The kinds of device which might be best for data services and which will encourage users to adopt them also hold out the possibility of a different paradigm for those services - a download, off-network sort of world rather than a browsing, on...
Mobility v privacy* This raises the issue of employee privacy and intrusiveness into their lives. The degree and level of intrusion needs to be agreed and determined, ideally at a contract of employment stage, before judicial interference and...
Furthermore, increased mobility and flexible working means taking such equipment off site is far from unusual - but companies need to cross-reference network behaviour and physical behaviour to spot anomalies that could be a sign of wrongdoing.
In July, Microsoft announced a similar deal with Motorola to put its mobile software on the popular Razr slim phone. Technology executives addressing CTIA attendees said new advancements are in the works.
It calls it all 'seamless mobility'. And as if a cue to stay on the subject of silly look-a-likes, it has to be said that from a distance Motorola CEO Ed Zander looks something like Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi.
Ron Garriques, Motorola's mobile devices business president, said: "The addition of Good Technology will advance Motorola's vision of seamless mobility. This acquisition will continue to strengthen Motorola as a leading provider of mobility devices...