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Enterprise Mobility Bytes | Week of – February 19 – 25, 2018
Digital Transformation: Do It Now, And Do It Well
Digital transformation can seem a little daunting, overwhelming, or even a bit confusing. But digital transformation doesn’t need to be a massive, expensive project taken on all at once. In fact, it should be more of a smooth transition into evolving the way in which you are already doing business with your members.
Five Rapid Application Development Tools To Consider For Mobile
Rapid application development tools can help organizations more easily mobilize business processes and workflows. The demand for enterprise mobile apps has never been greater, but it remains complex and expensive to build and deploy them. Rapid mobile application development tools aim to break down these barriers.
How The iPhone X Drives Apple’s Smartphone Revenue Dominance
New data shows how effectively Apple is squeezing revenue out of the smartphone market. Data from Strategy Analytics holds some good news for smartphone manufacturers in that spending on phones hit an all-time high of $120 billion in the fourth quarter of 2017. But the bad news — for Apple’s competitors — is that the iPhone-maker grabbed a 51 percent share of global smartphone revenue.
Incomplete Digital Transformations Will Result In Loss Of Revenue
The consequences of digital disruption can no longer be ignored. A new report from MuleSoft finds four out of five businesses expect to lose revenue fast if they fail to complete their digital transformations.
Getting A Handle On Mobile Security In Your Enterprise
The smartphone and tablet have become ubiquitous in the enterprise over the past few years, but to get the most from their usage by employees and keep both them and enterprise data safe and secure, a good enterprise mobile management implementation is a must to help manage and monitor an organization’s mobile device activity.
Why Blockchain Will Serve New IT Purposes In 2018
The use of blockchain’s digital ledger is a growing trend because it offers a new level of security in business transactions that wasn’t available previously. With security at the top of everybody’s list for finding new solutions fast, this idea has caused a lot of interest in a short period of time.
Samsung Advances With DeX Pad And May Just Will It To Success
Samsung is showing the same doggedness and iterative approach with its DeX smartphone-meets-PC technology as it did with its phablet approached that raised eyebrows at first then garnered adoption. At Mobile World Congress (MWC), Samsung took the wraps off of the Dex Pad, an addition to the DeX station portfolio that takes the Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9 Plus and Galaxy Note 8 and makes it a CPU to power a monitor, keyboard and take in an Ethernet connection.
IBM Watson Unity SDK Brings AI To Enterprise AR And VR Apps
IBM and Unity have launched the IBM Watson Unity SDK on the Unity Asset Store, allowing developers to more easily integrate Watson cloud services and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques such as visual recognition, speech to text, and language classification into their Unity applications. The SDK is the first asset of its kind to bring scalable AI services to Unity, according to a blog post from Unity product marketing manager Nathan Ventura.
Employees Worldwide Show ‘Cautious Optimism’ About Artificial Intelligence
Employees worldwide for the most part are cautiously optimistic when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, yet many admit a lack of transparency from their employers is a primary driver of fear and concern, according to a new study released by research firm Coleman Parkes Research and The Workforce Institute at human capital management company Kronos Inc.
Employees Worldwide Show ‘Cautious Optimism’ About Artificial Intelligence
Employees worldwide for the most part are cautiously optimistic when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, yet many admit a lack of transparency from their employers is a primary driver of fear and concern, according to a new study released by research firm Coleman Parkes Research and The Workforce Institute at human capital management company Kronos Inc.
New Google Programs Vets Android Devices As Suitable For Enterprises
Google has launched a new program under which it will certify Android devices that meet certain security and other requirements as being suitable for enterprise use. The new Android Enterprise Recommended program is designed to give organizations more confidence in the enterprise readiness of Android devices for work purposes. The program, according to Google, establishes best practices and certain common requirements for Android devices and related services.
One In Three Scanned Cloud Apps Contain Malware
While cloud and mobile are a boon for productivity and agility, they are also a compelling target for hackers looking to distribute malware and steal sensitive data, according to a research released by Bitglass, a Next-Gen Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) company.
AT&T To Implement First 5G Service In 12 U.S. Cities By End Of 2018
The first deployments of AT&T’s 5G mobile service capabilities are coming to parts of Dallas, Atlanta and Waco, Texas, by the end of 2018 from AT&T, with nine more U.S. cities to be announced in the coming months.
Microsoft, Xiaomi Sign Collaboration Pact For AI, Cloud Computing Services
Microsoft and Xiaomi have signed a “memorandum of understanding” which signals their commitment to cooperate, moving forward, in the areas of cloud computing, AI and other software and services. Xiaomi Senior Vice President Wang Xiang tweeted about the extension of the companies’ partnership on February 23. “We have signed a Strategic MoU today with @Microsoft to collaborate in cloud support, AI and laptop-type devices. This will help accelerate our pace to bring more exciting products and services to our users, and also allow Microsoft to reach more users using Xiaomi products!” Xiang tweeted.
Cisco Report Finds Organizations Relying On Automated Cyber-Security
Cisco released its 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report (ACR) on Feb. 21, revealing insights from its own efforts, as well as a survey of 3,600 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs). Among the high-level findings in the 68-page report is that 39 percent of organizations stated they rely on automation for their cyber-security efforts. Additionally, according to Cisco’s analysis of over 400,000 malicious binary files, approximately 70 percent made use of some form of encryption.
Five Predictions For Digital Transformations In 2018
In 2018, the digital revolution will continue racing ahead, and companies will have no choice but to adapt. Retailers have already begun using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the customer experience. Financial services firms have embraced robo-advisers, payment processor Square just announced that it will allow almost all customers to purchase Bitcoin and Amazon’s Alexa is helping to usher in a new era of voice-activated shopping. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Here are five additional predictions for the year ahead in tech.
IBM Boosts Enterprise Storage Offering With Major Spectrum Expansion
IBM has announced a major expansion to its enterprise-focused storage line as it looks to help businesses get the most out of their data. The company has revealed a range of new Spectrum storage offerings as it looks to provide organizations with the hardware they need to support increasingly large workloads caused by adopting the likes of AI and multi-cloud systems.
Google Updates Pay App For Android, Promises Feature On All Google Products
Google has begun swapping out Android Pay and its Google Wallet function with Google Pay, announcing the immediate rollout of faster checkout functionality, as well as a single location for purchases, passes, and payment methods through an updated Google Pay app for Android. In a blog post penned by two of the company’s Consumer Payments directors, Google said the updated app is “just one part of everything we’ve got planned”.
Cybercrime Drains $600 Billion A Year From The Global Economy
Global businesses are losing the equivalent of nearly one percent of global GDP (Gross Domestic Product) a year to cybercrime, and it’s impacting job creation, innovation and economic growth. So says a report from cybersecurity firm McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), which estimates that cybercrime costs the global economy $600 billion a year — up from a 2014 study which put the figure at $445bn.
Cisco And AT&T Partner On Smart Cities Solutions
Cisco and AT&T have announced a partnership over smart cities, with the networking giant to integrate its Cisco Kinetic for Cities platform into various AT&T smart cities solutions, including the Smart Cities Operations Center (SCOC).
Google Assistant To Gain 30 Languages, Multilingual Support
Google on Friday announced by the end of this year, Assistant will be available in more than 30 languages to reach 95 percent of all eligible Android phones worldwide. Google Assistant, a voice-powered personal assistant found on iOS and Android, currently responds to eight languages.
AT&T Launches Expanded IoT Professional Services
AT&T has announced it’s teamed up with Ericsson to offer expanded professional services capabilities for Internet of Things solutions. AT&T launched its IoT professional services in January 2017, including consulting, application solutions, device lifecycle solutions, and managed services and support for enterprises.