As threats proliferate, here are five areas where companies need to strengthen and update their policies and practices.… Read the rest

It’s particularly galling when a company specializing in security issues gets monumentally hacked. That was the case for Stratfor, which suffered a massive data breach just before the holidays that exposed thousands of client names, e-mail addresses

Over the years, Apple… Read the rest has earned a less-than-stellar reputation among purchasers of enterprise desktops. Macs were seen as overpriced to begin with. And Apple didn’t offer huge discounts for bulk purchases, like the PC makers. Plus, Macs didn’t come with the ecosystem of integrated productivity and management apps that are taken for granted in the 

Google’s two-factor authentication system is now available in 150 countries and 40 languages, the company recently said.
The service — which was previously available only in English — allows individual users to opt for a second login step, which sends an authorization code to an iPhone, Android or BlackBerry device. Enrolment is done by the… Read the rest

Don’t deploy iPads in the enterprise without considering these security measures

1. Encrypt, encrypt, encrypt. There are two parts to the data encryption challenge – encrypting stored data, and encrypting data that’s moving over public networks, says security… Read the rest expert Brian Reed, vice president of products at mobile security vendor BoxTone. SSL encryption on

It may be tempting to assume that growth in virtual worlds has ground to a halt. After all, There.com has shut down, and Second Life is losing land area and has stopped publishing most usage statistics. Attention has shifted to social networking platforms and mobile devices.
But the action hasn’t died off. Instead, it has… Read the rest

Consumer-friendly technologies like Web-based e-mail and instant messaging, Twitter and Facebook… Read the rest have all brought compliance challenges, with companies typically reacting after something has gone wrong. With virtual environments and meetings, however, companies can get ahead of the trend, setting guidelines and preferred platforms before employees start adopting their own. Enterprise-class platforms like Teleplace and ProtoSphere

Apple’s new application-level encryption paves the way for companies to run business apps on the iPad

As global accounts director at Altus, Inc., Michelle Klatt’s job is to visit Fortune 500 companies and demonstrate her firm’s video management software. When the iPad… Read the rest came out a year ago, she was all over it.
“I was one of

Even though the iPad is designed primarily as a consumer device, salespeople are increasingly adopting it because of its ease of use, convenience, and coolness factor.
Mobile security firm Good Technology Inc. reports that the iPad’s share of enterprise deployments went up 64 percent in the last quarter. According to Apple Inc.… Read the rest (Nasdaq: AAPL), more

Immersive virtual environments — the kind where you have an avatar walking around that looks like a cartoon version of you — are increasingly being used by companies for virtual meetings, training, and collaboration.
The idea is that a virtual immersive meeting gives you the same sense of presence that you get with a telepresence… Read the rest