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Al Sacco writes about (and drools over) anything and everything mobile or wireless as it applies to the global workforce--with a focus on BlackBerry smartphones

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Android Fragmentation: A Visual Representation

|   Two new graphics help demonstrate just how serious the problem of Android fragmentation is to mobile developers and you, the Android user.

Android Targeted by 75 Percent of All Mobile Malware

|   This week's Android security update spotlights findings from an F-Secure report that suggests Android is by far the leading target of mobile-malware authors, along with a demonstration from a recent conference that showed a number of glaring Android security holes.

Check It: One in Ten Adults Check-In on Foursquare, LBS?

|   Roughly one in five adult smartphone users "check-in" on location-bases services (LBS), including the popular foursquare location-sharing site, and one in ten adults use LBS, according to a new report. CIO.com's Al Sacco thinks those numbers are dubious. Here's why.

BlackBerry, TomTom Deal is RIM Strategic Shift in Action

|   RIM's appointment of new marketing and operations executives is certainly noteworthy, but the real news is the BlackBerry-maker's partnership with maps and traffic company TomTom, according to CIO.com's Al Sacco. Here's why.

BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha Smartphone: Tech Specs and Details

|   CIO.com's Al Sacco provides a partial technical specifications list and some general thoughts on RIM's BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha smartphone, the first handheld that runs RIM's brand new BlackBerry 10 mobile OS.

Enterprises Can Now Test Prerelease BlackBerry Software

|   RIM's new BlackBerry Beta Zone for Business lets enterprises test beta BlackBerry software, to help those businesses prepare for software releases and improve future products.

Note to Android Handset Makers: We Want Removable Batteries

|   The latest wave of high-end Android handhelds packs a variety of cool new features and speedy, 4G wireless connections, but most of the handsets suffer from the same universal problem: Poor battery life. An unfortunate trend has Android smartphone makers building many new devices with fixed...

Android Security Threat of the Week: Angry Birds?!?

|   If you downloaded the latest version of Angry Birds for Android from an unofficial app store, the software could have compromised your device and granted system control to the Bad Guys, according to a security research firm.

Help Create a BlackBerry World '12 Session—and Ask RIM Anything You Want

|   Here's your chance to ask BlackBerry reps anything you want. CIO.com's Al Sacco is hosting a session with RIM staffers at the upcoming BlackBerry World 2012 conference, and he's reaching out to readers for details on what they want to know about the Canadian company, the current state of BlackBerry,...

Instagram for Android Draws Tasteless Tweets from Elitist iPhoners

|   Instagram for Android was released yesterday, and the photo-sharing app, which was formerly available only to iOS users, has drawn the ire of many iPhone, iPod and iPad users, who're using Twitter to vent their frustrations—and further the stereotype of the holier-than-thou iPhoner.

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Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most significant game changers to hit the technology landscape in the past 20 years. With this massive expansion of the cloud, the perception of the IT organization is shifting from a utility player to a change agent. This eBook breaks down five ways progressive organizations are using cloud-based IT Management solutions to help drive innovation and become more strategic, including: adding visibility and analytics, speeding up time-to-value, lowering costs, improving prioritization, and providing a blueprint for future cloud deployments.
Read the white paper to see how IBM helped Citigroup deliver new services and enhancements to their 200 million customers faster.
There are 3 ways to modernize legacy applications: rewrite completely, acquire packaged solutions or migrate existing code. This paper explains why it's best to migrate and how IBM® Rational® software can help.
Accommodating specific lines of business can result in a hybrid ecosystem of applications and servers. The resulting complexity of this architecture makes for an environment that is costly to maintain and difficult to change when addressing new challenges.
This whitepaper will help you to define a mobile device passcode policy. Security managers must attempt to reconcile two opposing goals. They must: 1) create a passcode policy that is strong enough to protect the device if it is lost or stolen, while: 2) not annoying users with needless length or complexity.
This whitepaper, authored by The Radicati Group, looks at the key reasons organizations should consider moving to a cloud-based archiving solution. Email archiving solutions enable organizations to store, monitor, and collect electronic data exchanged by their users to comply with internal policies and regulations.
ATERNITY will showcase a 30-minute demo on how Fortune 500 companies are leveraging its award-winning FPI Platform to deliver a user-centric approach to Proactive IT Management.
For businesses to move forward and tap into the ever-expanding universe of Internet users and network-enabled devices, it's critical to learn how to make the transition to IPv6. Learn the critical steps your organization must take to make a seamless transition-and keep your business world connected.
Learn how IT teams can protect against spear phishing tactics. Harry Sverdlove, chief technology officer of Bit9 offers a frank discussion about spear phishing - the most common technique used in today's advanced attacks.
Learn how to build a solid business case for your migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux so you can run leaner, innovate faster, be more flexible and own the New Now.
Social media isn't about you; it's about everything around you. As you consider how your customers want to communicate with you, social media is something that can't be ignored. But what should your strategy be? Is social media "just another channel?" What kind of a plan makes sense for your contact center and for your customers? Join our experts as they share their insight and research results.
Hardware tokens were a popular method of strong authentication in past years but the cumbersome provisioning and distribution tasks, high support requirements and replacement costs have limited their growth. The additional log-in steps that hardware tokens require and the resulting user frustrations have limited adoption and make them impractical for larger scale partner and customer applications.

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