Mobile device management for dummies: An online guide

Mobile Device Management for Dummies: An Online Guide Did you know that up to 70% of enterprise data exists in various frontline settings, from laptops to handheld devices, to shop and remote office environments? That's quite a statistic! Your mobile staff might be employed for a variety of skills -- to treat patients, dig up roads, repair malfunctioning equipment, or sell a product. They're rarely IT savvy and certainly not security experts. Yet more than 75% of enterprises leave responsibility for security in the hands of the user -- literally.   Choosing Antivirus Software: The Top 8 Recommendations Viruses have been an unwelcome fact of networking life since the infamous Internet Worm was launched in 1988. Many things have changed since then, but in some important respects they have not changed for the better. Today, networking technology and security threats have evolved to the point where stealth infections can invade one network and infect thousands of others, oftentimes before users even realize they've been hacked.   Accidentally Erase a File? How to Get It Back Today Preventing users from deleting or overwriting files is a nice idea, but one that isn't possible. It happens frequently, causing anguish for the user; aggravation for the IT department; and possible financial and legal harm for the business. To deal with these vagaries of human nature, the use of software that backs up files or attempts to recover them is logical. Unfortunately, these products are often reactive in nature. They cannot recover files across network directories nor do they provide protection for existing files overwritten by a newer version.   The New Information Agenda: Do You Have One? As market pressures increase, organizations are looking for ways to harness information as a strategic asset. When treated as such, information becomes a significant competitive differentiator . All too often, however, this information is inconsistent, out of date, incomplete or simply not available when and where it is needed most. The effects of this information misalignment can be felt throughout the organization in rising costs, inefficiencies and missed opportunities. A lack of trusted information can result in even more dire consequences.   6 Ways to Improve Business Performance with WDS With the growing importance of anywhere, anytime access for an increasingly dispersed workforce, IT managers are continually looking for ways to accelerate application performance across the wide area network (WAN). Points products are available to improve one or another aspect of WAN performance, such as insufficient or congested bandwidth, impaired application performance, slow remote backup or replication, or obstacles to IT consolidation.   The Top 9 Network Security Threats in 2009 A company that has traditionally kept its security management and monitoring in-house may use outside threats as an opportunity to look at the cost benefits of outsourcing to a leading security firm. Some of the technology used in reducing risk may be outdated and can be replaced with newer systems that can protect an organization better for the same or less money. eNewsletter Information: You are receiving this e-mail because you are a loyal subscriber to the Web Buyer's Guide Member Update with the e-mail address ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. If you no longer wish to receive Web Buyer's Guide Member Update, unsubscribe here. Copyright © 2009 Ziff Davis Enterprise. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Enterprise, 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016 Privacy Policy