IBM's Fiberlink buy puts a big price tag on other MDM vendors

Apple's new app licensing scheme, explained | AirWatch is hungry for BlackBerry's service business Follow CITEworld BY IDG ENTERPRISE November 14, 2013 InCITE Your twice weekly digest of the most important developments in the consumerization of IT IBM's Fiberlink buy puts a big price tag on other MDM vendors IBM's acquisition of Fiberlink shows that mobile device management still matters, but it must be part of a larger offering. Other standalone vendors could be next in line for consolidation. White Paper: Lua Technologies The New Mobile Business Communication Landscape The traditional challenges that CIOs and IT Managers face to procure solutions with optimal business value are being met with new demands. Today, IT departments need to also deliver technologies that are easier to use, deploy and implement – similar to consumer technologies. This phenomenon is known as the "consumerization of IT." Learn More Apple's new app licensing scheme, explained Apple has taken the wraps off its new enterprise licensing system for iOS and Mac apps. The long-awaited offering lets businesses and schools purchase apps, assign them to users, and revoke access and reassign them if necessary.   AirWatch is hungry for BlackBerry's service business AirWatch wants to buy BlackBerry's services business. But given that both companies have similar goals, such a sale is unlikely. Stop listening to your users You're better off watching them work and figuring out how you can automate or digitize what they do. Amazon WorkSpaces could turn the Kindle into a true work device Amazon is rolling out a virtualized desktop service that would let businesses offer virtual desktops to users of Kindles, tablets, laptops and other devices. Want to target all mobile devices? Stream your app from Amazon Amazon Web Services took the wraps off a new service that will let developers stream their apps to mobile devices. The idea, which faces some hurdles, would let developers create computationally intensive apps that can be used even by people with low-end phones. How to turn Google Now into a powerful personal assistant Just as a human assistant will do a better job once he or she becomes familiar with your wants, needs and expectations, so too will Google Now. That takes time, but you can get Google Now off on the right foot by beginning its education. Xamarin partners with Microsoft to deliver .NET everywhere A formal relationship will bring together Xamarin's cross-platform developer tools and Microsoft's MSDN developer program. Get ready for a whole ecosystem of apps that work with Google Drive Google rolled out a new capability that will let Gmail open attachments directly into a Google Drive app. Dropbox lowers the wall between personal and business accounts Users can now see personal and business Dropboxes in a single view, and IT administrators are getting some more controls. Android market share crosses 80%, but there's no single "Android" Android dominates new smartphone sales, but no single vendor dominates Android, and there are significant differences between the platform on different handsets. Why I just bought my third iPhone Don't underestimate the stickiness created by Apple's ecosystem.   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) 2013 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.**