption just yet. The product was a big part of Wednesday's fairly in-depth keynote, but a few details went uncovered...

Published May 24 2013 by Guest Bloggers , 3,578 views, 1 comment

Citrix CEO Mark Templeton says Citrix is not planning to lead with open MAM standards

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Don't expect Citrix to follow VMware in pushing for industry-wide MAM standards. Citrix CEO Mark Templeton discussed the issue of mobile application management (MAM) standards during a Q&A session with media and analysts today at...

Published May 22 2013 by Guest Bloggers , 3,799 views, 5 comments

Why hasn't BlackBerry gone all-in for enterprise mobility yet?

Last year at BlackBerry's annual user conference there was a strange unease blanketing the entire affair. The company was transitioning to a new CEO, it was struggling to get the new BlackBerry 10 platform out the door, and it's big answer to its problems...

Published May 21 2013 by Guest Bloggers , 5,551 views, 2 comments

BriForum 2013 London DEMO Lab videos are posted!

At BriForum London this year, I walked around with a video camera recording booth demos with each of our sponsors. Those videos can be accessed below by clicking on the sponsor logo or by browsing through all of our videos at www.brianmadden.com/videos...

Published May 20 2013 by Guest Bloggers , 2,182 views, 1 comment

Could Workspot's freemium approach to BYOD shift focus from "access and control" to "big data?"

Over the last several months, I’ve had the opportunity to advise entrepreneurs across several technology segments. What’s common amongst the ones I respect is that they have a deep appreciation of how their target users behave in their lives...

Published May 01 2013 by Guest Bloggers , 6,278 views, 16 comments

Mocana just rolled out a ton of new features in its app wrapping product

When Jack last checked in with Mocana's Mobile App Protection (MAP) platform last summer it was a more innocent time in the enterprise mobility management space. MAM was just something that was garnering buzz, vendors like Citrix, Nukona, and AppSense...

Published Apr 11 2013 by Guest Bloggers , 3,287 views, 1 comment

Mobile App Management standards will just get in the way of progress

MAM and MIM are promising technologies for securing and enabling an on-the-go workforce. The more you look at them, however, the more you see potential problems that could prevent widespread adoption. Jack Madden has done a good job outlining these problems...

Published Apr 05 2013 by Guest Bloggers , 2,823 views, 5 comments

Growing pains for a new iPhone user, comparisons to my past life as an Android user

In my recent piece on the first two-weeks of being a new iPhone user , I jumped right into the application experience because that seemed to be the logical starting point. Mobile devices are personal and what makes them personal are the apps we eventually...

Published Mar 29 2013 by Guest Bloggers , 3,141 views, 2 comments

BlackBerry earnings: 1 million Z10s sold, 3 million subscribers lost

BlackBerry held its first earnings call of the BlackBerry 10 era today, and the results were decidedly mixed. The beleaguered smartphone maker is making strides to regain respectability but still has a ways to go to right its ship. On the plus side, the...

Published Mar 28 2013 by Guest Bloggers , 2,629 views, 1 comment

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