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• What are the biggest mobile device security threats?

  As long as there are mobile devices, there will always be security risks for organizations to face. Four IT professionals share what they think the worst issues are today. Continue Reading

• Four ways to break through mobile business strategy barriers

  Mobile initiatives are bound to fail if organizations don't look before they leap. Defining a business strategy is a crucial step in the app development and deployment process. Continue Reading

• Build mobile app stores in six steps

  Organizations that build their own mobile app stores can make life easier for IT admins tasked with monitoring what apps employees use and keeping them secure. Continue Reading

• mobile application development platform (MADP)

  A mobile application development platform (MADP) is a type of software that allows a business to rapidly build, test and perhaps deploy mobile apps for smartphones and tablets. Continue Reading

• enterprise mobility

  Enterprise mobility is an approach to work in which employees can do their jobs from anywhere using a variety of devices and applications. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • smartphone
  • cross-platform mobile development
  • Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
  • iPhone

  • Siri
  • Google Drive
  • mobile enterprise application platform (MEAP)
  • mobile application management (MAM)

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• MobileIron

  MobileIron is a company that provides management and security software for mobile apps, content and devices.Continue Reading

• iCloud

  Apple's free iCloud service stores subscribers' photos, videos, documents, apps and more and updates everything across users' synced devices.Continue Reading

• iPad

  The iPad is a touchscreen tablet PC made by Apple.Continue Reading

• How IT and end users can build mobile apps with RMAD tools

  RMAD tools can make just about anyone a citizen developer, making building mobile apps easier for IT pros or end users. The tough part is finding the right platform.Continue Reading

• User experience shapes the future of mobile app development

  Mobile application development trends may come and go, but one thing remains constant: keeping the user at the forefront of the design process.Continue Reading

• Enterprise mobile application development changes IT strategy

  IT administrators today have a big job: ensuring that end users' needs are met in an ever-changing mobile and desktop computing landscape. Part of this includes getting more involved with enterprise mobile application development. This month's cover...Continue Reading

• How to set up two-factor authentication for enterprise users

  The old username/password combination is not the safest form of ID management. See why two-factor authentication belongs in IT's mobile security arsenal and learn how to set it up.Continue Reading

• mobile computing (nomadic computing)

  Mobile computing is the use of portable computing devices in conjunction with mobile technology that enables users to access the internet and data on mobile devices anytime, anywhere.Continue Reading

• end-user computing (EUC)

  End-user computing (EUC) refers to the devices, applications and data that workers need to perform their jobs, and the technologies used to deploy, manage and secure those resources.Continue Reading

• ID management 101: A primer for IT

  IT admins need to have eyes in the back of their heads when it comes to keeping track of who is trying to access company data. That's where an ID management system comes in.Continue Reading