By Maria Korolov •  January 16, 2012  •  Network World  •  2,294 words
Over the years, Apple 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 Windows world.… Read the rest

By Maria Korolov •  August 2, 2011  •  Cloud Computing Exchange  •  295 words
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

By Maria Korolov •  February 14, 2011  •  NetworkWorld  •  509 words

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 expert Brian Reed, vice president of products at mobile security vendor BoxTone. SSL encryption on the Read the rest

By Maria Korolov •  February 7, 2011  •  Internet Evolution  •  533 words
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

By Maria Korolov •  February 2, 2011  •  Treasury & Risk  •  605 words
Consumer-friendly technologies like Web-based e-mail and instant messaging, Twitter and Facebook 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… Read the rest

By Maria Korolov •  January 11, 2011  •  THE Journal  •  3,099 words

An emerging virtual world platform is the destination of droves of emigrant avatars, as a price hike and the shutdown of the teen-only grid have prompted

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By Maria Korolov •  January 9, 2011  •   •  1,459 words

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 came out a year ago, she was all over it. “I was one of… Read the rest

By Maria Korolov •   •   •  851 words
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. (Nasdaq:… Read the rest

By Maria Korolov •  January 7, 2011  •   •  913 words
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

By Maria Korolov •  September 2, 2010  •  Treasury & Risk  •  113 words
Changes to revenue recognition rules may be beneficial but will lead to accounting headaches that new software can relieve. Last September, regulators issued new revenue recognition rules that allow companies to book product and service sales separately—a boost for the balance sheet, but a big accounting hassle. Prior to the new rules, effective 1Q of… Read the rest