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SEPTEMBER 2016 VOLUME 2, NO. 8

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

There is No Next Big Thing

UNDER THE HOOD

ISVs Get Serious About App Dev

ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE

Kick Security Up a Notch

DEEP DIVE

Apps Are Special Snowflakes

DEVICE SPOTLIGHT

Huawei MateBook

FACE TIME

What Lurks in Security’s Future?

CALENDAR

Three Mobile Conferences

Modern MobilityEnabling a mobile workforceM

COVER STORY

What’s Mobility Like for SMBs?

Small organizations struggle with budget

restrictions when it comes to going

mobile.

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THERE IS NO NEXT BIG THING

SMBs FACE BIG CHALLENGES GOING

MOBILE

ISVs GET SERIOUS ABOUT APP DEV

KICK SECURITY UP A NOTCH

APPS ARE SPECIAL SNOWFLAKES

HUAWEI MATEBOOK

WHAT LURKS IN SECURITY’S FUTURE?

THREE MOBILE CONFERENCES

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.

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) carried the “next big thing” torch for the longest time. Cost and scalability issues prevented wide-spread adoption in its early days, and by the time vendors figured those aspects out, a new roadblock emerged: mobility. At first, people thought VDI and mobility would be a match made in heaven; IT could use an established technology to deliver enterprise-ready Win-dows desktops to smartphones and tablets. It soon became clear the VDI user experience on

mobile devices was not up to par. And in the mobile era, user experience trumps all.

More recently, we’ve seen the market shift focus from desktops to applications, as Micro-soft and Citrix’s new strategy exemplifies. The longtime partners announced in August that Microsoft will discontinue its cloud applica-tion delivery service, Azure RemoteApp, and instead make Citrix XenApp available through Azure. This approach raises a whole new set of questions, however. Mainly, if Microsoft is will-ing to cede that market to Citrix, does it mean application delivery really isn’t the future?

No, it doesn’t mean that. It means there are so many ways to put applications in users’ hands these days that vendors have to be selective. If you’re an IT pro who needs to deliver and deploy applications, consider your options: physical desktops, desktop virtualiza-tion, application virtualization, desktops as a service, applications as a service, application layering, workspaces, software as a service (SaaS), web apps, native mobile apps, hybrid

There is No Next Big Thing

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mobile apps, app refactoring and virtual mobile infrastructure. No vendor—not even one as big as Microsoft—has the resources to play in all of these sandboxes.

All of those technologies have valid uses. As a result, end-user computing is becoming more heterogeneous. It’s not uncommon for modern knowledge workers to have laptops with a combination of native Windows appli-cations, SaaS apps and maybe a virtualized

app or two, plus mobile devices with native mobile apps and SaaS apps that they access through an enterprise app store, workspace or other portal.

There is no next big thing in end-user com-puting. End-user computing itself—this combi-nation of technologies, intelligently managed to give employees the tools they need when and where they need them—is the next big thing. l


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MOBILITY NOW

SMBs Face Big Challenges Going MobileWith smaller budgets, it’s difficult for SMBs to find the right products for mobility initiatives. When so many rely on BYOD, security features should be top of mind. BY RAMIN EDMOND

WHEN DOMINIC NAMNATH started as CIO of a nonprofit 15 years ago, he quickly realized its business processes needed a makeover.

Tri-Counties Regional Center, a healthcare services provider in Santa Barbara, Calif.,


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had countless paper documents and patient records dating back over 30 years. Roughly 200 employees worked on location visiting patients’ homes, and it was inconvenient for them to travel back to the office to complete their tasks.

So began a project to convert all paper doc-uments and forms into digital versions—work that finally wrapped up last year. Tri-Counties Regional Center employees scanned more than 8 million documents and stored them on Box, the enterprise file sync-and-share service. The organization also deployed custom mobile apps for workers to document patient visits and send digital forms back to the office.

“We couldn’t have employees coming back and forth to the office just to file documents,” Namnath says.

Because of the nonprofit’s small size, it had to be very careful about budgeting for its mobile transition. It had to pay for a large number of employees to scan documents, for the development of custom applications and for ready-made apps such as Box, while main-taining its everyday business operations.

Small businesses typically have to be more conservative with their spending on new tech-nology and initiatives because they can’t take the financial hit if it doesn’t work out. That’s why Tri-Counties Regional Center sets up goals in three-year stages to stay within bud-get, Namnath says.

“Being a small business, we can’t just throw 3 million a year at a problem and hire an army of consultants,” Namnath says. “We know what we can accomplish within our budget. All our support is in-house.”

To stay within budget, SMBs must also understand why it’s important to go mobile and what their goals are. Companies often decide to develop mobile apps only because they see other companies doing it, says Jack Gold, principal and founder of J. Gold Associ-ates, a mobile analyst firm in Northborough, Mass.

“That’s never a good reason,” he says.

“ We can’t just throw 3 million a year at a problem and hire an army of consultants.”

— DOMINIC NAMNATH, TRI-COUNTIES REGIONAL CENTER


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Often, SMBs account for the upfront costs of a product, but they may not always plan for operational costs or the cost of a subscrip-tion over time, Gold says. For example, if an employee has a company-owned device and often uses cellular data rather than connecting to Wi-Fi, this will eat into the company’s data plan and cost the business money.

“That’s a common mistake,” Gold says. “Understand how much data you are going to use. You have to understand that cost.”

Tri-Counties Regional Center’s document- scanning process took as long as it did because some workers resisted change and used inconsistent methods to file documents, and managers wasted time focusing on details such as removing duplicate copies—some-thing they could have handled after the scan-ning process was complete, Namnath says. Still, once early adopters saw how easy it was to access digital documents on their PCs and mobile devices, they welcomed the change, he says.

The custom mobile app for onsite workers, in particular, was an eye-opener. With the app, employees can record interviews through their personal smartphones’ microphones, fill out forms through dictation and search for digital

documents in their records. Workers also use DocuSign, which allows them to enter signa-tures on mobile forms. The nonprofit hired a third-party development firm to design and build the app, which took about three months, and then used in-house developers to write the back-end code so the software could access digital archives.

EMM VENDORS COURT SMBsMobile security and compliance are big issues for SMBs, which may not have the capital to overcome a major data breach.

“You have to worry about information security even though you’re a small busi-ness—probably more so,” says Michael Fin-neran, mobile analyst at dBrn Associates in

8m Number of documents Tri-Counties

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Hewlett Neck, N.Y. “[With BYOD], employees have access to company information on their phones, and people who leave the company can take god knows what with them.”

For instance, Tri-Counties Regional Center uses Box to secure its files and comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Account-ability Act, which governs the protection of patient information.

Another problem is that most SMBs do not invest in enterprise mobility management (EMM) or even its most basic component, mobile device management (MDM), Finneran says. To help spur adoption, some EMM vendors have started offering more affordable versions of their software that include the basic features smaller businesses need.

VMware AirWatch in August released an SMB-focused, cloud-based version of its plat-form called AirWatch Express, which offers basic management features such as remote

wipe. The Express edition starts at $2.50 per user per month, compared with $4.33 per user per month for AirWatch’s typical entry-level model. A simplified cloud-based product, Air-Watch Express lets IT onboard users in only a few minutes, the company says. The software

asks basic questions about the devices, such as which operating systems and email apps they use, and then sets up the appropriate policies to secure the apps and devices.

Other options geared toward SMBs include SimpleMDM and MobileIron Cloud. Simple- MDM allows companies to quickly enroll Apple iOS devices via a web-based interface, and it provides location tracking, the ability to set policies around app and data access, and remote lock and wipe. Customers can manage devices for $2 each per month. Their first five

“ You have to worry about information security even though you’re a small

business—probably more so.”— MICHAEL FINNERAN, dBRN ASSOCIATES

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devices are free. MobileIron Cloud offers sim-ilarly fast onboarding and allows IT to create security policies for email, Wi-Fi, VPN and more. The software also offers the ability to remotely wipe business data.

With so many EMM vendors in the market, it’s not always easy for SMBs to find the right one, says Douglas Grosfield, president and

CEO of Five Nines IT Solutions, an IT consul-tancy in Kitchener, Ont. SMBs face the chal-lenge of finding software that integrates with their existing systems, plus the budget restric-tions that could prevent them from affording the software at the top of their list.

“Keep it simple, do your research, and invest in a vendor who has true end-to-end protec-tion rather than investing in too many differ-ent vendors whose products don’t work well together,” he says. l

RAMIN EDMOND is a news writer in TechTarget’s End-User Computing Media Group. Follow him on Twitter: @therealramin.

Learn some top tips for SMB CIOs going mobile.

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Big Four ISVs Get Serious About App DevIBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP need to make it easier to mobilize their apps—and they’re doing just that.

AS MORE ORGANIZATIONS rely on core business applications, the major independent software vendors have made a lot of progress in em- powering developers and customers with the appropriate tools for their mobility initiatives.

Organizations that run business applica-tions from the likes of IBM, Microsoft, SAP or Oracle have likely started mobilizing them. These vendors have only recently started

offering pre-packaged mobile applications as well as tools to help companies mobilize their existing applications.

IBMAfter acquiring cross-platform development vendor Worklight in 2012, IBM launched a wide range of mobility tools under its MobileFirst portfolio. The company’s mobil-ity strategy centers on analytics, application development, cloud computing infrastructure and enterprise mobility management. By inte-grating these technologies, and adding mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) and rapid mobile app development tools, MobileFirst offers powerful options for infrastructure and app modernization.

IBM added support for Apple’s Swift pro-gramming language to run cloud apps in Mac

Under the Hood | ERIC KLEINIt’s complex

to integrate manual business processes

with modern mobile platforms.


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OS X and Linux server-side environments. IBM also created an event-driven program-ming service, which uses actions such as mouse clicks or messages from other pro-grams to determine how an app will behave. The service, Bluemix OpenWhisk, allows developers to build microservices-based appli-cations, meaning developers don’t have to spin up a server to run the app. IBM’s developer community has welcomed these moves, which make it easier to use enterprise cloud services within mobile apps.

MICROSOFTSince Microsoft’s new CEO Satya Nadella took the reins in 2014, the company has made progress in integrating Windows, Office 365, Azure, SharePoint and its Visual Studio devel-oper tools to make it easier for developers to build mobile apps. Development for Micro-soft’s Windows Phone platform has languished behind that of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, however.

That’s why Microsoft’s acquisition of cross- platform development vendor Xamarin in February was timely. Xamarin’s prowess in delivering robust tools for developing native

iOS, Android and Windows apps in Microsoft’s Visual Studio is key to Microsoft’s future. Xam-arin apps offer a strong user experience with

full access to native APIs, which boosts app performance. Key for developers is the ability to use their existing C# skills and .NET librar-ies to write the same code across all mobile operating systems and create a shared back end for all versions of an app.

Paired with Azure, Xamarin will enable Microsoft to offer customers all the tools they need to develop apps for all the operating sys-tems and devices they support. Shortly after the acquisition, Microsoft wisely chose to offer Xamarin for free to all Visual Studio devel-opers. That offer has helped to persuade cus-tomers to center their cross-platform mobile application development around Microsoft’s portfolio.

IBM’s developer community has welcomed moves that make it easier to use enterprise cloud services within mobile apps.


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ORACLEOracle’s Mobile Cloud Service (MCS) brings together a mobile app framework, single sign-on functionality and a security container to protect mobile device data. MCS incorpo-rates MBaaS and can seamlessly connect to Oracle’s software portfolio as well as to third-party applications.

A separate offering, Oracle’s Mobile Appli-cation Framework (MAF), is an app develop-ment tool that caters to Java developers and fully supports HTML5. It also incorporates solid cross-platform capabilities, Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform, and can pro-vide rich data visualization capabilities. MCS customers can access MAF as well, but there are some restrictions around how developers can build apps. For instance, MCS subscribers must use one or more of the APIs that Mobile Cloud Service provides if they want to build an app with MAF.

Oracle was late to the mobile market, but it

has done a good job integrating components of its flagship Fusion Middleware technology, a suite of application infrastructure products. Oracle’s differentiation is its ability to inte-grate key enterprise features into a holistic and feature-rich cloud-based mobile platform.

SAPSAP acquired mobile enterprise application platform vendor Syclo as well as several soft-ware as a service (SaaS) vendors that help boost its cloud business. That’s important to its app dev strategy because the company’s HANA Cloud Platform can support web app development services and mobile application development platforms (MADPs). MADPs are essential tools to help design, develop, test, deploy and distribute cross-platform mobile apps.

SAP also cemented an important partner-ship with Apple through which the vendors will collaborate to develop native iOS apps for SAP customers. And a new Apple SDK for HANA will enable developers to build iOS apps that can tap into SAP systems and access data in real time.

SAP has positioned its application develop-

Learn more about what Oracle is up to in mobile.

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ment portfolio to ensure that customers can keep their business processes on premises and to allow end users to consume a high-quality user experience in the cloud on the devices of their choosing.

DON’T SIT ON THE SIDELINESTo choose a development approach, IT pros must take into account budget, project time-frame, target audience and application func-tionality. It’s complex to integrate manual

business processes with modern mobile plat-forms. It can also be costly as companies aban-don many legacy applications, and developing new mobile apps requires specialized skills. Businesses should experiment with these ven-dors’ products to help accelerate their mobility initiatives while extracting additional value from existing application investments. l

ERIC KLEIN is director of mobile software at VDC Research in Natick, Mass. Follow him on Twitter: @eakleiner.

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Four Ways to Kick Security Up a NotchA proactive, context-based approach is necessary to combat advanced mobile threats.

THE POTENTIAL FOR data loss will dramatically increase as more companies mobilize apps and adopt internet of things devices, but most IT departments don’t realize it.

Research from my firm, Lopez Research, shows that only 64% of companies view secu-rity as a key mobile concern. Even worse, 22% of companies don’t know if they’ve had a security breach, and 42% believe they’ve never had a mobile security breach, according to

research from J. Gold Associates. There are four things IT should do to

prepare for upcoming security challenges.

Secure application code as the first line of defense. Many organizations struggle to keep pace with mobile application development demands. As a result, developers may limit their application testing efforts. Mobile devel-opers can’t detect applications with vulnera-bilities if they don’t properly test them across various operating system types and versions.

In addition, many security exploits take advantage of weaknesses in code. Threats can even arise from compromised develop-ment tools. For example, last year, developers that inadvertently used a modified version of Apple’s development environment enabled hackers to infect dozens—possibly thousands—of applications.

Actionable Intelligence | MARIBEL LOPEZ

Nearly half of all security breaches occur

because of compromised credentials, according

to Verizon.


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Move security to the app level. Mobile device management is not enough to overcome all of today’s mobile challenges. As companies embrace bring your own device programs and deploy apps to contractors, agents and other third parties, it has become a requirement to secure apps with mobile application manage-ment. Security-conscious organizations are going even further by building self-defending apps with code guards that prevent hackers from reverse-engineering the binary code.

Implement multifactor authentication. Nearly half of all security breaches occur because of compromised credentials, according to Veri-zon. Many types of mobile security breaches allow hackers to harvest data such as creden-tials without users’ knowledge. One way to pre-vent a compromised username and password from opening up the doors to a company’s data is to implement multifactor authentication for access to sensitive data. IT should require a certain number of authentication methods for access to an app based on the following:

l Type of data contained in the appl Security of the user’s location and networkl Whether the device is company-approved

Security Breaches by the Numbers

200 Days to detect a breach

80 Days to contain it

$12m Cost per incident

SOURCE: MICROSOFT


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If the data is especially sensitive, or the loca-tion or device is unfamiliar to IT, for instance, the department should require more authen-tication factors. Authentication methods may include the user’s fingerprint, facial scan, voice and a PIN.

Evaluate threat detection software. Traditional security tools focus on threat prevention, but it’s equally necessary to quickly detect when a breach occurs. It takes an enterprise more than 200 days to detect a security breach and 80 days to contain it, costing an average of $12 million per incident, according to Micro-soft. In the nine months it takes to detect and contain the average security breach, attackers could steal data and create other avenues to maintain access to systems—even after the organization detects and contains the original breach. To mitigate these risks, companies should evaluate a new class of breach detec-tion services.

Companies need to focus on contextual security based on user identity and other infor-mation, such as location, time of day, role and the type of data a person is accessing. Despite the desire for simplified security plans, busi-nesses must continue to pursue layered strate-gies—and mobile must be part of them. l

MARIBEL LOPEZ is principal and founder of Lopez Research in San Francisco. Follow her on Twitter: @MaribelLopez.

42% Amount of companies

that believe they’ve never had a mobile security breach.

SOURCE: J. GOLD ASSOCIATES

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Apps Are Special SnowflakesBuilt-in device features help businesses capitalize on the flurry of advanced applications hitting the market.

MANY COMPANIES ARE beginning to think about how they can go beyond basics like mobile email and off-the-shelf apps and move to more advanced app strategies. A key part of this pro-cess is to consider the features—such as cam-eras, location data and more—that are unique to mobile devices and apps.

By making existing processes and applica-tions accessible on small, portable devices, companies can realize significant produc-tivity gains and open up entirely new uses. Of course, creating even basic apps requires

significant effort. Companies have to figure out how to support new operating systems, decide what development frameworks to use, and make new connections to back-end infrastructure.

They also have to decide what features to include. If companies convert legacy desktop apps into mobile apps, they must reimagine the user interface in a smaller, touch-friendly way. Desktop apps can also have dozens or even hundreds of features that developers need to cull to create focused, task-specific mobile apps.

MOBILE HAS MORE TO OFFERMobile devices have all sorts of new, unique attributes, such as the following:

l frameworks for push notifications;

Deep Dive | JACK MADDEN

If companies convert legacy desktop apps into mobile apps, they must reimagine the

user interface in a smaller, touch-friendly way.


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l instant access to many types of data, such as location-based information, contact lists, calendars, reminders and account credentials;

l integrated communications, including phone calling, messaging, VoIP and email;

l integrated audio, video and camera capa-bilities; and

l the ability to collect data from specialized sensors, such as ambient light, barometric pressure and different types of motion.

Any mobile device user is already familiar with these features, but in the context of enter-prise applications, they can be quite valuable. They provide new capabilities that were often not available to older enterprise applications.

APPS HAVE ALL THE ANSWERSThere’s a well-known computer science con-cept that an application should not ask the user any question it could find the answer to on its own. Thanks to all their unique attri-butes, mobile devices can provide applications with more answers than PCs can, either auto-matically or with minimal user interaction.

These features could be a matter of conve-nience and efficiency; for example, an app can use a device’s location services to fill in an address field on a form instead of requiring the user to type it manually.

IT can take this concept much further to combine mobile device features and create apps that would be impossible or impracti-cal on a desktop. One consumer example is ride-hailing apps, which combine geolocation APIs, user accounts, cameras (for scanning credit card information with optical character recognition), call capabilities and push noti-fications. Businesses can take advantage of those same features. For instance, a company could provide a mobile app for salespeople that maps customers’ locations and uses their phones’ cameras to take snapshots of signed contracts.

Organizations simply have to be aware of all the new, unique things that mobile devices can offer beyond their small size and portability. l

JACK MADDEN is the author of Enterprise Mobility Management: Everything You Need to Know about MDM, MAM and BYOD and a blogger at BrianMadden.com. Follow him on Twitter: @jackmadden.

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DEVICE SPOTLIGHT

PHOTOGRAPH: HUAWEI

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES has a reputation for making premium hardware priced right—a reputation it’s finally bringing Stateside after years of producing products for overseas markets. To keep it cheap, Huawei offers the MateBook and its accessories—including the keyboard folio, MatePen stylus and MateDock USB hub—separately.

The entry-level MateBook features a sixth-gener-ation Intel Core M3 processor and plenty of RAM for day-to-day office tasks. It’s even thinner than an iPhone 6s, and the keyboard case adds minimal girth, making it extremely portable. It’s also a Signa-ture Edition PC, meaning it ships with pure Windows 10 and no Huawei bloatware.

Its single USB Type-C input is limiting, but unlike most other device makers, Huawei bundles its de-vice with adapters for standard USB accessories. Its battery life should last close to a full day with moder-ate use, and it charges fast.

The MateBook costs $200 less than a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 with similar specs and the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S, which ships with a stylus and key-board. Even factoring in the cost of these accesso-ries, the MateBook comes out ahead. l

DISPLAY: 12-inch IPS TFT LCD, 2160 x 1440 resolutionOS: Windows 10 Home 64-bitCHIPSET: Intel Core M3-6Y30 (900 MHz), up to Intel Core M5-6Y54 (up to 2.70 GHz)

MEMORY: 4 GB of 1866 MHz LPDDR3 RAM, up to 8 GBCAPACITY: 128 GB solid-state drive, up to 512 GBPORTS: USB 3.0 Type-C, 3.5 mm headset, smart connector for keyboardBUILD: 11 x 7.64 x 0.27 inches, 1.41 pounds (tablet only)BATTERY: 33.7 Wh battery (4430 mAh @ 7.6V)CAMERA: 5 megapixel front camera, dual array micsACCESSORIES: Ships with power adapter, USB-C data charger cable, USB-C to micro-USB cable, micro USB to USB-A adapterPRICE: From $699 to $1,199, depending on configuration. Keyboard folio: $129; MatePen stylus: $59; MateDock USB hub: $89.

Huawei MateBookThe MateBook, a Windows 10-powered 2-in-1, is slick, stable and cheaper than its Core M rivals.

JAMISON CUSH is executive editor of TechTarget’s Technology Guide. Follow him on Twitter: @TGJamison.

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What Lurks in Security’s Future?Mobile security threats can certainly give IT pros a fright, but organizations still aren’t doing enough to combat the risks.

MALWARE AND OPERATING system vulnerabili-ties threaten mobile device security, but the real monster under the bed might just be IT departments themselves. Many administrators still don’t grasp what it takes to secure mobile devices and applications, leaving organizations in the dark about what users are doing.

Here, Kevin Beaver, an independent infor-mation security consultant, explains the big-gest mobile security risks and how companies can scare them off.

What does modern mobility mean to you?

It varies from business to business and even person to person. Using mobile computing … to get work done, to access systems, to check email, to do all the things we do in our daily lives and daily business. And it seems like it’s becoming more and more complicated.

What are the newest mobile security risks?Some people would say it’s malware and what-ever the latest vulnerabilities are in Android and iOS. The reality is, mobile devices are not being properly secured. When something bad happens from a security perspective, organi-zations don’t know about it. The users don’t know about it, the IT staff, the security team.

Face Time with KEVIN BEAVER

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We still don’t really have our arms around the essential security elements of mobile devices.

How important is it to protect mobile devices and apps from malware?Malware on mobile devices is not necessarily a huge concern. By and large, I know I’m secure because I keep my system updated. A lot of the headlines that we see—the tens of millions of Android devices that are getting infected—that goes back to the outdated versions of Android that go back three, four, five years.

What security measures do IT pros need to take on mobile devices?A lot of people are addressing this through good old-fashioned ActiveSync with Exchange, some newer [mobile device management] systems and encryption.

What will be the biggest mobile security challenges in the coming years?Things are just going to get more complicated.

We’re going to continue to struggle to get our arms around things, especially if management isn’t on board. [Organizations] mandate all these security controls on mobile devices, except for executive management’s. The rea-soning is, ‘We don’t want to tell them what to do.’ Executive managers are the greatest risk in any organization because they have the most sensitive information on their phones.

What’s your favorite movie?The first one that jumped into my head is Caddyshack. It sort of sums up my personal-ity—a little sarcastic and … just trying to have fun.

If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would you go?Monaco. I recently watched the Formula One race there, and I’m really into car racing.

What’s the best dish you can cook?Hot dogs. In the past, I would make a lot of homemade pizzas, spice them up and trick them out a little. l

ALYSSA PROVAZZA is senior managing editor of Modern Mobility. Follow her on Twitter: @AlyssaLaura22.

Listen to the full interview on the Modern Mobility Podcast.

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Three Mobile Conferences to Fall IntoMicrosoft, VMware AirWatch and JAMF Software highlight a busy autumn tech show season.

l Microsoft IgniteSeptember 26-30Atlanta

http://ignite.microsoft.com This one’s a doozy, clocking in at five days and nearly 500 sessions. It attracts Microsoft IT pros and developers alike, who can find ses-sions and hands-on labs about end-user soft-ware and management products, from Intune to SharePoint to Windows and more. Attend-ees will surely be interested in learning how to take advantage of Windows 10 on mobile devices.

l AirWatch ConnectOctober 2-6Atlanta

http://www.air-watch.com/connect/ Attendees will be on the lookout for updates to VMware’s AirWatch enterprise mobility management platform. They’ll also be able to attend sessions tailored to specific industries, including education, government and retail. Scheduled speakers include familiar VMware faces, such as end-user computing general manager Sanjay Poonen, and some different choices—for example, the host of National Geographic Channel’s series Brain Games.

Conference Calendar | ALYSSA PROVAZZA

MICROSOFT CEO SATYA NADELLA SPEAKS AT LAST YEAR’S IGNITE.

PHOTOGRAPH: MICROSOFT

http://ignite.microsoft.com

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l JAMF NationOctober 18-20Minneapolis http://www.jamfsoftware.com/events/jamf-nation-user-conference/2016/

Apple management software provider JAMF has doubled the number of sessions at its user

conference this year. Traditionally known for customer-hosted sessions, the event now includes more product previews, deep dives and other offerings focused on JAMF and Apple. Unfortunately, the conference that’s been free for six years also now comes with a price tag. l


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