Mobile & Wireless

With client virtualization, IT has the opportunity to reduce total costs, improve security, and enhance compliance and business continuity, thereby beginning to put in place an infrastructure that will be flexible and scalable for years to come.

This white paper looks at the growing adoption of BYOD in healthcare and the possible benefits and hurdles of enabling employees to use their own consumer devices in the workplace.

This case study describes how a technology company with globally dispersed locations addressed concerns about Web security. These included an increasing number of mobile workers, numerous malware infections on its network, and the legal and financial risks of employees accessing inappropriate material on the Internet.

A recent Cisco survey shows that 89% of IT departments worldwide enable BYOD--proving it's a global trend for which IT must prepare. What are the security challenges? The benefits? Learn why the world is drawn to a more flexible network.

It's clear that IT is facing a significant shift in the technologies they use and more so the technologies they need to support. The shift from the post-PC era to a mobile computer era is already underway and companies need to be preparing now.

Mobile collaboration means putting collaboration workloads onto all-important smartphones and tablets, then delivering a great user experience anywhere, anytime, on any device. This is a high bar to clear, but we found 13 vendors able to clear it. In Forrester's 15-criteria evaluation of mobile collaboration vendors, we found that Adobe, Box, Cisco, IBM, salesforce.com, SugarSync, Skype, and Yammer led the pack because of their commitment to tablets and smartphone platforms as well as a strategy aligned with the needs of the mobile workforce: low latency, cloud reach, and platform support. We also found many Strong Performers - AT&T, Citrix, Dropbox, Evernote, and Google. In this handpicked group of mobile collaboration vendors, no vendor slipped into the Contender or Risky Bet categories at least as it relates to mobile support.

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With the proliferation of mobile devices, data is easier to access and more difficult to secure. To enable employees to share data securely, enterprises need a comprehensive solution for secure content mobility. Read this whitepaper to learn best practices for secure mobile content management.