Could Apple Help Cure Cancer in Corporate America?
22/02/2012 |
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been invited to participate in a roundtable discussion at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s (NCCN) annual conference on clinical practice guidelines and quality cancer care. The topic of the discussion is Cancer and Corporate America: Business As Usual. At the moment it isn’t clear if Cook will attend (NCCN lists both speakers that have confirmed their attendance as well as those that have not).
The invitation raises some questions about why the...
What If Larry Ellison And Oracle Had Bought RIM?
Larry Ellison acknowledged recently that Oracle considered buying RIM One of the interesting tidbits to emerge from testimony during Oracle panent infringment trial against Google is that Oracle had considered producing its own smartphone and buying either RIM or Palm. The testimony came from Ora...
BYOD Failure - Five Big Reasons Why Employees Don't Want To Use Their iPhones, iPads At Work
Not everyone is ready to jump on the BYOD bandwagon Yesterday, we covered a report that asked whether or not most people really want the option to bring their own technology into the office. That report showed that despite the media hype and the broad interest that CIOs and IT leaders are showing...
Is Peer Pressure Driving The Use Of Personal Devices In The Workplace?
Is peer pressure driving the the BYOD trend rather than pressure from workers? BYOD is certainly one of the biggest technology buzzwords right now. The concept of users supplying their own iPad, iPhone, or even their own MacBook can create challenges for IT, but it can also provides advantages. U...
Data Security - It Isn't The iPhone, iPad, Or iCloud You Should Worry About
Most users feel it may be okay to take business data home, will go more old-school than using a mobile device or iCloud One of the big fears CIOs and IT staffers have about the consumerization of IT and BYOD trends is that mobile devices like the iPad and iPhone combined with personal cloud servi...
Say, when did Apple become an enterprise company?
Apple CEO Tim Cook rattled off a list of large companies using...
IBM Offers Insight Into Its BYOD Program And iPhone/iPad Management
IBM relies on user education, device management to leverage BYOD IBM, once known as on of the most straight-laced companies in the world, has jumped on the BYOD bandwagon with a level of enthusiasm rarely seen in such large and established enterprises. The company has big plans for BYOD – r...
RIM's New CEO Details Company's Dire Straits, Can't Guarantee Turn Around
RIM's new CEO finally acknowledges the company's dire position After months of denying and downplaying its problems, RIM seems to finally be waking up from its delusional fantasy world and accepting that it’s in extremely dire straights. That was the big take away from the company&#...
News Media Giant Gannett Begins Arming Thousands Of Reports With iPhones
Reporters at USA Today and other Gannett outlets begin receiving iPhones for mobile reporting News media conglomerate Gannett is making a big push for mobile reporting and they’ve decided that the iPhone 4S is the perfect tool to start with for journalists across the country. To that end, t...
Partnership of MobileIron, iPass Makes Secure Wireless Easy For IT
MobileIron's iPhone app Earlier this week, we highlighted the growing need for companies to develop more comprehensive approaches to iPhones, iPads, and other mobile devices than simply purchasing and implementing a mobile device management console. The device-only approach isn’t always...
Mysterious Job Posting Shows RIM Looking To Start Developing iPhone/iPad Apps
RIM's next new hire may very well be an iOS app creator RIM has making some interesting choices regarding its future over the past year. The company launched its PlayBook tablet with what was really a beta release of the OS. It expanded its device management platform to include support for ma...
