June 2012
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June 28, 2012
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The impending "Island of Misfit Tech Companies"
If you snickered at Apple's "walled garden" approach to controlling the hardware and software stack, there should be no doubts to its effectiveness now. Continue Reading
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June 28, 2012
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Consumerization Nation #8: Colin and Jack talk about Citrix MDM, types of MAM, and AT&T Toggle
Citrix is hinting that CloudGateway might include some MDM features in the future MAM can't control SaaS The two different types of MAM AT&T Toggle Continue Reading
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June 27, 2012
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Jun'12
HP adds LiveQoS-licensed technology for resilience over bad networks into all their thin clients
HP announced a new feature called "HP Velocity" that's now available in all their thin clients. Based on technology they licensed from LiveQoS (formerly called "iPeak,"), Velocity technology can reconstruct network packets that are lost or damaged ... Continue Reading
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June 27, 2012
27
Jun'12
Listen to Consumerization Nation live Thursday at 1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific
Citrix may add MDM to CloudGateway AT&T Toggle now uses OpenPeak instead of Enterproid App stores, MAM, and SaaS Continue Reading
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June 26, 2012
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Dropbox is just the tip of the cloud storage iceberg. Good luck playing catch up in this space!
While on vacation last week, I had a chance to put on my consumer hat and take a look at cloud storage solutions for my mother's relatively small needs. Continue Reading
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June 26, 2012
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If you haven't figured out how to manage desktops in the past 20 years, what'll VDI do?
The #1 reason that VDI projects fail is because companies try to do too much at once-and desktop management is a big part of that "too much." Continue Reading
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June 25, 2012
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How much control over your phone are you willing to give up?
In return for access to company resources like wifi and email, employees allow their personal devices to be managed. But what level of compromise is fair in this scheme? Continue Reading
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June 25, 2012
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Jun'12
All VDI is local
There's a popular saying in US politics that "all politics is local." According to the Wikipedia article on that phrase, it "encapsulates the principle that a politician's success is directly tied to his ability to understand and influence the ... Continue Reading
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June 25, 2012
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MAM vendor profile: AppCentral
AppCentral is a mobile application management vendor that we've mentioned previously on this site. Continue Reading
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June 22, 2012
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Microsoft is banking on "real Office" to push Surface tablets. Can Google use this against them?
"If I just had Microsoft Office on the iPad, I'd be all set!" How many times have you heard that? Continue Reading
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June 21, 2012
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Jun'12
6 things to think about when SaaS and mobile application management cross paths
The last few months have brought a lot of excitement around app wrapping, SDKs, and other methods of mobile application management. Continue Reading
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June 21, 2012
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Consumerization Nation #7: Andi Mann joins to talk about CA, the MDM vs. MAM debate, and Windows 8
This week Colin and I were joined by Andi Mann (@AndiMann), VP of Strategic Solutions at CA Technologies. Continue Reading
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June 20, 2012
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Consumerization Nation will be live Thursday June 21 at 1 EST / 10 PST with guest Andi Mann
CA has a "consumer-driven IT" initiative, and we'll talk about the role of systmes management vendors in the consumerization of IT. Continue Reading
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June 20, 2012
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Jun'12
Shopping for AD permissions (and applications, too) with 1E
Software provider 1E is known for its energy and cost-saving products -not exactly what comes to mind when thinking about consumerization. Continue Reading
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June 19, 2012
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Jun'12
Mobile devices: fast, light, long battery life… pick any two
Yesterday Microsoft announced their "Surface" line of mobile devices. I wrote that one of the problems with it is that it attempts to combine the best features of a tablet and a laptop, but in doing so it actually creates something that's the worst ... Continue Reading
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June 19, 2012
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Jun'12
Take care of all those pesky Apple products from one place—AirWatch now supports Mac OS X management
AirWatch recently announced that its mobile device management platform now supports Mac 0S X. Continue Reading
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June 18, 2012
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Microsoft's Surface Tablet: 5 confusing issues that people aren't discussing
I guess we have to talk about Microsoft's Surface tablet. There are literally thousands of other articles describing what it is. Continue Reading
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June 17, 2012
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Microsoft, the cornered animal in tablet space, lashes out by building their own tablet - or not?!?
What's going on with Microsoft in the tablet space? By now you know that Microsoft is building a version of Windows 8 for ARM-based tablets called "Windows RT. Continue Reading
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June 14, 2012
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What Windows 8 can do that Mac and iOS cannot
Regardless of your feelings about Mac versus Windows, Windows 8 offers one major thing that Apple does not: the opportunity to blend tablet and laptop in one device. Continue Reading
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June 13, 2012
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Will AT&T Toggle on iPhone open the dual-persona floodgates for VMware?
AT&T this week announced a new version of Toggle , which creates separate personal and business environments on the same smartphone. Continue Reading