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Submission + - What businesses need to know about Android Work (citeworld.com)

mattydread23 writes: Android Work is Google's most concentrated attempt yet to stop iOS from dominating the enterprise. In this piece, longtime IT and Apple writer Ryan Faas explains exactly what's in Android Work, how it compares with Apple's current enterprise mobile management offerings, and what they mean for existing IT policies. A must-read for anybody who has to deal with Android devices at work.

Submission + - Why APIs are the future of email (citeworld.com)

Copy that 2 writes: Inbox, a startup launched today, gives developers a way to access messages from all of a user's email inboxes. Find out how it differs from the rest of the market.

Submission + - Microsoft chooses open approach for Internet of Things (citeworld.com)

backabeyond writes: There's an open vs proprietary battle brewing for the Internet of Things. One the more open side there's Microsoft, which today joined the AllSeen Alliance. Then there's Apple and Google, which are each promoting more closed environments. Which will win? If history repeats itself, Apple and the more closed approach has a better shot.

Submission + - Poor ethics could poison the big data well for everyone (citeworld.com)

Copy that 2 writes: It's a cliché to say that with great power comes great responsibility, but it's true and the same applies to great opportunity. Big data is the next big opportunity, but if companies are going to get the most out of it, they need to be open, transparent, responsible and ethical.

Submission + - New MobileIron tools show how drastically mobile has transformed IT (citeworld.com)

rjupstate writes: Enterprise mobile management vendor MobileIron's new new tablet tool and more granular permission settings illustrate the importance of IT using high quality enterprise apps as much as any other line of business and the fact that managing smartphones and tablets, particularly if they're BYOD devices, is infinitely more complex than desktop and notebook PCs.

Submission + - Apple, Microsoft, Google, and the battle for the mobile enterprise (citeworld.com)

mattydread23 writes: The last three months have seen major moves from Apple, Microsoft, and Google as all three jockey for position in the mobile enterprise. Apple is the incumbent — a strange position for the company — but Microsoft is trying to leverage its strength in traditional IT markets, and Google is finally paying attention. Writer and long-time IT worker Ryan Faas looks at the current state of all three companies in mobile enterprise after their recent developer conferences.

Submission + - The great tech lull of 2014 (citeworld.com)

mattydread23 writes: There's a reason that Google and Apple's developer conferences this year seemed kind of blah for mainstream audiences. We're in one of those periods in tech between revolutions. Everybody agrees the next revolution will be some kind of world where previously dumb devices get "smart" and connected, but nobody knows exactly how the plumbing will work or who will come up with the killer use case that will actually get people to buy whatever they need to buy. But we're far from done with the changes the mobile revolution has wrought, even though it's seven years old and running.

Submission + - The two most important things at Google I/O (citeworld.com)

Copy that 2 writes: Google I/O, the company's huge, all-important developer conference, had many, many things going on and many announcements. There were two that stood out from a big-picture business perspective.

Submission + - Google embraces Samsung KNOX: Less than meets the eye (citeworld.com)

mattydread23 writes: By integrating Samsung's container technology into the upcoming version of Android, Google hopes to capture elusive enterprise customers. Burt details are scarce, and there are plenty of other barriers to Android adoption in the enterprise.

Submission + - Don't use mobile management to build BlackBerry all over again (citeworld.com)

Copy that 2 writes: The kneejerk IT admin practice of turning things off because you can is one of the reasons BlackBerry isn't a major handset maker any more. Yes, BlackBerry handsets fell behind the iOS experience, but BES admins who turned off the camera and BBM messaging and the browser made them look even further behind.

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