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What Does BYOD Really Mean?

on February 19, 2013 by Heidi Gigler

Yes, BYOD is the universally recognized acronym among techies, for Bring Your Own Device to work. But what does that mean? We can all agree that at its simplest, BYOD is the employee initiative of leveraging their own personal devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops, for work. After that, it gets fuzzy. More...


What'll We Talk About Most in 2013?

on January 15, 2013 by Editor

Well hey, it's 2013! The 20th anniversary year of Intel's Pentium chips and the first recorded incident of spamming. We've come a long way since then.

Now that everybody's all eager to get back to business after the holiday interlude, we want to take a second and anticipate what we'll be talking about this year in convergence, networking, and IT. More...


Managing in a BYOD World

on September 10, 2012 by Pete Parish

The BYOD revolution isn’t slowing down, so it’s no longer a question of will we or won’t we. It’s a question of how do we deal with it and make it a positive development in the workplace.

Not to worry. Sprint has arrived with a solution, BYOD Management, the latest entry in our stable of Professional Mobility Services. More...


Tried and True Lessons from the Mobile Enterprise World

on August 02, 2012 by Heidi Gigler

By now, most enterprises are dealing with implementing an evolving mobile strategy. Some are further than others in terms of penetration among employees. Much insight can be gleamed from these real-life  enterprise experiences. Here’s a look at some of the lessons: More...


Survey Says…

on July 10, 2012 by Heidi Gigler

In just the past few months, several survey findings have been released on the corporate use of smartphones, revealing how enterprises can best manage mobile devices while keeping the enterprise secure. 

NetworkWorld surveyed more than 600 respondents, focusing on how employees leverage mobile devices within the enterprise.  More...


Killing Me Softly

on June 06, 2012 by Christopher Glenn

As I was thinking about Mobile Device Management this morning, I was asking myself what the appropriate term was for technology that allows an enterprise to erase its data from an employee’s (or former employee’s) personal device. I started Googling terms like “Intelligent Kill Pill” and eventually came across the term “selective wipe.” More...


Taking Control of BYOD

on May 24, 2012 by Editor

In a world where BYOD – bring your own device – is becoming the rule, rather than the exception, the management challenges multiply with every new smartphone or tablet that finds its way into the office.

Which is why it's a good time for the latest addition to the Sprint Professional Mobility Services portfolio. Sprint Device Management, which we recently announced, handles mobile device management and security across multiple carriers and operating systems. More...


iPad Dominating the Enterprise BYOD Movement

on May 16, 2012 by Christopher Glenn

GigaOm recently released a free report, “Enterprise mobility perceptions among IT decision makers,” that examines cloud computing, big data, and enterprise mobility. The report highlights data collected by GigaOm from 304 enterprise IT decision makers.

The findings included an observation that, while 80 percent of all enterprises support mobile phones as part of their infrastructure, the size of the business seemed to have little impact on a company’s decision to support such mobility. The report also provides a glimpse into the market share for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, and Windows devices (I won’t spoil the suspense as I hope you’ll go grab your own copy of the report), as well as some insight into application support. More...


What Does BYOD Mean to Your Enterprise?

on March 21, 2012 by Heidi Gigler

The BYOD movement is truly shaking up IT.  Now, more than ever, employees are bringing their own devices to work. Not only that, on average, employees carry more than two devices each. The proliferation of devices and the additional traffic are putting big demands on the corporate network, as well as increasing the risk of data security breaches. More...