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The Effects of Mobile on the Enterprise

Rama Kolappan — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:11:23 +0000

Did you know that as smartphone use increases in a particular industry, the number of data breaches rise as well? Enterprises want their employees to use mobile devices, but the data security concerns can be overwhelming. How do enterprise IT departments enable secure mobile productivity amongst their workers? View The Effects of Mobile on the [...]

The Great Eight Mobile Security Issues?

Ryan Fahey — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:23:09 +0000

Guest Blog Post By: Ryan Fahey an Information Security Professional who is currently a security researcher at the Infosec Institute. Mobile users be warned: the malicious malware attacks once focused exclusively on PCs have been redirected at mobile devices. From loopholes in operating systems, to poor mobile app coding, to an uptick in malware attacks, [...]

The Third Wave of Mobility – From Access to Interaction to Productivity

Colman Murphy — Thu, 30 May 2013 18:48:04 +0000

The early days of mobile access to corporate e-mail is littered with now-defunct platforms, including Danger, HandSpring, Palm and others. It was Research in Motion (RIM) that launched the first wave of true enterprise mobility. With its well-designed Blackberry handset, robust operating system and highly secure network, RIM revolutionized the space, for better or worse, [...]

Printing Moving from PCs to Mobile Devices

Rama Kolappan — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:06:45 +0000

Today’s users expect PC-like functionality from their mobile devices, including the ability to print documents. According to an October 2011 report from research firm IDC, mobile printing is the fastest growing segment in the document solutions industry and is expected to grow from 68.3 million in 2010 to 1 billion in 2015. As the use [...]

Secure Seattle 2013: Enable Secure and Mobile Cloud Collaboration

Rama Kolappan — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:55:47 +0000

Rama Kolappan, Mobile Director with Accellion, recently addressed the topic of Enabling Secure and Mobile Cloud Collaboration at Secure Seattle 2013 . The 3 key messages to enterprises: 1) You are not alone; mobile productivity challenges face all types of organizations. 2) The BYOD trend can do more good than harm. 3) Sharing enterprise content [...]

TIME Magazine – Mobile Editor’s Go-To Device

Rama Kolappan — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:48:28 +0000

Ever wonder what type of toothbrush your dentist uses at home? Or how often your trusted mechanic gets the oil changed on his/her own car? Wouldn’t it be nice to know what products and practices the experts actually rely on behind the scenes? Well, thanks to a recent article in The Guardian, we gained a [...]

The Case for Mobilizing SharePoint

Colman Murphy — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 08:00:56 +0000

The widespread adoption of Microsoft SharePoint, including by the majority of Fortune 500 organizations, has made it a must-have tool for many information and knowledge workers. However with the increasing use of mobile devices in the workplace, employees now expect important applications, like SharePoint, to travel with them. How does IT make that happen, while [...]

A growing number of SMBs Embracing BYOD

Rama Kolappan — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:16:25 +0000

Whether you are an organization with 50 employees or 50,000, finding a way to manage and secure employees’ mobile devices and access rights to corporate data is imperative. BYOD policies aren’t just for the big guys. If employees are bringing smartphones, tablets, or other devices into the office, then the chances are good that those [...]

Accellion in Action: New Zealand Law Society

Ryan Swindall — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:18:01 +0000

Legal Regulator’s Board Meetings Go Mobile New Zealand Law Society plays a very important role: acting as the regulatory authority for all lawyers across the country. To make that happen, ongoing committee, planning, and board communications and meetings are a regular part of operations. Anything that can be done to make the meetings more efficient [...]

Do You Know Where Your Data Is?

Ryan Swindall — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:59:16 +0000

Cloud-based file sharing and collaboration solutions are ripe for the picking, but what’s right for one organization might not be right for another. Accellion presented the pros and cons of various cloud computing choices at the InfoSec World 2013 Conference & Expo last month. To learn more about the top cloud considerations for file sharing [...]