The biggest challenge to cloud security is IT culture, not technology

Why Firefox -- yes, Firefox -- will become the mobile OS to beat | Commercial drones: Legal or not? New ruling questions FAA position Follow CITEworld BY IDG ENTERPRISE March 10, 2014 InCITE Your twice weekly digest of the most important developments in the consumerization of IT The biggest challenge to cloud security is IT culture, not technology The cloud has overcome a lot of its technical challenges, especially when it comes to security. But the biggest problems in cloud computing now are cultural. Resource compliments of: CITE Conference + Expo Lead the consumerization culture shift Consumer technologies are changing business in fundamental ways. Learn how to lead the culture shift in your enterprise at the third annual Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise (CITE) April 27–29 in San Francisco. Learn more Why Firefox -- yes, Firefox -- will become the mobile OS to beat It's designed for the 3.5 billion people who have feature phones today. It solves technical problems Google is not interested in and is a better fit for the pre-paid phones popular in developing countries. The only trick is getting developers on board.   Commercial drones: Legal or not? New ruling questions FAA position A National Transportation Safety Board judge dismissed a $10,000 fine that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration had lodged against a photographer who had used a drone to take aerial photos for the University of Virginia. Estimote: Building a beacon business under Apple's nose While Apple drags its heels on iBeacon, Estimote is building a BLE beacon platform that's helping developers build smarter, more context-aware applications. Smart apps powered by IBM's Watson are poised to invade healthcare IBM has announced a competition to promote the development of apps powered by its Watson cognitive computing platform. But some apps already are in use or in the pipeline. Salesforce bundles Force.com and Heroku as part of new enterprise push Heroku and Force.com have thus far been different platforms with mostly different customer bases. As Salesforce tries to push Heroku into the enterprise, a bundle of both platforms could help. For users, it's an excellent time to get forced off Windows XP If you've got a Windows XP machine -- either at home or in the office -- consider yourself lucky. In the past, you'd upgrade to a more recent Windows operating system without a thought. Today, you have many options. Google brings app makers into its partner fold, accelerating cloud arms race Google's partner program is growing up, borrowing some tricks from traditional enterprise vendors like Microsoft. How T-Mobile simplified information sharing for 60,000 using Jive It used to take T-Mobile 36 steps and up to three weeks to change content in customer-facing and employee information systems. Now it takes two hours using Jive. Nokia's "app gap" video misses the point Popular apps are important, but the real magic is in the long tail.   Follow CITEworld Share this email You are currently subscribed to citeworld_weekly_update as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Copyright (C) 2014 CITEworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 **Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@citeworld.com.**