Spotlight: Caterpillar unveils Cat B15 rugged mobile phone
Caterpillar, an industrial equipment maker, has unveiled a new smartphone designed for the rigors of industrial users in North America.
Cisco: BYOD improves employee productivity, lowers enterprise costs
BYOD employees are gaining an average of 37 minutes of productive time per week, and BYOD implementation generates $350 of value each year per mobile employee, according to a recent report by Cisco.
On-premise PBX systems not ready for mobile prime time, says survey
Close to a quarter of IT decision makers reported that their on-premise PBX phone systems are not flexible enough to meet the needs of mobile and remote workers, according to a survey of 308 IT professionals by Dimensional Research on behalf of RingCentral.
BYOD fuels mobile video collaboration, says Strategy Analytics
Mobile video collaboration in the enterprise is a result of the growing BYOD trend, according to a new report by Strategy Analytics.
Apple gets patent for push-to-talk technology
Apple this week was granted a patent for push-to-talk technology, a stable of communications on constructions sites, taxi companies, and first responders, according to a report by AppleInsider.
One-quarter of notebook computers to ship with touchscreens by 2016, says IHS
One-quarter of notebook computers are forecast to ship with touchscreens by 2016, according to research firm IHS.
Apple does use tax gimmicks, law professors find
While the sparks between Apple CEO Tim Cook and members of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations were the focus of media attention, the testimonies of two law professors were virtually ignored in the hoppla. Despite Cook's assertion that Apple does not engage in "tax gimmicks," these professors found otherwise.
Spotlight: Nokia works with AirWatch to deploy Windows Phone 8 MDM offering to staff
Nokia is implementing an AirWatch mobile device management product for its 25,000 staff members who use a corporate-issued Nokia Lumia smartphone, according to a report by ZDNet.
Accellion teams with Ricoh to offer secure mobile printing product
Accellion, a provider of mobile file sharing products, and copier and printer maker Ricoh have team to provide enterprises with a secure mobile printing product with the need for a virtual private network connection.
Aruba makes enterprise Wi-Fi less 'sticky'
Aruba Networks unveiled on Tuesday its next-generation 802.11ac Wi-Fi product that includes Aruba 220 series Wi-Fi access points and its ClientMatch technology to lessen "sticky" clients that do not automatically stay connected to the best access point.
Sprint ups the ante for Clearwire
In apparent response to pressure from Clearwire's minority shareholders, majority shareholder Sprint has bumped up its offer for the rest of Clearwire to $3.40 per share from a previous $2.97 per share, an offer that would value the wireless provider at $10.7 billion.
Apple's Cook takes it on the chin from Senate panel
Apple CEO Tim Cook was grilled by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on Tuesday about his company's practice of setting up holding companies overseas to avoid paying U.S. corporate taxes.
Strategy Analytics: Axeda tops M2M application development platform vendors
Strategy Analytics has tagged Axeda as the leading machine-to-machine application development platform vendor, according to a new report from the Boston-based research firm.
Spotlight: Canadian Tire ditches BYOD, goes with corporate-issued BlackBerrys
Concerned about the security risks of BYOD, Toronto-based Canadian Tire has decided to issue its 3,000 employees corporate-owned BlackBerry 10 devices, according to a report by Computerworld.
Reuters: Clearwire minority shareholders to reject Sprint takeover offer
Clearwire's minority shareholders are expected to reject a buyout offer from majority shareholder Sprint, according to analysts consulted by Reuters.
Groups team to standardize mobile device bar code scanning
GS1, the Brussels-based supply chain standards organization, and the Open Mobile Alliance, a San Diego-based mobile standards organization, announced that they are working together to enable bar code scanning to be built into mobile devices.
SAP unveils mobile enterprise apps with consumer feel
Enterprise software giant SAP has unveiled consumer-style apps for the mobile enterprise under the Fiori name.
Senate to scrutinize Apple's $100 billion overseas cash hoard
On Tuesday, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will question Apple CEO Tim Cook and Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer about Apple's practice of shifting profits offshore to avoid U.S. tax payments.
Samsung gets lion's share of $5.3 billion in Android profits
Samsung captured 95 percent of the $5.3 billion in profits generated by global Android smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2013, according to the latest stats by Strategy Analytics.
Spotlight: IT managers can access Fiberlink MDM through Google Glass
Despite the privacy and safety concerns enterprises could have with Google Glass, Fiberlink has decided to embrace the new product and enable IT managers to access its MaaS360 mobile device management platform through Google Glass.
