http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk * Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:07:49 GMT Clearspace 2.5.5 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2012-02-10T18:07:49Z http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/two-ways-to-pickpocket-google-wallet-emerge/?cs=49742 Seven Tips to Protect Your Google Wallet Even with Google Wallet's built-in identity theft protections, you still need to be wary of hackers. The electronic wallet sector has generated a lot of hype. Google Wallet and ISIS — which is ramping up — data_security e-commerce google application_security security mobile_device_security Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:34:08 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/two-ways-to-pickpocket-google-wallet-emerge/?cs=49742 2012-02-10T18:34:08Z 2 days, 5 hours ago 2 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/two-ways-to-pickpocket-google-wallet-emerge http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49742 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-feds-and-others-come-to-grips-with-byod/?cs=49733 BYOD: User Policy Considerations Questions and key points companies should consider when establishing BYOD policies. The consumerization of IT/bring-your-own-device movements — they are largely the same trend, with some differences around the edges — mobile_device_security mobile_technology consumerization_of_it mobile_device_security government_agencies byod mobile_devices mobile_workers Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:50:22 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-feds-and-others-come-to-grips-with-byod/?cs=49733 2012-02-09T17:50:22Z 3 days, 6 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/the-feds-and-others-come-to-grips-with-byod http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49733 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/fiber-at-the-cutting-edge/?cs=49726 Five Innovations that Could Change the Way We Live, Work and Play   It’s quite understandable that the vast majority of coverage of IT and telecommunications deals with the here and now — what is happening in technology, business and the meeting of innovation research_and_development fiber-to-the-premises Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:10:54 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/fiber-at-the-cutting-edge/?cs=49726 2012-02-08T17:10:54Z 4 days, 6 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/fiber-at-the-cutting-edge http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49726 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/smartphones-at-least-some-types-continue-to-rise/?cs=49711 Top Five Smartphone Security Tips Five smartphone security tips that most people routinely overlook. An important milestone was reached during the fourth quarter of 2011 when smartphones outsold personal computers, according to Canalys.   iphone samsung it_market_analysts apple smartphones google desktops_and_workstations pcs android Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:25 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/smartphones-at-least-some-types-continue-to-rise/?cs=49711 2012-02-07T17:00:25Z 5 days, 7 hours ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/smartphones-at-least-some-types-continue-to-rise http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49711 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/google-making-progress-on-kansas-city-project/?cs=49707 Cable industry veterans will get a chuckle out of the fact that apparently one of the biggest issues facing Google as it makes final preparations for its ultra-fast network in Kansas City , Kan., concerns pole attachments. At the very least, it fiber-to-the-premises google cable_operators research_and_development Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:00:54 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/google-making-progress-on-kansas-city-project/?cs=49707 2012-02-06T23:00:54Z 6 days, 1 hour ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/google-making-progress-on-kansas-city-project http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49707 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-android-community-responds-to-security-challenges/?cs=49693 Android seems to be constantly in the process of discovering and defining itself. That’s part and parcel of both of the specifics of how open source works and, more generally, that a massive deployment of an operating system based on that approach to mobile_device_security mobile_device_security android google linux_kernel open_source_software_development apple linux_distributions application_security Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:12:09 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/the-android-community-responds-to-security-challenges/?cs=49693 2012-02-03T18:12:09Z 1 week, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/the-android-community-responds-to-security-challenges http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49693 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/voice-over-lte-set-to-roll-in-2012/?cs=49683 All of the hubbub about Long Term Evolution (LTE) during the past couple of years has been about data. Voice, to date, has not been part of the 4G LTE experience.   That is about to change. The vendor and service provider industries are on the ims 4g qualcomm verizon wireless_networking Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:06:50 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/voice-over-lte-set-to-roll-in-2012/?cs=49683 2012-02-02T22:06:50Z 1 week, 3 days ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/voice-over-lte-set-to-roll-in-2012 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49683 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/views-differ-on-the-dangers-of-android-fragmentation/?cs=49674 Top 20 Android Apps in the U.S. The top Android apps ranked by usage. The opinions on Android fragmentation are, well, fragmented.   The basic idea is that the open source platform will be specialized to such an extent that versions will be android google apple smartphones open_source_software_development Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:03:10 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/views-differ-on-the-dangers-of-android-fragmentation/?cs=49674 2012-02-01T21:03:10Z 1 week, 4 days ago 2 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/views-differ-on-the-dangers-of-android-fragmentation http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49674 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/rim-is-down-but-far-from-out/?cs=49653 BYOD: User Policy Considerations There are lots of posted blogs and articles lately on the potential fate of Research In Motion and its flagship BlackBerry. The immediate cause, of course, is the replacement of co-chairs and co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis blackberry apple microsoft smartphones research_in_motion executive_suite android Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:58:37 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/rim-is-down-but-far-from-out/?cs=49653 2012-01-30T22:58:37Z 1 week, 6 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/rim-is-down-but-far-from-out http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49653 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/byod-acceptance-grows-but-it-is-far-from-universal/?cs=49633 The image surrounding the fundamental change facing IT during the next year or so — the consumerization of IT/bring your own device (BYOD) — has generally been that IT departments are shaking in fear as these new and security-challenged devices invade mobile_device_security mobile_devices byod avanade data_security consumer_electronics cisco_systems Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:38:22 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/byod-acceptance-grows-but-it-is-far-from-universal/?cs=49633 2012-01-27T21:38:22Z 2 weeks, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/byod-acceptance-grows-but-it-is-far-from-universal http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49633 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/tablets-growing-inside-and-outside-the-enterprise/?cs=49621 The Role of Tablets in the Enterprise Tablets may one day soon take their place alongside PCs and smartphones as standard-issue IT equipment. The inevitable move of communications technology from consumer to enterprise is under way for tablets. Of tablets_netbooks_and_umpcs cisco_systems it_market_analysts apple mobile_devices android mobile_device_vendors Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:27:40 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/tablets-growing-inside-and-outside-the-enterprise/?cs=49621 2012-01-26T19:27:40Z 2 weeks, 3 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/tablets-growing-inside-and-outside-the-enterprise http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49621 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/lithium-ion-batteries-unexpected-heyday/?cs=49609 A couple of years ago, one of the great underlying fears in the mobile community was that the limitations on powering would curtail the functionality of devices and chill innovation. Those fears led to an impressive ramp-up of industry and academic power_supplies it_market_analysts lithium-ion_batteries mobile_devices hp Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:38:08 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/lithium-ion-batteries-unexpected-heyday/?cs=49609 2012-01-25T19:38:08Z 2 weeks, 4 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/lithium-ion-batteries-unexpected-heyday http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49609 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/never-a-dull-moment-in-the-development-community/?cs=49597 The Seven Security Habits of Highly Successful Mobile IT Administrators  Today's IT departments are finding new ways to safeguard the behaviors of their mobile work force. The attitude of developers is a lower profile, but nonetheless vital, element android google ios apple open_source_software_development microsoft blackberry Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:09:37 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/never-a-dull-moment-in-the-development-community/?cs=49597 2012-01-24T21:09:37Z 2 weeks, 5 days ago 1 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/never-a-dull-moment-in-the-development-community http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49597 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/ces-not-just-for-consumers-anymore/?cs=49579 A Humorous Look at the Consumerization of IT It’s been a couple of weeks since the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), but it is worth revisiting to point to the new equipment and services displayed in Las Vegas that are especially relevant nokia android motorola consumer_electronics mobile_devices sony verizon lte windows samsung Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:41:14 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/ces-not-just-for-consumers-anymore/?cs=49579 2012-01-23T17:41:14Z 2 weeks, 6 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/ces-not-just-for-consumers-anymore http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49579 http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/m2m-showing-steady-growth/?cs=49568 I’ve overused calling machine-to-machine (M2M) the dark matter of the telecommunications world. Dark matter is the mysterious substance that really smart people tell us constitutes much of what is out there.   M2M is pervasive. It includes it_market_analysts gps machine_to_machine m2m telecommunications_services sprint_nextel Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:21:13 GMT webadmin@itbusinessedge.com http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/m2m-showing-steady-growth/?cs=49568 2012-01-20T19:21:13Z 3 weeks, 2 days ago http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/comment/m2m-showing-steady-growth http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/weinschenk/feeds/comments?blogPost=49568