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Consumerization and the cloud: How mobile cloud apps are changing IT
Cloud computing applications let users work from any device, anywhere. Here’s how IT can embrace mobile cloud apps without losing control. Guide
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Consumer cloud storage and collaboration guide
Consumer cloud storage and social collaboration software are moving into the enterprise, often without IT’s knowledge. With proper planning, they can benefit users and IT alike. Guide
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Mobile applications: Making anywhere access a reality
Mobilizing applications has a number of costs and benefits associated with it, as does any strategic initiative your company undertakes. In this series, we'll discuss a framework for evaluating the costs inherent in mobilizing users and applications,... Mobile Insights
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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. News | 27 Apr 2012
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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. News | 18 Apr 2012
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Identity as a Service tools offer IT pros control over BYOD, cloud
With the transition to the cloud certain, IT needs a new way to provide identity access and application delivery. Luckily, there’s a growing niche for Identity as a Service tools. News | 14 Mar 2012
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Enterprise collaboration platforms go social -- or at least try to
To meet end users’ expectations in the age of Facebook, more vendors are adding social collaboration features to their enterprise collaboration platforms. News | 09 Nov 2011
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Top 5 business cloud app suites and cloud collaboration services
Business cloud app suites such as Google Apps and Zoho offer business cloud collaboration tools that allow employees to work more efficiently while taking some pressure off of IT. Tip
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Delivering cloud-based mobile apps to the enterprise
Before cloud-based mobile apps take over your enterprise, consider the security, governance, MDM and application management issues of mobile cloud computing. Tip
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Leveraging mobile cloud apps in the enterprise
Benefiting from mobile cloud apps requires a proactive mobile strategy. Part one in this series outlines the requirements for cloud-based mobile application development. Tip
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Mobile application strategy: Rich mobile platforms vs. mobile Web-based services
When deploying mobile applications to your mobile devices, there are two fundamental choices available: Rich mobile platforms or mobile Web-based services in the cloud. The first is native application execution directly on the mobile device – that de... Tip
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identity as a Service (IDaaS)
Identity as a Service (IDaaS) is an authentication infrastructure that is built, hosted and managed by a third-party service provider. Definition
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iCloud
iCloud is an Apple email, storage and data synchronization subscription service that provides 5GB of storage for free. Definition
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Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool
The Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool is a software application that provides a network administrator with a Web interface for mobile device management. Definition
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Microsoft Office 365 suite
The Microsoft Office 365 suite is a hosted, online version of the traditional installed version of Microsoft Office software. Definition
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end user computing platform (EUC platform)
End user computing platform (EUC platform) is a marketing buzzword that is often associated with IT consumerization, the concept that consumer use of smartphones, social networks and cloud services are fundamentally changing the way that enterprises ... Definition
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AppBlast (Project AppBlast)
AppBlast is a VMware initiative that allows users to access their Windows and Mac applications from any device running an HTML 5 browser. Definition
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Zimbra Collaboration Server
Zimbra is an open source server and client technology for enterprise messaging and collaboration. Definition
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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. News
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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. News
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Consumerization and the cloud: How mobile cloud apps are changing IT
Cloud computing applications let users work from any device, anywhere. Here’s how IT can embrace mobile cloud apps without losing control. Guide
-
Top 5 business cloud app suites and cloud collaboration services
Business cloud app suites such as Google Apps and Zoho offer business cloud collaboration tools that allow employees to work more efficiently while taking some pressure off of IT. Tip
-
identity as a Service (IDaaS)
Identity as a Service (IDaaS) is an authentication infrastructure that is built, hosted and managed by a third-party service provider. Definition
-
Identity as a Service tools offer IT pros control over BYOD, cloud
With the transition to the cloud certain, IT needs a new way to provide identity access and application delivery. Luckily, there’s a growing niche for Identity as a Service tools. News
-
Consumer cloud storage and collaboration guide
Consumer cloud storage and social collaboration software are moving into the enterprise, often without IT’s knowledge. With proper planning, they can benefit users and IT alike. Guide
-
iCloud
iCloud is an Apple email, storage and data synchronization subscription service that provides 5GB of storage for free. Definition
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Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool
The Microsoft Exchange Server ActiveSync Web Administration Tool is a software application that provides a network administrator with a Web interface for mobile device management. Definition
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Microsoft Office 365 suite
The Microsoft Office 365 suite is a hosted, online version of the traditional installed version of Microsoft Office software. Definition
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About Cloud email services and productivity applications
Cloud email services and cloud productivity applications are popular because they’re accessible from any device with a Web browser. And more business users are turning to these systems because they’re easier to use than their corporate counterparts. That creates a problem for IT administrators, because corporate data is flowing through these cloud email services and cloud productivity applications, and there’s no easy way to tell who’s accessing it and what they’re doing with it. Vendors are working to develop products that provide better data protection, to reduce the risks associated with cloud email services and cloud productivity applications, but there is no easy solution. This section covers business users’ most popular cloud email services and productivity applications and how IT should address their security and compliance risks.