Consumerization News

• 14 May 2012 Citrix Project Avalon offers BYOD shops Windows as a Service (SearchVirtualDesktop.com)

  Project Avalon isn't available yet, but already IT pros are speculating about whether it has the potential to transform enterprise environments to the cloud.

• 10 May 2012 BYOD shops get Citrix Receiver, CloudGateway 2 and ShareFile combo

  Citrix’s mobility approach combines Receiver on mobile devices, CloudGateway 2 to serve applications and ShareFile to store data for enterprise mobility.

• IT pros discuss mobile device future at Interop 2012 (Brighthand)

  Admins at Interop 2012 have conflicting views about whether mobile device design has reached its limits, but agree that manufacturers will focus more on software, MDM and apps.

• Consumerization Quotes: ‘The OS does not matter’

  Citrix Synergy, the Oracle vs. Google verdict and other news got IT community members talking this week. Here’s the best of what they had to say.

• 09 May 2012 New social collaboration tools offer more than efficient communication

  Reports of email’s death have been greatly exaggerated, but businesses are beginning to supplement its use with social collaboration tools similar to Facebook and Twitter.

• 08 May 2012 New COO, CMO at RIM (TabletPCReview)

  Research In Motion has added a new chief operating officer, Kristian Tear, and a new chief marketing officer, Frank Boulben.

• No clear winner in Oracle-Google case (Brighthand)

  A jury found that Google infringed on Oracle’s Java APIs in Android, but without a definition of fair use, it could find in neither company’s favor.

• 07 May 2012 Evernote acquires Penultimate (TabletPCReview)

  Hoping to broaden its handwriting capabilities, the cloud service Evernote acquired handwriting app Penultimate. Evernote has plans to bring the app to new operating environments.

• 04 May 2012 Kindle Fire cools off (TabletPCReview)

  Amazon’s Kindle Fire has outsold all other Android tablets, but shipments declined from Q4 to Q1. Amazon dropped from second place to third in the tablet market.

• 03 May 2012 Apple to reject Dropbox apps (Brighthand)

  Apple iPhone apps that tie in with Dropbox could soon disappear from the App Store because the apps don’t comply with Apple’s guidelines.

• Android mobile attack: Hacked websites target Android users (SearchSecurity.com)

  For the first time, cybercriminals are using compromised websites to conduct drive-by attacks targeting Google Android users.

• 02 May 2012 Research In Motion bets on Mobile Fusion and BlackBerry 10

  Research In Motion offered the first look at its new mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10, and other enterprise products that give IT pros cautious optimism for the company.

• LG puts Windows Phone on the shelf, not in the trash (Brighthand)

  Though LG recently said that it has no plans to continue making Windows Phones, the company explains that it is turning attention to Android devices because they are in demand.

• RIM turns attention to consumers, developers (Brighthand)

  Research In Motion has realized that playing to devs and consumers will help build BlackBerry 10’s momentum, but the company isn’t planning on pulling up its enterprise roots.

• 4G BlackBerry Playbook in the works (TabletPCReview)

  RIM will release a 4G PlayBook this year, CEO Thorsten Heins announced at BlackBerry World. Whether the device will support LTE remains to be seen, but it will run BlackBerry 10.

• VMware View 5.1 brings management, storage upgrades plus BYOD tools (SearchVirtualDesktop.com)

  New features in VMware View 5.1 improve VDI management and lower storage costs. And that's not all: BYOD shops get new mobile app tools with Project Octopus and Horizon App Manager 1.5.

• VMware CIO: Bringing the consumer experience to the enterprise (SearchCIO.com)

  Investing in the consumer experience with a social media and mobile slant ranks among VMware CIO Mark Egan's top five ways to create business value.

• The death of RIM: A timeline

  Research In Motion had a good, decade-long run, but once the iPhone and Android hit the market, the BlackBerry manufactuer's fortunes faded.

• 01 May 2012 BlackBerry 10 could be RIM’s last best chance (Brighthand)

  RIM unveiled features of BlackBerry 10 at BlackBerry World. The OS is gesture-based, supports true multi-tasking and uses an on-screen keyboard, rather than a physical one.

• 30 Apr 2012 Apple, Samsung flourish, others flounder (Brighthand)

  Apple and Samsung make the two most popular smartphones, and in Q1, the companies held 100% of the market profits between them. HTC, Nokia and RIM all saw losses.

• LG ends Windows Phone production (Brighthand)

  In light of poor Windows Phone sales, LG has decided to focus its attention on Android smartphones.

• LG Cloud offers online multimedia storage (Brighthand)

  LG’s multimedia cloud service, LG Cloud, is available in beta today. Users will be able to access and manage media across Android smartphones, PCs and smart TVs.

• 29 Apr 2012 Android 4.0 upgrades taking longer than expected (Brighthand)

  Major differences between Honeycomb, Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich, plus carriers’ testing and approval processes, are delaying Android 4.0 upgrades, a developer says.

• 27 Apr 2012 Microsoft, Google unveil cloud storage and file-sharing services

  Google and Microsoft’s cloud storage and file-sharing services, Google Drive and SkyDrive, give IT more Dropbox alternatives, but data security concerns persist.

• Most Android tablets are Kindle Fires (TabletPCReview)

  More than half of the Android tablets in consumer’s hands are Amazon Kindle Fires -- 54.4% to be exact, according to comScore. Next most popular is the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

• 26 Apr 2012 Microsoft Windows 8 VDI licensing adds BYOD licensing complexity, cost (SearchVirtualDataCentreUK.com)

  Microsoft’s VDI licensing option in Windows 8 requires customers pay fees to allow user devices such as iPads to access Windows-based corporate virtual desktops.

• 25 Apr 2012 Expert offers mobile cloud security advice

  Security expert Rich Mogull offers advice on ways to support BYOD and data security in the consumerization age.

• Microsoft wants YOU to upgrade your smartphone (Brighthand)

  Windows Phone users who aren’t running version 7.5 of the OS will soon be blocked from downloading and updating apps. Upgrading to 7.5 will give users purchasing access again.

• 24 Apr 2012 Google Drive: Google’s new cloud service (TabletPCReview)

  Google’s new cloud service, Google Drive, lets users create, share, collaborate, and store files from PCs, smartphones and Android tablets, with an iOS version on the way.

• Tablet use to skyrocket by 2016 (TabletPCReview)

  Forrester Research predicts that by 2016, 375 million tablets will be sold and that tablet usage will rise to 760 million. The company says Apple will maintain its market dominance.

• Apple banks billions (TabletPCReview)

  Apple’s iOS devices flew off the shelves in Q1, and the iPad saw a 151% increase in sales from this time last year, helping Apple bank $11.6 billion.

• 23 Apr 2012 Mobile data management in spotlight as SMB tablet use grows (SearchITChannel.com)

  The best way to secure data in the tablet age is to establish centralized data policies and implement mobile data management, solution providers say.

• 21 Apr 2012 Apple iPhone goes rural (Brighthand)

  Five regional carriers have picked up Apple’s iPhone 4S, bringing the device to rural regions of the country with a smaller price tag.

• 20 Apr 2012 Microsoft and Verizon team up (Brighthand)

  Verizon is working more closely with Microsoft and will carry Windows Phone 8 devices upon their release later this year, just in time for the holidays.

• 19 Apr 2012 Nokia’s Q1 profits drop (Brighthand)

  After shifting focus from Symbian to Windows Phone, Nokia saw sales drop by 40% and profits plummet by $1.7 billion.

• 18 Apr 2012 OwnCloud provides on-premise file-sharing software alternative

  OwnCloud began as an open source community project and now offers a commercial version of its file-sharing software to compete with enterprise Dropbox, but for on-premise use.

• Windows Intune goes mobile with iOS, Android management

  It’s Apple and Android’s world, and Microsoft’s just managing it. Admins can use the new Windows Intune to manage iPhones, iPads and Android devices.

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