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Sprint Nextel forms mobile security council

Sprint Nextel ( NYSE: S ) announced a new mobile security council that brings together various players in the mobile ecosystem to address mobile security for consumers and businesses. Charter members

American Airlines grapples with MDM, while defense contractor DynCorp relies on iPod Touches

Last week I had the opportunity to moderate a panel during the Enterprise Mobility Boot Camp, hosted by the Enterprise Mobility Foundation and sponsored by FierceMobileIT, during this year's CTIA

Vendors hone in on mobile app security

This year's CTIA Enterprise & Applications trade show in San Diego definitely has had more of an enterprise bent than it did in the past year, and the focus of vendor announcements has largely

IBM research forecasts surge in mobile device exploits

IBM's X-Force research arm has released a new report that forecasts mobile device exploits to double from 2010 to 2011. IBM found that while the number of known mobile operating system

Verizon expands health care SaaS utility to smartphones, tablets

Verizon ( NYSE: VZ ) announced it is expanding its health care "Universal Indentity Services" managed software-as-a-service utility to smartphones and tablets running on the Android, Apple ( NASDAQ:

Security survey: 69 percent of enterprises use personal mobile devices to connect to corporate network

A survey from access control management specialist Courion found that one-fifth of large IT decision makers said their business had no plan to block employee-owned devices from accessing the

HP's TouchPad, a tablet both sold at Walmart and enterprise-ready

HP's ( NYSE: HPQ ) new TouchPad tablet went on sale last week for $500 in consumer stores such as Walmart, but the company insists that the Wi-Fi-enabled, webOS-based tablet is enterprise-ready.

Survey: 84% of companies allow employees to use consumerized IT

A survey of IT professionals indicates that 84 percent of organizations allow their employees to use consumerized IT such as iPads, iPhones, Facebook and Twitter to conduct business communications.

Google removes more malware-ridden apps from Android Market

Google ( NASDAQ: GOOG ) has removed from the official Android Market some two dozen apps containing malware that threaten smartphone data, a mobile security firm is warning. The security firm Lookout

Survey: Employees don't understand mobile security rules

A new survey conducted by McAfee and Carnegie Mellon University found that about 40 percent of the companies it polled have experienced the loss or theft of mobile devices and nearly half of those