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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

In the mobile world, we literally live in an alphabet soup. The dirty little secret that everyone avoids letting out of the bag is that in this mobile world, we really only need to care about a few things. Those things are the user, the need, and the data. Going Mobile. Enterprise Mobility. Standard Disclaimer.

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Mobile Strategy Enterprise Enterprise 68

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

You started to get some help when MDM (Mobile Device Management) products started to appear and let you get at least some control over the devices that were appearing, but you were almost always coming from behind. print Tagged as: BYOD , Enterprise Mobility , Mobile Strategy. Going Mobile. Enterprise Mobility.

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CTO Mobile Enterprise Enterprise 70

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

It is usually in response to an IT department clamping down via policy on what’s allowed and employees rebelling by finding ways around the policy, even if that means they could be fired. A particular device or technology such as cloud or big data, become tools that IT use to help the business achieve their goals.

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Mobile Strategy Enterprise Enterprise 77

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APRIL 9, 2013

I had a fun twitter conversation this morning that got a little bit heated, which is bound to happen when you mix security, identity and mobile along with an American, a Canadian, and an Italian. I pointed out to Paul, that this is still MIM, security is around the data, and if policy were then added to that data, we would truly have MIM.

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Mobile Security Strategy Enterprise 62

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MARCH 5, 2012

A few months ago I wrote a blogpost about how MDM (Mobile Device Management) had died. It was a slow painful death, but it was justified as it brought forth MAM (Mobile Application Management) and would lead to MIM (Mobile Information Management). Policies shouldn’t be written in reference to devices. mgrace74.

Mobile 63

Mobile Applications Enterprise Enterprise 63

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

We do our best to make sure malware and viruses stay off of them and we encourage our users to be careful when they receive mail with attachments or when they are on the Internet. There’s a lot that the enterprise can do to educate people, on everything from policy to just basic Internet skills. Going Mobile. Mobile Strategy.

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Malware Enterprise Enterprise Mobile 58

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AUGUST 24, 2012

Have a policy. Paraphrasing, if the business lacks the tools, planning, and policy to manage devices then productivity will be flushed like a dead goldfish down the crapper. Before there were mobile phones they used to bring in iPods and radios to listen to the afternoon ballgame or their favorite music. Going Mobile.

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Mobile Enterprise Enterprise Travel 58

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MAY 22, 2013

The premise for mobile in the enterprise is simple. I talk to too many people in different companies that believe they have to go mobile because everyone else is. There is no plan and they end up shocked when they don’t get any value out of mobilizing their workforce. Enabling your users is more than giving them a mobile device.

Mobile 67

Mobile Agile Enterprise Enterprise 67

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MAY 23, 2013

They tend to work more hours in a week and spend more time than a non-mobile employee working each year. When you get started with your mobile program you have to create policy. When you get started with your mobile program you have to create policy. You want a mobile strategy that fits your business strategy.

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Mobile Strategy Programming Insurance 65

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MARCH 13, 2013

Once you look past people trying to steal your data from a corporate espionage point of view, you begin to realize that many data exposures are due to your user’s habits. We discuss BYOD and how to secure the device, what apps users should use on those devices and what policies need to be in place. What shouldn’t they be doing?

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Mobile Strategy Data Security 67

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Mobile Device Management (MDM) is dead and many hardly knew you. MDM, we hardly knew you but just think, before you left this world you actually made people start to think about your progeny Mobile Application Management (MAM). This will be when people realize that they need to start managing their data and not their applications.

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Mobile Enterprise Enterprise Applications 62

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APRIL 10, 2013

I will give him the benefit of the doubt as his first language is Italian, but I think the missing piece of the puzzle has nothing to do with classification of the data. It can limit the risk of the data being exposed, one bucket, for example, could be highly confidential data that can only be viewed on campus. Going Mobile.

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Data Mobile Enterprise Enterprise 51

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APRIL 8, 2013

It’s not unlike what happens with many people as they go mobile. One of the things that you find as people go mobile at work, is that they are looking for the experience to be as frictionless as possible. Quickly though, they start to push back against the corporate policies that exist. link] Dominic Wellington.

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Mobile Enterprise Enterprise Architecture 59

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MAY 30, 2012

There have to be certain parameters around security and usability that need to be met, but that does not preclude the two major mobile device OS’s currently on the market. Realize that this strategy doesn’t stop at mobile devices. print Tagged as: BYOD , Enterprise Mobility , Mobile Strategy. Going Mobile.

Mobile 64

Mobile Strategy Programming Enterprise 64

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MAY 9, 2012

If you look at this in practical terms, before you decide to go mobile you need to know why you want to go mobile. This is much more difficult as there isn’t a good spreadsheet editor/viewer that can handle pivot tables on most mobile devices. Pingback: A Rose By Any Other Name | The Enterprise Mobility Forum.

Mobile 60

Mobile Programming Enterprise Enterprise 60

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JUNE 5, 2012

They know that their end users will ask them day and night to use the app that solves their issue, maybe its Evernote because they can’t use OneNote, or maybe it’s Dropbox so they can get their work files on their mobile device. They see the opportunity to go mobile first. Next post: It’s the data stupid! Going Mobile.

Mobile 72

Mobile Enterprise Enterprise Strategy 72

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JUNE 4, 2012

I asked on twitter tonight what I should write about and got some really great ideas, although some of them need to be fleshed out more, I got a really great comment from Dan Garcia ( @danjgarcia ) “do you see mobile and a vdisbc ‘stack’ exclusive of each other?” print Tagged as: BYOD , Crapplications , Mobile Strategy , VDI.

Mobile 57

Mobile Applications Enterprise Enterprise 57

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

print Tagged as: Enterprise Mobility , Mobile Strategy. Yes, it all comes down to securing the data and it’s not just phones and tablets, you have to secure all enterprise data before it leaves the datacenter (I would say you need to secure it in the datacenter). Previous post: Mobilizing the Enterprise.

Enterprise 70

Enterprise Enterprise Mobile Security 70

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JUNE 7, 2012

I have spent a lot of time talking about mobile strategy and thinking about whether you want a BYOD program and that it really isn’t about saving costs. When you set up a BYOD program, in most cases you don’t reimburse an employee for their mobile handset or tablet. print Tagged as: BYOD , Enterprise Mobility , Mobile Strategy.

Travel 69

Travel Insurance Mobile Programming 69

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

We started off with a tweet about how all people really want is Windows on their iOS device and quickly moved down the rat hole of VDI and from there to Risk, Security and Users and all about Mobile. Users will always figure out workarounds for personal use and that is where strong policy enforcement must come in to play. Going Mobile.

Mobile 56

Mobile Security Strategy Enterprise 56

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MARCH 20, 2013

This change in policy was ascribed to people not getting their work done while working remotely. They have tools that make it easy to implement policies of device imprisonment. There’s nothing wrong with trying to protect your users from malicious apps, malware and spyware. Next post: 10 plagues of Mobile.

Mobile 68

Mobile Strategy Malware Enterprise 68

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APRIL 4, 2012

They created an Acceptable Use Policy or AUP. What makes an AUP work is that it becomes the agreement between the company and its employees on what is expected from them when they use mobile devices. What’s important is that the policy doesn’t stop there. They will want to understand how to use the data.

Mobile 68

Mobile Policies Enterprise Enterprise 68

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MAY 31, 2013

You still need to invest in tools to manage your data as it will be going on devices and this means investing in a good EMM (Enterprise Mobile Management system). You need to start with securing your data and then securing it at rest and in transit from the device to your internal systems. Going Mobile. Mobile Strategy.

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Mobile Enterprise Enterprise Strategy 63

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

These days – it doesn’t matter where you turn, every single news report about mobile talks about BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). Everywhere you turn, someone is telling you how you need BYOD strategy or that your mobile strategy should be BYOD. You build policies that enable your users to take advantage of their devices.

Mobile 68

Mobile Strategy Policies Meeting 68

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

I spend a lot of time talking to EMM (Enterprise Mobility Management) vendors these days. Previously these were all MDM (Mobile Device Management) vendors, but as that acronym has started to lose some buzz they decided a name change is in order. print Tagged as: CoIT , EMM , MDM , MIM , Mobile Strategy , strategy. This is why.

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Mobile Enterprise Enterprise Security 83

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APRIL 3, 2013

print Tagged as: BYOD , Enterprise Mobility , Expense management , Mobile Strategy , TEMS. Now check if your facilities team have any idea what a data plan actually costs; in some companies employees can claim much more than the actual data plan cost and they’re on to a nice little earner. Going Mobile.

Mobile 61

Mobile Travel Enterprise Enterprise 61

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JUNE 29, 2012

The better question becomes, not how much they spent or that they saved but rather how much money they made due to mobile and BYOD programs. On the other hand, if like the Coca Cola bottling, they see a 40% rise in revenue due to mobile initiatives they can finally figure out whether BYOD is worth it. Going Mobile. Recent Posts.

Mobile 53

Mobile Enterprise Enterprise Programming 53