Syntech, Sonnet announce docking station
Syntech, a South African based IT hardware distributor, and Sonnet recently announced the Echo 15 Thunderbolt Dock, a fully featured docking station for Mac and Windows computers with Thunderbolt ports. Sonnet's latest Thunderbolt technology product features 15 ports:...
BYOD demands policy update
BYOD, and changing legislation, means now is a good time for enterprises to update their usage policies, says Ian Goss-Ross, CEO at Elingo. The complexities of managing the bring your own device (BYOD) trend are top of mind for CIOs now. There are clearly advantages...
BYOD complicates endpoint security
In the good old days, taking work home from the office often meant that users had to lug stacks of files with them. Less than two decades later, although people’s workloads have not decreased, the physical load some have to carry home to continue working from there...
Avoid pitfalls of enterprise mobility apps
The hype surrounding mobile technology and its benefits to business is so overwhelming that managers could be forgiven for thinking all they have to do is link their employees’ smartphones to the company network to see profits soar. Naturally, the process is more...
BB10 approved for use on US DoD networks
BlackBerry has announced the US Department of Defence (DoD) has approved BlackBerry 10 smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 to be used on DoD networks. Working with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), BlackBerry...
Businesses vulnerable to mobile threats
Businesses which have opened up their IT infrastructures to user-owned mobile devices, through bring your own device (BYOD) policies, need to take firmer steps to secure their data and networks from a growing range of security threats. That’s the word from William...
Mobile computing is far from mature in SA
Mobile computing is a growing phenomenon in the workplace and out with leading researchers already recognising the emergence of a "post-PC" era, says Nitesh Devanand, Dell Consumer product specialist at Drive Control Corporation (DCC). As more people access IT...
The impact of consumer IT on enterprise IT
Enormous development and innovation in consumer IT has revolutionised our personal lives, allowing us to interact and communicate in new ways with ease and fluidity. An individual now has, in their hands, the power to connect with the world and collaborate like never...
MDM is crucial to leveraging BYOD
The bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon, which sees individuals bring their own mobile devices into the workplace, is part of a new business paradigm. It allows business to be conducted remotely, from anywhere, at any time, says Fred Mitchell, Security business...
Does BYOD decrease employee productivity?
The bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon has exploded in recent years as a result of mobility and the exponential growth in the popularity and the available variety of smartphones, tablets and notebook computers, says Paul Fick, divisional MD of Jasco Enterprise. ...
Building a mobile app can hurt a business
As consumer-facing businesses seek new ways to reach their customers, more and more are looking at developing their own mobile apps – but, says Lee Hartman of Connecto, this could be an expensive and brand-damaging trap. “The average consumer has around 30 business...
BYOD not always a data security threat
There’s no turning back from the BYOD wave, but it doesn’t have to be a threat to data security, says Adam Ely, founder and chief operating officer of US-based start-up Bluebox. BYOD has long been a concern for CIOs and CISOs as they grapple with the challenges of...