Security World: Big tech vendors need to wake up and realize how people work

Office for Android: Pretty but woefully incomplete | Good Technology CEO explains recent management changes

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BY IDG ENTERPRISE

August 08, 2013

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Big tech vendors need to wake up and realize how people work

Employees just want to do their job when and where it needs to be done. It's time for vendors to start spending time in the trenches with real users, and stop pitching command-and-control solutions to IT admins.

Office for Android: Pretty but woefully incomplete

The new Office 365 app for Android, launched a week ago, has a super nice UI but a few problems that make it feel untested by Microsoft.

Good Technology CEO explains recent management changes

It's all part of Good's commitment to "tremendous growth" as it expands beyond secure email, says CEO Christy Wyatt.

Apps updated for iOS 7 could cause major headaches for older devices

Many iOS developers are considering dropping support for iOS 6 and earlier when they update their apps for iOS 7. This could create a difficult and potentially costly dilemma for businesses and schools that need to support older devices that can't be upgraded to iOS 7.

For the wearable revolution to take off, accuracy must improve

Accurately tracking activity is challenging because of the tradeoffs required between sensors, processing data, battery life, supporting multiple form factors, and cost. The huge differences between devices that are available today demonstrate that devices are not accurate.

Ad giants merge to avoid becoming data dinosaurs

Publicis and Omnicom have not yet revealed their roadmap for integrating their big data assets but they could bring a new level of consumer insights to the integrated marketing space by understanding consumers' actions across all channels, and moving more quickly than ever before to take advantage of emerging market opportunities.