Briefings:Mobile computing solutions guide: IT on the go
Mobile computing solutions guide: IT on the go
Mobile computing solutions are tricky business for midmarket CIOs. Ensuring the security of mobile devices and the data they transmit is just the beginning of the problem. Smartphones, remote offices and wireless access points all have to be considered. This Midmarket CIO Briefing brings all the best expert advice and news needed to prepare a strategy, execute an installation and secure the technology needed to make your mobile computing solutions strategy a success.
New in this guide
- Desk phone inching off desk, toward trash (Strategy: Who you gonna call?)
- Offline SaaS applications on the rise (Execution: Dial "M" for mobile management)
- Smartphone users create chaos for CIOs (Tools and Technology: Avoiding cool-tool envy)
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Execution: Dial "M" for mobile management
Building a mobile computing infrastructure is likely to be a work in progress for most midmarket CIOs. That doesn't mean, however, that you have to reinvent the wheel. This chapter provides expert advice on executing your mobile computing strategy to get it set up from the get-go.
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Strategy: Who you gonna call?
Supporting a mobile computing strategy involves several components, including networking, security and storage -- and, of course, a mobile computing infrastructure. This chapter provides best practices on establishing security policies, offers the ins and outs of wireless and sifts through the trends and mobile cool-tool hype.
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Tools and Technology: Avoiding cool-tool envy
Mobile users may be clamoring for the latest laptops, PDAs and iPhones, but buying cool tools without consideration to your strategy spells disaster -- in terms of compatibility, as well as security. In this chapter, learn which mobile devices have real business value and which will never be anything more than tech toys.