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Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 08:29AM The Bring Your Own Device - BYOD phenomena is forcing IT and organizations to re-assess where the real security perimeter is for mobility. Is it the device or is it now the app?
Friday, March 23, 2012 at 04:41PM Easily deliver mobile-optimized workflows that integrate with existing systems for increased productivity. See how to accomplish this with a great pairing of tools.
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 09:47AM The market for smartphones and tablets is exploding at an incredible rate that is forecast to hit 1.3billion devices by 2015 (IDC 1/2012). Consumers are driving the adoption of these new devices into the enterprise. Just a few years ago, most enterprises were standardized on BlackBerry for corporate communications and applications. Employees at all levels began by asking -- and then demanding -- that their IT departments support iPhone and Android devices, whose low cost, ease of use, and usefulness for personal tasks and entertainment make them so appealing.
Enterprises are challenged by the conflicting needs of protecting and managing corporate information while making it readily accessible to their internal and external users. To meet this challenge, they need to provide secure containerization and control of corporate information in such a way that it can co-exist with an individual’s personal data and apps without mixing or ‘leaking’.
Many contemporary mobile solutions focus on trying to manage the device. That approach works for business-only corporate-owned devices, but now users bristle if IT forces them use a PIN to unlock their phone whenever they want to check Twitter or play a game.
A better fit for BYOD is to move the boundary of control from the device down to the application layer. There, one can have full control over communications, encryption and security policies. By deploying a container application that is centrally managed by IT, organizations can confidently deploy access to sensitive systems and information with the assurance that they remain in control of policies and that any data in the container is protected by high levels of encryption.
With a container solution that features its own private communications link, organizations can even deploy solutions to partners and other users with full control over their ‘secure island’ of corporate data. By keeping devices off the network and minimizing or eliminating the need to change network and firewall configuration, risks are further reduced.
With Rover’s platform, you can quickly provision secure access to existing intranet resources and then build out mobile optimized solutions, all within the secure confines of a container app that installs easily on unmanaged devices. Rover has the tools and solutions business needs to embrace BYOD today.
Securely embracing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)[1] world
The market for smartphones and tablets is exploding at an incredible rate that is forecast to hit 1.3billion devices by 2015 (IDC 1/2012).[2] Consumers are driving the adoption of these new devices into the enterprise. Just a few years ago, most enterprises were standardized on BlackBerry for corporate communications and applications. Employees at all levels began by asking -- and then demanding -- that their IT departments support[3] iPhone and Android devices, whose low cost, ease of use, and usefulness for personal tasks and entertainment make them so appealing.
Enterprises are challenged by the conflicting needs of protecting and managing corporate information while making it readily accessible to their internal and external users. To meet this challenge, they need to provide secure containerization[4] and control of corporate information in such a way that it can co-exist with an individual’s personal data and apps without mixing or ‘leaking’.
Many contemporary mobile solutions focus on trying to manage the device. That approach works for business-only corporate-owned devices, but now users bristle if IT forces them use a PIN to unlock their phone whenever they want to check Twitter or play a game.
A better fit for BYOD is to move the boundary of control from the device down to the application layer. There, one can have full control over communications, encryption and security policies. By deploying a container application that is centrally managed by IT, organizations can confidently deploy access to sensitive systems and information with the assurance that they remain in control of policies and that any data in the container is protected by high levels of encryption.
With a container solution that features its own private communications link, organizations can even deploy solutions to partners and other users with full control over their ‘secure island’ of corporate data. By keeping devices off the network and minimizing or eliminating the need to change network and firewall configuration, risks are further reduced.
With Rover’s platform, you can quickly provision secure access to existing intranet resources and then build out mobile optimized solutions, all within the secure confines of a container app that installs easily on unmanaged devices. Rover has the tools and solutions business needs to embrace BYOD today.
Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 03:46PM Quick enterprise mobile app prototyping with Codiqa and secure deployment with Rover.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 02:36PM When developing B2E and B2B mobile applications, enterprise IT encounters many challenges -- and many emerging tools to help overcome them. Read how to address these challenges with a secure, enterprise-focused approach.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 02:47PM Consumer mobile browsers do not protect your valuable company assets, see why and learn what can be done to mitigate the risk.
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 01:39PM Enterprises are often told they need to put any device accessing their information under device management. But is that always necessary, or even feasible? This article goes into the variations on this the topic of device management.
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 04:32PM In mobility, while there are many ways of delivering enterprise or application content, container apps offer unique advantages. Read our description of the container app approach.
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