Enterprise Mobility Leader PowWow Mobile Named Most Innovative Startup at AOTMP Mobility Awards
PowWow Mobile, the leading enterprise mobility platform that allows companies to deliver powerful, modern native mobile apps quickly, simply and economically, announced last week that it has been named the “Most Innovative Startup” by AOTMP, global leaders in telecom management best practices and industry standards.
3 Ways PowWow Mobile Helps You Accelerate Mobile App Development
PowWow’s SmartUX Platform simply and seamlessly integrates with your existing web-based applications and legacy systems while transforming them in to mobile apps that require little to no coding skills to deploy. Watch the three videos in this blog post from Jonathan Kaplan, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at PowWow Mobile.
What 2017 Has In Store For Enterprise Analytics
Investment in standalone data discovery tools by IT departments has not yielded the increased usage they expected. According to the 2017 State of Analytics Adoption, there has been a 24 percent decline in adoption of self-service analytic tools over the past two years. Supporting these tools has inhibited spend in other areas. And as IT departments begin to recognize the situation, it will free up budget to support spend on analytics embedded within the software and applications users are already relying on.
300 Million Smartphones Will Have Machine Learning Ability
More than 300 million smartphones, or a fifth of units sold, will have neural network and machine learning functions in 2017, according to Deloitte. This artificial intelligence will be used to for everything from indoor navigation to image classification to augmented reality and speech recognition. In addition, Deloitte said that these tools will not necessarily need to be connected. “On-board machine learning may allow tasks to be done better and faster, or with more privacy,” said Deloitte in its Global Predictions 2017 report.
Laos Partners With Microsoft To Accelerate Digital Transformation
The government of Laos and Microsoft are partnering to advance the adoption of emerging technologies for sustainable development and business development with focus on projects with social impact. At a Government Solution Day event held in collaboration with the Laos Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and attended by key government officials and partners, Microsoft showcased how the government can use technology to digitally transform and support economic development.
Ransomware, DDoS Now Top Threats As Hackers Look For Big Paydays
Attempts to extort a ransom — either by threatening or carrying out a distributed denial of service attack, or by infecting PCs with ransomware — is the most common motivation behind digital attacks, according to a survey. Ransom attacks are a highly lucrative business for online criminals, and profit is now the primary motivation behind the majority of attacks on enterprise systems, growing from 25 percent of attacks in 2015 to 41 percent in 2016. In Europe that figure was even higher, at 49 percent, said the survey by security company Radware.
Arxan Acquires MAM Provider Apperian
Application security provider Arxan Technologies has announced the acquisition of mobile app management provider Apperian to help its mobile and Internet of Things push. Discussions between the two companies had been going on for almost a year with a plethora of options on the table, from strategic partnerships to investment, before settling on acquisition because both companies’ management “felt that there were so many synergies that the companies could maximize impact and value by becoming one organization,” an Apperian spokesperson told Enterprise AppsTech.
Re-engineer Cybersecurity Processes Or Face Digital Transformation Failure
According to a new report by Forbes Insights, in association with BMC, “Enterprises Re-engineer Security in the Age of Digital Transformation,” CEOs across North America and Europe have been waging a high-stakes battle to ward off ambitious competitors, maintain market share and address the changing demands of a digital world. This is a once-in-a-generation challenge for any business leader, but it’s not the whole story. Behind the scenes, a fourth imperative is being added to the list of transformation considerations—fighting off modern cybercriminals.
Two Data Trends Marketers Need To Watch Out For In 2017
The role of data has been rising over the last few years, and no CMOs will oppose or question its relevance when it comes to marketing today. As we start this brand-new year, what are some data trends that can be expected to go big in the coming months? According to Anil Mathews, the funder and CEO at Near, at least two areas looks set to define 2017, and bears a closer watch on: emergence of data converging platforms and Increased adoption of artificial intelligence.
Nokia’s Vision For Digital Health
When Nokia said it had no plans to make mobile handsets again, that wasn’t the end of its hardware ambitions: last year it bought Withings, a health devices company headquartered in France. The deal concluded in June last year, bringing together Withings’ hardware capabilities with Nokia’s own patient care and preventative health teams. The two will form the basis of Nokia’s digital health business unit, which will “design smarter products for healthy living”, according to the company.
FinTech, IoT Top Startup Trends For 2017
A survey from Telenor Group has unveiled that mobile connectivity is fueling growth in Asia’s startup scene. The survey covered technology buffs to better understand key startup trends for 2017 and the challenges and views of entrepreneurs in Asia. To gauge the interests and personalities of the survey respondents, each person was assigned the type of startup they were most likely to create in 2017, based on pattern of their responses. Thirty-eight percent of respondents were found to be the most likely to create an IoT startup in 2017, significantly outnumbering the number who would establish enterprise startups (11 percent) and fintech startups (10 percent).
Citrix To Launch Virtual Windows 10 Desktops Through Microsoft’s Cloud
During its Citrix Summit conference in Anaheim, Calif., this week, the virtual desktop infrastructure provider announced a new product that uses Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform to provide a Windows 10 desktop experience to practically any device, enabling businesses to take an “as-a-service” approach to delivering the operating system to users.
No Hiding From This New Web Fingerprinting Tech
Researchers have significantly improved the ability to generate a unique fingerprint for your computer by reading how the operating system and hardware respond to certain browser actions. A group of researchers from France’s INRIA last year revealed how they could use the configuration of a user’s browser and OS when they visit a website to uniquely identify 90 percent of desktops.
IoT Standards Cannot Be Left To The Market: US Department Of Commerce
A long-term national strategy needs to be formulated by the United States government, along with consulting the private sector, to facilitate the advancement of the Internet of Things, and minimize chances of privacy and security-related harm, the US Department of Commerce has said in a report. The report said the government can facilitate the IoT by enabling equitable access to telecommunications infrastructure, ensuring technical standards are developed to support global IoT interoperability, and encouraging the uptake of IoT in both public and private sectors.
iPhone 8, Galaxy S8 To Have Highest Water-Resistance Rating
Apple’s iPhone 8 and Samsung’s Galaxy S8, which are rumored to launch later this year, will have the highest level of water and dust resistance, according to Korea Herald. Sources speaking to the newspaper said the iPhone 8 will gain IP68-rated water resistance, up from the iPhone 7’s IP67 rating. The iPhone 8 will be Apple’s tenth iPhone, and it’s said to be stacked with features.
Re-engineer Cybersecurity Processes Or Face Digital Transformation Failure
According to a new report by Forbes Insights, in association with BMC, “Enterprises Re-engineer Security in the Age of Digital Transformation,” CEOs across North America and Europe have been waging a high-stakes battle to ward off ambitious competitors, maintain market share and address the changing demands of a digital world. This is a once-in-a-generation challenge for any business leader, but it’s not the whole story. Behind the scenes, a fourth imperative is being added to the list of transformation considerations—fighting off modern cybercriminals.
F5 Networks Survey Finds Security Top Application Deliver Priority
F5 Networks released its 2017 State of Application Delivery report on Jan. 10, providing insight into the growing world of application delivery services. The study was based on responses from a total 2,197 IT professionals around the world. Among the key highlights of the report is enterprises’ strong interest in deploying security-related services in 2017. The report found that the increasing sophistication of cyber-attacks is a top challenge, which is helping to make security the number on priority for global organizations.
Spiceworks Survey Suggest Microsoft Teams May Surpass Slack Chat
Microsoft’s move into the team chat collaboration space may have been a wise one, suggests a new study from Spiceworks, an IT management specialist. Spiceworks surveyed its customers about business chat application usage at their organizations. The results from 448 respondents actually bode well for Microsoft’s latest collaboration offering.
Microsoft Revamps Windows 10’s Privacy Settings In Creators Update
The Windows 10 Creators Update is shaping up to be big upgrade, particularly for creative professionals and virtual reality enthusiasts. Customers concerned about their data privacy may also find reasons to like the update when it arrives this spring, although they’ll have one less setting to setting to choose from while deciding how much diagnostic information to send to Microsoft.
IBM Unveils All-Flash Storage For Cognitive Workloads
Purpose-built servers, applications, mobile devices, networks—even uninterruptible backup power supplies—are commonplace in the IT business. But it isn’t often that one hears about genre-specific storage. Data is data, storage is storage, no matter what the use case. Right? Perhaps, but IBM is thinking along different lines. On Jan. 12, Big Blue launched new, all-flash storage packages for midrange and large enterprises that are aimed directly at systems that deploy big data analytics for cognitive-computing applications.
