Office Document Strategies Blog

Apple IBM IT Partnership | Implications For More Than Enterprises

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Jul 23, 2014 @ 09:07 AM

The July 15th announcement by Apple and IBM that they were entering into a partnership for IT services and products for enterprise clients has many implications.  The essence of the announcement is that IBM will use its services expertise to develop from the ground up an extensive series of apps specifically for use with Apple iOS based products like the iPhone and iPad.

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Topics: business processes, IT support, BYOD

Wearable IT Devices Create New BYOD Challenges

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Jan 15, 2014 @ 07:01 AM

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Topics: technology tools, software tools, IT network, IT support, network security, BYOD

Netflix is Slamming Your IT Network Bandwidth

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Jan 9, 2013 @ 08:01 AM

   In our office we saw two new BYOD devices (Bring Your Own Device) show up after the holiday gift giving season.  Not a lot until you work it out on a percentage basis and that is over 13% increase beyond the multiple of smartphones and tablets already being used.  Over 50% of our employee group has some sort of device connected to our wireless for at least part of the work day.

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Topics: tablet, video, privacy, IT network, network security, BYOD

Tablets Fastest Ramping IT Network Mobile Device | Morgan Stanley [Data]

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Mon, Sep 17, 2012 @ 08:09 AM

In  a detailed market assessment report published over a year ago Morgan Stanley outlined how disruptive tablet adoption is proving to be.  The impact on IT network systems will be significant as tablet adoption continues to move many computing activities to mobile platforms.

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Topics: Computer, tablet, BYOD

IT Network Support Complicated by BYOD

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Fri, Sep 14, 2012 @ 07:09 AM

Any business IT network administrator is forced to deal with the impact of BYOD, that's Bring Your Own Device if you have not been fully keeping up with the IT acronym stream.

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Topics: IT network, IT support, BYOD