Organizations have been providing their employees with mobile phones to stay connected when traveling or during out of office hours. However, they have also been restricting staff access to the corporate network from outside the office. This causes issues with work flexibility for employees who wish to work from home. It impacts their productivity, which is ultimately detrimental to the organization. Smartphones and tablet devices are gaining popularity as compared to mobile

In the brave new world of internet marketing it’s nearly impossible to survive by putting your entire business on a single page. You need to have a presence on mobile devices – one that makes it easier for your customers to connect with you. The entire purpose of having a mobile app for your business is to get you closer to a sale. How do you do that? Your customers are going to have questions and with an app you’ll be able to provide the answers in real time. What does you a

In part 2 of this series, Assessing Legal and Regulatory Reuirements, we looked at the two areas critical to creating a Mobile Device Policy; legal requirements and domain ownership. A proper analysis of both of these areas will help protect the organization by setting clear standards for operating mobile devices within the enterprise and establish a chain of responsibility within the organization to ensure that all protocols are followed consistently thereby reducing the lik

In part 1 of this series, Mobile IT Policy, we looked at the need to create a mobile information technology policy to cover the issues surrounding the increasing number of employee owned devices being used inside of company networks. The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon is here to stay and growing with more than 57% of Information workers selecting and buying their own smartphones and other mobile devices. Responding to the risks associated with this trend involves wr