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Enterprise Mobility

• 53 reasons to be skeptical of enterprise mobility management. One reason to care about it.

  I've heard people give a lot of reasons to be skeptical about enterprise mobility management: Vendor A is giving away seats. Vendor B isn't doing well financially.  Continue Reading

• Friday vendor notes: A conversation with Ping Identity

  Over the last year I've been following the identity and access management space more closely - along with EMM, it's a key component of end user computing in the world of cloud apps and mobile devices.  Continue Reading

• MobileIron has a new CEO. Here's our interview and analysis.

  On January 6, MobileIron announced a new president and CEO. Barry Mainz, formerly the president of Intel subsidiary Wind River, will replace outgoing president and CEO Bob Tinker, who co-founded MobileIron in 2008 with Ajay Mishra.  Continue Reading

• My 2016 wishes and predictions. What about you?

  Happy new year! Last week I wrote my 2015 wrap-up (in a word: "meh"), and this week I'm going follow up with my wishes and predictions for 2016.  Continue Reading

• Jack’s 2015 MAM recap: The more things change, the more they stay the same... (Part 2 of 2)

  MAM that's built into apps.  Continue Reading

• Jack’s 2015 MAM recap: The more things change, the more they stay the same... (Part 1 of 2)

  MAM that's built into devices.  Continue Reading

• Bluebox Security is no longer wrapping public apps, but there are other opportunities for MAM.

  About a year ago, I wrote about Bluebox Security, a company that was challenging some of the usual assumptions about mobile app management by providing app wrapping for public apps. Apple has recently given a definitive answer on this issue, and the...  Continue Reading

• Identity management technologies mean you can say “yes” more easily.

  Since I went to Okta's conference a few weeks ago, I've been thinking a lot about identity management, provisioning, and the idea of users and business units choosing their own cloud apps. All the interesting developments in this space can be ...  Continue Reading

• For the iPad Pro to be a "laptop killer" you have to accessorize it until it becomes a laptop

  Since the iPad Pro was announced, I've been quietly sitting on my hands avoiding this very article. Personally, I'm sort of over the iPad as a productivity device.  Continue Reading

• EMM vendor Globo is embroiled in financial scandal

  Late last week a Twitter user brought to our attention that Globo plc, the enterprise mobility vendor, is embroiled in a financial scandal involving falsified revenue and profits.  Continue Reading

• Here’s our full look at Okta and all the announcements from their Identity Management conference

  This week I was at Oktane, the conference put on by Okta, the identity and access management (IAM) as-a-service vendor. This is the first time I've written about Okta, but I've been following them for a while since identity is an increasingly ...  Continue Reading

• What’s Oracle up to in mobility?

  The lay of the land for Oracle Mobility.  Continue Reading

• BlackBerry’s new Android phone will enter a crowded and complex 'Android for the enterprise' market.

  Last month we found out that BlackBerry really is making an Android phone, and it's going to be called the "Priv." The idea seems appealing enough-take the security credentials of BlackBerry, combine them with an operating system that's actually ...  Continue Reading

• All of our thoughts on BYOD today

  BYOD. It's a topic that always gets a lot of attention, and there are two reasons for that: First, BYOD is a misnomer for enterprise mobility in general.  Continue Reading

• Digging into Virtual Mobile Infrastructure: Technical challenges and considerations

  It's time for another installment in our running series of articles on virtual mobile infrastructure. Brian wrote an introduction to VMI, I wrote about use cases, and Gabe talked about his DIY VMI experiment with BlueStacks.  Continue Reading