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Modern Mobility
A blog for business leaders, IT pros and developers who want to get the most out of enterprise mobility management, mobile applications and mobile infrastructure.
Recent Posts
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Analyst: Distributed cloud may be the future
- News Reporter 17 Mar 2020 -
T-Mobile-Sprint deal could produce strong 5G competitor
- Community Member 14 Feb 2020 -
MWC Barcelona 2020 cancelled because of coronavirus concerns
- News Reporter 13 Feb 2020
In the enterprise, the trend has been toward centralizing data and work in the cloud, but an increased number of smart devices may push out infrastructure into a distributed cloud. Frank Gens, ...
It's too soon to tell how the T-Mobile-Sprint deal may affect prices for wireless service in the long term, but industry observers agree the merger could produce a strong player in the 5G market. A ...
Industry observers called the cancellation of Mobile World Congress 2020 disappointing but understandable. The cancellation was announced on Wednesday, with hosting organization GSM Association ...
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Iowa election voting app snafu: a lack of testing?
- News Reporter 04 Feb 2020 -
New iOS features and other announcements from Apple WWDC 2019
- Associate Site Editor 07 Jun 2019 -
Top new iOS 12 features helpful for the enterprise
- Senior Site Editor 05 Jun 2018 -
XenMobile MAM covers all bases as Citrix joins AppConfig Community
09 Mar 2018 -
IT can block iOS updates in iOS 11.3 — finally!
25 Jan 2018 -
Samsung profits dip as users hold onto smartphones longer
- Assistant Site Editor 16 Nov 2017 -
CEO of BlackBerry downplays enterprise mobility management
15 Nov 2017
An inadequately tested mobile app may have contributed to the confusion surrounding last night's Iowa Democratic Party Caucus, something experts said underlined the importance of developers testing ...
At its Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced new iOS features for iOS 13, an entirely new OS exclusively for iPads, iPadOS, and other interesting product news. Learn more about these ...
The biggest takeaway of Apple WWDC 2018 was the new iOS 12 features. Discover which ones might be useful for business workers with this roundup.
XenMobile MAM now supports AppConfig Community standards, in addition to Citrix's proprietary MDX toolkit and Office 365 MAM through the Intune Graph API.
Apple admins have long dreamed of the day when they could block iOS updates. With the iOS 11.3 update, that day will soon be here for supervised devices.
Samsung profits for its mobile business slid backwards in quarter three sales. Samsung is using this opportunity to boost investments in high-end products.
John Chen, CEO of BlackBerry, says he wants to focus on overall enterprise security, not enterprise mobility management. Read more from the BlackBerry Security Summit.
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MobileIron CEO out in favor of CFO: Why now?
19 Oct 2017 -
Is shadow IT really that bad?
- Site Editor 13 Oct 2017 -
Apple iOS 11 Mail app bug hits business users hard
- Assistant Site Editor 20 Sep 2017 -
Face ID and Apple Watch 3 enterprise issues to start thinking about
13 Sep 2017 -
Digital transformation trends put EUC in the spotlight
- Editorial Director 23 Aug 2017 -
Apple Watch LTE connectivity is right on time
- News Writer 10 Aug 2017 -
Three VMware EUC predictions for VMworld 2017
07 Aug 2017 -
Apple earnings growth comes from transition to services
- News Writer 04 Aug 2017 -
Why smartphone technology won't ever replace PCs
- News Writer 31 Jul 2017 -
Former Citrix CEO defends company against VMware
12 Jul 2017 -
BlackBerry software business takes a hit
26 Jun 2017 -
AI and machine learning systems: Coming soon to EUC tech near you
31 May 2017 -
Artificial intelligence in the workplace changes roles of employees
- News Writer 30 May 2017 -
Google plays a strong hand with new Android security features
- Editorial Director 22 May 2017 -
VMware jumps into mobile app analytics with Apteligent buy
16 May 2017 -
Apple, SAP iOS SDK hits the shelves for enterprise developers
- News Writer 31 Mar 2017 -
Welcome to Access
- Editorial Director 16 Mar 2017 -
NBA mobile apps shoot and score with Built.io MBaaS
- Assistant Site Editor 15 Mar 2017 -
Apple iOS 10.3 beta gets pushy with iCloud two-factor authentication
- News Writer 02 Mar 2017 -
BlackBerry smartphone market share goes from minuscule to nonexistent
16 Feb 2017 -
'Dangerous' AirWatch security flaws found in Android apps
- News Writer 02 Feb 2017 -
Trump's Android takes BYOD to the White House
- News Writer 27 Jan 2017 -
Announcing the winners of the Modern Mobility Innovation Awards
10 Jan 2017 -
Mobile app dev skills pull in big money
- Editorial Director 13 Dec 2016 -
Google drops 'Android for Work' name
12 Dec 2016 -
It's up to IT to make end-user computing easy
06 Dec 2016 -
Mobile security is top priority for 2017
- Site Editor 20 Nov 2016 -
Never say die: Another BlackBerry smartphone is on the way
- News Writer 14 Nov 2016 -
Year in review: What mattered in 2016?
- Editorial Director 11 Nov 2016 -
2017 predictions: PCs push mobile market in new directions
- Site Editor 07 Nov 2016 -
Bill Belichick does not like tablets
- Site Editor 19 Oct 2016 -
Where has all the IT gone?
- Editorial Director 12 Oct 2016 -
BlackBerry joins AppConfig Community (finally)
04 Oct 2016 -
Wanted: A way to block iOS updates
- News Writer 04 Oct 2016 -
BlackBerry strikes out of the hardware game
- Site Editor 28 Sep 2016 -
IBM, Apple release Bluemix Runtime for Swift
23 Sep 2016 -
UX-driven mobile app design helps businesses sack the competition
- Editorial Director 22 Sep 2016 -
There is no next big thing
13 Sep 2016 -
Latest iOS vulnerability puts business users in the hot seat
- News Writer 02 Sep 2016 -
Citrix and Microsoft make a formidable mobile tag team
10 Aug 2016 -
'Shrek' holds the key to your mobile security fairy tale
- Site Editor 08 Aug 2016 -
Workflow apps are the next step in mobility
- Editorial Director 27 Jul 2016 -
Take back time with mobile data analytics
- Site Editor 25 Jul 2016 -
What's the deal with workspaces?
- Editorial Director 15 Jul 2016 -
The citizen developer has arrived
- Site Editor 24 Jun 2016 -
Change the recipe for success
14 Jun 2016 -
Make mobile data protection your security centerpiece
- Site Editor 08 Jun 2016 -
Do you know who's accessing your corporate data?
- Site Editor 01 Jun 2016 -
Citrix: 'We have not committed' to AppConfig
24 May 2016 -
CEO wants to 'make Citrix great again'
11 May 2016 -
What Frodo Baggins can teach IT about iCloud security
- Site Editor 11 May 2016 -
BlackBerry, Citrix to join AppConfig Community
06 May 2016 -
Adopt social collaboration tools with a purpose
- Site Editor 27 Apr 2016 -
IBM and Amazon have mobile momentum
- Editorial Director 14 Apr 2016 -
Top 5 mobile security deal breakers
- Site Editor 13 Apr 2016 -
Why BlackBerry won't save its hardware business
- News Writer 06 Apr 2016 -
Citrix has abandoned Dynamic Containerization for public apps
29 Mar 2016 -
Virtual reality devices are the next generation of computing, IDC says
- News Writer 24 Mar 2016 -
Apple wants the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro to replace PCs, but businesses don't
24 Mar 2016 -
Are the iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro too small for business users?
- Editorial Director 21 Mar 2016 -
Mobile admins pucker up and try to 'KISS'
- Site Editor 16 Mar 2016 -
Do these smartglasses make me look dumb?
- Executive Editor 16 Mar 2016 -
EMM sings its swan song
09 Mar 2016 -
FBI vs. Apple battle raises IT security and user privacy concerns
- Site Editor 25 Feb 2016 -
AirWatch 8.3 upgrades SSO, adds industry templates for device enrollment
- News Writer 17 Feb 2016 -
Wearables: A matter of when, not if
- Editorial Director 11 Feb 2016 -
VMI won’t find a long-term role in mobile app deployment
- Site Editor 09 Feb 2016 -
NFL keeps Super Bowl goers entertained with Wi-Fi analytics
- News Writer 05 Feb 2016 -
User empowerment the true goal of mobile enablement
- Executive Editor 29 Jan 2016 -
AirWatch sees huge growth as VMware prepares to cut 800 jobs
- News Writer 27 Jan 2016 -
Confidential data is harder to secure in the mobile era
- Associate Site Editor 18 Jan 2016 -
Universal Windows apps have a universal problem
13 Jan 2016 -
Legacy apps on mobile devices still need a lot of work
22 Dec 2015 -
Apple's magic won't be enough for the enterprise market
17 Dec 2015 -
Will market consolidation burn BlackBerry in 2016?
16 Dec 2015 -
Here's what the future of mobile apps looks like
- Editorial Director 20 Nov 2015 -
Mobility requires more than just a BYOD policy
- Associate Site Editor 12 Nov 2015 -
Good Technology CEO Christy Wyatt leaves BlackBerry
- News Writer 02 Nov 2015 -
VMware needs its latest email acquisition to go better than the last one
20 Oct 2015 -
Star Wars: The BlackBerry awakens
- Site Editor 19 Oct 2015 -
Analytics help developers give mobile apps a tune-up
- Associate Site Editor 16 Oct 2015 -
Keeping up is hard to do
- Editorial Director 14 Oct 2015 -
What a Dell-EMC-VMware merger would mean for the EUC market
09 Oct 2015 -
IT gets schooled on Apple devices
- Site Editor 10 Sep 2015 -
The IT version of an NFL lockout
- Associate Site Editor 03 Sep 2015 -
How user experience monitoring can benefit help desks
- Editorial Director 25 Aug 2015 -
Ready for anything at this year's VMworld
- Editorial Director 06 Aug 2015 -
Say 'I do' to enterprise-approved file sharing
- Editorial Director 20 Jul 2015 -
IT gets the app development assistance it needs
- Associate Site Editor 16 Jul 2015 -
The customer is always right
15 Jul 2015
The departure of MobileIron CEO Barry Mainz and the appointment of the CFO as his successor raise questions about the standalone EMM vendor's future.
Shadow IT can be a good thing if users communicate their needs with IT, and administrators listen. But security still needs to be top of mind.
The native iOS 11 email app has a bug that won't let it send email for users of Outlook.com, Office 365 and Exchange 2016 on Windows Server 2016.
IT may have to pay more attention to Apple Watch 3 enterprise management now that the device isn't tied to an iPhone. Face ID enterprise security is another concern.
SAN DIEGO -- Not that long ago, many people in IT weren't familiar with the term end-user computing -- despite the fact that delivering technical resources to end users and customers is essentially ...
Apple is about to address a huge drawback of the Apple Watch by giving it LTE connectivity so it can access the internet without Wi-Fi or a tethered iPhone.
VMworld hasn't exactly been known for its major EUC news in recent years. For someone who remembers the days when the event's second-day keynotes were devoted to end-user computing (EUC), it's been ...
The transition of many tech giants into software and services vendors was apparent during Apple earnings on Tuesday night. The biggest tech company in the world, known for the Mac, iPhone and iPad, ...
Since the release of the iPhone in 2007, smartphone technology has become so advanced that the devices really are mini computers. But that doesn't mean they'll replace actual PCs. Innovations to ...
Sanjay Poonen, VMware's chief operating officer, actively promotes his company on Twitter -- sometimes at the expense of competitors. In the past few weeks, Poonen tweeted a news story about ...
BlackBerry's reinvention as a software company isn't going so well. The BlackBerry software business shrunk in the first quarter, falling short of analysts' expectations in the process. Those ...
It's easy to dismiss AI and machine learning as buzzwords with no practical enterprise applications. For many people, those terms still conjure up images of sentient robots that will one day ...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Machine learning and data analytics are on the rise, leaving some employees to fear that computers will take over their jobs, but that is not the case. Machine learning will simply ...
Google last week announced Android security features that continue to heighten the company's enterprise mobility game. Enterprise security features from the big mobile operating systems, Google ...
Mobile app analytics and monitoring are the new "it" technologies in end-user computing. Two months after Cisco acquired AppDynamics, VMware has snapped up Apteligent. The deal will bring mobile ...
Apple and SAP have followed through on their promise to deliver a new iOS SDK that allows developers to build business apps based on SAP back-end technology. With the new developer toolkit, out ...
In 2012, Microsoft bet big on mobile. The company released Windows 8 with apps and a tile-based interface designed for touch devices -- all in an attempt to ride the mobility wave that many experts ...
If you're trying to build a mobile app, you want mobile backend as a service on your team. Mobile backend as a service (MBaaS), which connects an app's front end to the back-end systems it needs to ...
Apple strives to make its devices more secure for the enterprise, but its latest effort leaves things completely up to users. Users of the Apple iOS 10.3 beta are receiving push notifications ...
BlackBerry hasn't given up on its mobile device business, but nearly everyone else has. The company's smartphone market share dropped to zero -- 0.0482% to be exact -- in the fourth quarter of ...
Even mobile security software sometimes falls prey to vulnerabilities. VMware this week issued a security advisory regarding vulnerabilities with its AirWatch Agent and Inbox apps for Google ...
President Donald Trump is causing quite the stir at the White House as he continues to use his personal smartphone for some purposes. Trump still uses his "old, unsecured Android phone, to the ...
Modern Mobility sure is going out with a bang. Our January issue, the magazine’s last in its current form, highlights enterprise mobility projects that delivered game-changing benefits to four ...
If you're a mobile application guru, prepare to make bank. Experience building mobile apps can earn technology pros an average salary of $147,000, according to research by Paysa.com, a professional ...
Android for Work is no more -- in name only. When Google debuted its secure containerization APIs in 2015, the "Android for Work" name identified which devices shipped with these capabilities and ...
It's part of IT's job to deal with end users who aren't tech-savvy. The latest research says it may be a bigger part of the job than most people realize. About two-thirds of people aged 16 to 65 ...
With the rise of multifactor authentication and updates to Apple iOS security, there is a lot to look forward to next year. Four experts gaze into the enterprise mobility crystal ball. Patrick ...
BlackBerry smartphones aren't a thing of the past just yet. The company plans to release at least one more smartphone, which will feature its trademark physical keyboard, CEO John Chen said in an ...
As 2016 comes to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on what we’ve learned over the past year. What are the major trends that have dominated the end-user computing industry? Who are the biggest ...
For years it seemed like mobile devices would dictate the future of IT. Mobility is certainly a huge part of what's next, but it may not be the real trailblazer. "For the most part the mobile ...
During the New England Patriots' Oct. 2 loss, cameras caught head coach Bill Belichick throwing a Microsoft Surface Pro 4. Belichick was justifiably upset with his players' performance, but there ...
When new tech emerges, people often wonder whether it will be the technology that finally puts IT administrators out of their jobs for good. At a very basic level, technology exists and evolves to ...
The AppConfig Community's membership ranks continue to grow. BlackBerry, newly freed from its hardware chains, has joined AppConfig, a vendor consortium that promotes the use of the built-in ...
ATLANTA -- Apple does not give EMM products the power to block iOS updates. That capability is near the top of many IT pros' wish lists. Enterprise mobility management (EMM) software is at the ...
Many Major League Baseball pitchers have made names for themselves with the blazing speed of their fastballs. But as pitchers age, their velocity usually dips. A great pitcher adjusts and develops ...
IBM developers can now build apps with Apple's Swift programming language. The Bluemix Runtime for Swift hit general availability this week, about seven months after its introduction at IBM ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The key to business success in the digital age is to glean meaningful data from users' mobile devices and apps. Learning how employees use their corporate resources helps ...
What’s the next big thing in end-user computing? It’s a question anyone who works in the field has likely asked themselves over the past few years. But it’s not the right question to be asking. ...
Users are a huge security threat to the mobile enterprise. That's clear after last month's iOS breach that led Apple to implore people to update their devices as quickly as possible. Apple ...
The battle lines have been drawn in the enterprise mobility management market. On one side we have the AppConfig Community, whose member vendors want to standardize mobile application management ...
With Comcast's acquisition of DreamWorks Animation in April, "Shrek" fans could see the fairy tale-esque story revived with more movies in the coming years, according to Forbes. In the original ...
BOSTON -- To truly enable mobility, organizations need to start focusing on mobile apps that fuse multiple applications into one experience. Here at BriForum 2016, attendees learned how ...
It is impossible to recover lost time. Once a moment passes, it's gone. Time is especially at a premium in the business world, so end users can't waste it sorting through a sea of mobile data to ...
There are plenty of words ingrained in today's culture that no one is exactly sure where they came from -- or in some cases, what they even mean: hipster, twerk, awesome-sauce. It's a common ...
The combination of social media and smartphones has led to an astronomical rise in citizen journalism. People see something happen, whip out their phones, record it, post it on Twitter, and before ...
Enterprise mobility isn’t like rotisserie chicken. You can’t just set it and forget it. Going mobile is an ongoing process. It doesn’t start with BYOD and end with enterprise mobility management. ...
Mobile data protection requires IT to handle a lot of moving parts. Devices and users move between different locations -- often outside the office -- and the data itself moves between devices, ...
"They are who we thought they were." That’s what former Arizona Cardinals head coach Dennis Green shouted nonsensically at reporters during one of the most epic press conference meltdowns in ...
LAS VEGAS -- Citrix is considering membership in the AppConfig Community but has not yet decided to join. That's the word from Manoj Raisinghani, vice president of product marketing for Citrix's ...
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Even though the Q&A in every issue of this magazine is called Face Time, we don’t actually have face time with most of the subjects. In fact, the ...
As the hobbit Frodo Baggins leaves the familiar surroundings of his home in the Shire in the movie The Fellowship of the Ring, he remembers something his uncle Bilbo told him, "It's a dangerous ...
Any successful effort to establish technology standards needs buy-in from all major stakeholders. The AppConfig Community, which aims to promote mobile application management standards, is about to ...
When my brother and I were kids, and my father thought we were doing something particularly stupid -- like hiding all of my sister's Hungry Hungry Hippos marbles inside the base of a basketball ...
As some of the top tech companies in the world continue to work together—and compete against each other—opportunities for mobile developers will flourish. IBM and Amazon are among the major ...
In the TV show 30 Rock, comedy writer Liz Lemon writes a sketch that spawns the catchphrase, "That's a deal breaker, ladies!" The phrase refers to anything a partner might do that could ...
BlackBerry's phone business is struggling, and with a make-or-break deadline looming, history is not on the company's side. BlackBerry sold about 600,000 phones in the quarter ending Feb. 29, and ...
Remember last year's Citrix Synergy, where Citrix previewed new technology that could containerize any mobile app on the fly? It really got people talking. Typically, developers have to build ...
BOSTON -- When evaluating wearables, IT can't leave out augmented and virtual reality devices, which are poised to have a major effect on the enterprise. The wearables market overall will see ...
Apple's really pushing the idea that the iPad Pro can replace a PC, but not everyone is on board -- especially in the business world. At this week's launch of the new 9.7-inch iPad Pro, Apple noted ...
As Apple announced several new devices at its March media event, the staff of TechTarget’s End-User Computing Media Group took to Slack and discussed the company’s new iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad ...
On the TV show The Office, Michael Scott imparts a key piece of advice to resident office oddball Dwight Schrute: "K-I-S-S. Keep it simple, stupid." Dwight sees that mantra as great advice even ...
I have had a Fitbit One since 2013, and I wear it every day. Having it on helps me remember to keep moving throughout the day, and to take the stairs instead of the elevator. Lots of people in my ...
The heyday of enterprise mobility management is coming to an end. The value of EMM vendors has fallen off a cliff, and the technology is no longer the focal point of most end-user computing ...
The clash between privacy and security is an increasingly difficult one to settle in the age of mobile devices. The current front-page case, in which the FBI wants Apple to create an iOS backdoor ...
VMware's new AirWatch 8.3 focuses on mobile data security and aims to make deployment easier for IT admins. The latest update to the enterprise mobility management (EMM) platform, announced today, ...
I bucked the smartphone trend for as long as I could. When Apple’s iPhone 4s came out in 2011, I caved and never turned back. The same thing happened with tablets; now I own three. Sometimes, you ...
Throughout the movie Mean Girls, resident gossip Gretchen Wieners tries to make the word “fetch” catch on as a substitute for something great or cool. For instance, you might say, “That jacket is ...
With Super Bowl 50 kicking off Sunday, there is one team behind the scenes that plenty of mobile users in the stadium will be counting on -- and it’s not the Denver Broncos or Carolina Panthers. ...
For businesses today, there’s no getting around mobility. It’s a trend that has become an integral part of the way people live and work. As a result, it’s something IT administrators must take into ...
Despite laying off its entire Workstation and Fusion groups, VMware will not discontinue those products. "Not at all," a VMware spokesperson said. "In some cases, roles and responsibilities ...
For all the benefits of supporting mobility in the enterprise, it has also introduced one of the biggest challenges for IT pros today: safeguarding the flow of confidential data on employees' ...
If universal apps can run on any device, but nobody develops them, are they really universal? This “if a tree falls in the forest” situation threatens to derail Microsoft’s grand vision for Windows ...
As 2015 draws to a close, the staff of TechTarget's end-user computing sites took to Slack and held an hour-long chat about the year's biggest trends. Over the past few days, we've brought you ...
As 2015 draws to a close, the staff of TechTarget's end-user computing sites took to Slack and held an hour-long chat about the year's biggest trends. Over the next few days, we'll bring you ...
As 2015 draws to a close, the staff of TechTarget's end-user computing sites took to Slack and held an hour-long chat about the year's biggest trends. Over the next few days, we'll bring you ...
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- Without apps, a smartphone is nothing but a piece of metal that can make phone calls. And who even makes phone calls anymore? Today, you can do everything from order pizza to ...
The iPhone came out in 2007, but it's taken nearly a decade for many IT admins to wrap their heads around mobility in the enterprise. Eight years later, a good chunk of organizations now ...
BlackBerry completed its $425 million acquisition of Good Technology today. Christy Wyatt, Good's chairman, president and CEO, will not be part of the transition process. Spokespeople from both ...
In case you missed it last week, in the aftermath of some bigger acquisition news, VMware bought Boxer, a secure email app vendor. Boxer is not VMware's first foray into the email market. In 2010, ...
Believe it or not, the release of the new Star Wars movie -- and with it the return of Han, Luke and Princess Leia -- is almost upon us. The galaxy far, far away is at the top of my mind. Oddly ...
Delivering enterprise mobile applications to employees is a complex endeavor, but some organizations are turning to in-app analytics to help with the crucial final step: ensuring the long-term ...
It’s been an action-packed few months in the mobile world. Just a few days after returning from VMworld, I saw my Twitter feed blow up with the news of BlackBerry’s acquisition of Good Technology. ...
UPDATE (Oct. 12): Dell is officially buying EMC and VMware for $67 billion. Dell buying Citrix is old and busted. Dell buying EMC -- and possibly VMware -- is the new hotness. The Wall Street ...
Back-to-school season has me thinking about a common question kids face: What do you want to be when you grow up? Let’s go back in time to 2007 and imagine Apple’s iPhone on its first day of ...
As the lead NFL reporter at ESPN, Adam Schefter is no stranger to breaking news, but it usually relates to injuries, trades and other transactions involving NFL teams and players. On Aug. 21, ...
If there’s somethin’ strange in your mobile device, who you gonna call? The IT service desk. Because of the sheer number of mobile devices employees use for work these days, mobility-related help ...
VMworld is just a few weeks away, and it's never too early to start getting excited for all the networking, parties, boxed lunches, and of course, sessions that await us this year. So what can we ...
I’m getting married next year, and there is so much information to keep track of during the planning process. To help, one of the first things I did was create a shared document in Google Drive – a ...
We often tout the rising importance of enterprise mobile applications without acknowledging that they don't grow on trees. Native app development is a complex and often expensive undertaking, and ...
A few weeks back, a colleague in our events department asked about expanding the audience for our Modern Mobility seminar series. Like in this e-zine, most of the seminar’s content focuses on ...