Enterprises must also ensure security is not neglected as their workforce becomes increasingly dispersed, said Blowers, and should adopt a "layered approach", making use of technologies such as firewalls, VPNs and intrusion detection/prevention...
For businesses this could provide much-needed accurate information on assets, saving time and cost and enabling more rapid and relevant decision making. Perhaps, as in the case of a major oil production company, it can even ensure that anticipated...
In the latest in this 12-part series, Quocirca analyst Clive Longbottom identifies the opportunities and problems a mobile and wireless workforce can bring. The 'device anarchy' which is bound to happen with mobility will make these earlier wars...
Tell us what you think of the IT workforce in silicon.com's 2007 Skills Survey. Walking around with a mobile phone on a belt clip and a laptop in hand has always made me mindful of the security risks and the likely penalty of a loss or theft.
But it's that flexibility that allows us [BlackBerrys] to exist within whatever the existing IT framework is for securing network systems and services that's built into the platform. But Scott Totzke, VP of global security at RIM, said while this...
Outsourcing these functions and responsibilities to a global technology specialist means the outsource supplier carries the risks and not the client - giving financial services companies the support they need to focus on the important activities...