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New mobile platforms entering the marketplace

A new generation of mobile devices, ranging from the new Apple and Android smart phones, through a revitalized Symbion that is growing into the business application area, to high-end devices such as new Linux and Windows handhelds and ultra-portables, is appearing on the market. These devices are finding applications among business leaders knowledge workers, and while they have limitations they also offer advantages. The largest of these is their ability to extend business functionality literally into your pocket. Whether it is a network manager checking network performance and initiating actions from his livingroom off hours, a CFO checking corporate financial balances and investments from the golf course, or a team leader managing a project while taking his child to the doctor, these devices can be leveraged in many ways to increase productivity while providing employees with more freedom. IT needs knowledge of a range of devices to be better able to chose those that best fit different corporate needs and support mobile computing. The best way to gain that knowledge is to recruit technical personnel and/or power users internally, equip each with a device and encourage them to make maximum use of them and to research Internet-based resources to help them become experts. They then become a “mobile device task force” to develop the knowledge IT needs to support the devices in the organization.

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Safeguarding Enterprise Voice Communication over WiFi

Enterprises are showing a strong interest on wireless voice technology over the standard WiFi networks for its attractive features such as lower phone bills, centralized management, or fast deployments. However these wireless voice networks are susceptible to usual attacks like viruses, spam, phishing, hacking, stolen data, denial of service (DoS), voice injections, man in the middle attacks, call hijacking, eavesdropping etc. The security of these networks become a major concern for enterprises because IT managers have no or very little knowledge how to protect voice networks.

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Architecting Wireless Email

Wireless email is an important business tool for today's enterprises and an entrepreneurial solution to maximize the employees’ business potential and gain a competitive edge. Since businesses now send as much as 60% of their business-critical data via email, accessing emails wirelessly means business success for many organizations by providing rapid customer communication, faster decision-making and collaboration from distant places.

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