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mattydread23 writes:
Windows Phone 8.1 is all business in front, with features like VPN profiles, better device management (in conjunction with other Microsoft services) and a modern browser that leapfrogs the competition. But it's also got plenty for consumers, including Cortana, Microsoft's intelligent assistant that learns your preferences as you use it.
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mattydread23 writes:
Apple has demonstrated an effort to address the needs of its enterprise customers in the past year or so. There's the app licensing model that Apple launched alongside iOS 7, the new enterprise capabilities in iOS 7, the Device Enrollment Program that it launched this year that offers zero-touch configuration and deployment of iOS devices, and a range of additional iOS material about security, deployment, and management that the company released a couple of months ago. So why no training or certification programs? It could bolster iOS as the preferred enterprise platform, something that might blunt the enterprise moves being made around Android including Samsung's enterprise push with its KNOX platform. It would also bolster the opinion that IT leaders and professionals have about Apple as a company and a partner.
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mattydread23 writes:
Dropbox is building an application ecosystem around itself rather than throwing the doors wide. Does that sound like a modern enterprise product to you? Matt Weinberger of CITEworld asks the right questions.
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mattydread23 writes:
The quick sellout of Apple's annual developer conference is a symptom of a bigger problem: It's become too many things to too many people. It's a way to get early confidential access to upcoming releases, a place for on-site high-level training and support, and a dog-and-pony show for the press. It's time for Apple to split it up.
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Copy that 2 writes:
Microsoft's mobile strategy is definitely on a grand scale, but with its links into the existing infrastructure already in place in many enterprises, it may be an easy for many organizations. Ryan Faas looks at the recent moves by Redmond.
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mattydread23 writes:
Microsoft is now describing itself as a "mobile and cloud" company, so it makes sense that day 2 of the company's BUILD developer conference was chock full of cloud announcements. Highlights included increased automation with Puppet & Chef, an open source .NET compiler, new support in Xamarin for creating Microsoft "universal" (cross phone and desktop) apps, and new Azure portal that lets you see just how much you're spending. Overall the conference showed deep changes in both Microsoft's technology and philosophy that will be key to its future.
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Copy that 2 writes:
It's hard to ignore theSkylandersphenomenon (especially if you're the parent of a school-age child). The concept — a Bluetooth-enabled toy line that interfaces with a video game — appears to be a popular one, asSkylandershas netted over $2 billion in sales with 175 million toys sold. Retoy wants to duplicate that for developers as going from app to toymaker is a heck of a chasm to cross.
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Copy that 2 writes:
Clari hopes to solve this problem with an new app: it was a pain for reps to enter information about sales calls into the CRM system, so many of them entered incomplete data, or sat down at the end of the day or week and entered a bunch of stuff at once. As a result, their managers didn't know the actual status of their sales calls, and ended up scheduling Sunday night phone calls to catch up with everybody's real status — defeating the purpose of CRM in the first place.
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mattydread23 writes:
Longtime Apple reporter Ryan Faas took Microsoft's Office for iPad for a spin over the weekend, expecting to be disappointed. Much to his surprise, "Word for iPad is a home run and, for me, it's more than worth the annual cost of an Office 365 subscription." He also has high praise for Excel, and says that you'll want to download the OneNote app as well to make everything play nice together. Only PowerPoint failed to stand up to Keynote.
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mattydread23 writes:
Silent Circle CTO Jon Callas defies the common argument that no security is better than some security. "We have no security because security people have argued that it's better to have no security than some security." The Blackphone is not meant to be a silver bullet, he explains, but rather a first, good step for non-security experts to do the kinds of things security experts would do for themselves. "What you have to do is make a step forward. If you start a random walk that goes to security then it's a problem that will solve itself in say ten years. I'm looking at it as a ten-year or a twenty-year or a fifty-year problem instead of thinking I'm going to ship the silver bullet that solves security."
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mattydread23 writes:
DEMO Executive Producer Erick Schonfeld has spent the last 6 months talking to startups who propose to improve the workplace. As he went along, he came up with six huge changes that are coming to the workplace. Some, like mobile devices creating a 24/7 work experience, we're already well into. Others, like sensors and wearables creating a ubiquitous computing grid, are still a ways off. Interesting and valuable thought piece.
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mattydread23 writes:
Instead of waiting 24 hours for your family doctor to respond or taking a trip to the ER, imagine if you could use a mobile app, describe your symptoms, and be reassured by an expert?
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Copy that 2 writes:
Regulated industries like financial services have been strong footholds for BlackBerry, but as financial companies transition to alternate platforms, one thing is certain — they aren't looking back.
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mattydread23 writes:
Box is building a sustainable business based on reaching out to third-party developers, making every effort to transition from cloud storage vendor into an enterprise collaboration platform. Meanwhile, at least thus far, it seems that Dropbox has sidelined its platform efforts in favor of doubling down on developing its basic store-and-sync service.
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mattydread23 writes:
Google and Amazon are in a cloud price war. Cloud management provider Rightscale did the math after both companies made their latest price cut announcements, and finds that Google has the edge in on-demand instances, but Amazon still offers a better deal if you sign a long-term contract.
