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Survey: IT Isn't Equipped to Handle BYOD 6/7/2012 Beyond BYOD, 66 percent of those polled in the SkyDox survey use free file-sharing platforms and, among these, 55 percent do so without alerting their IT departments.

Report: Windows Phone Grabs No. 2 OS Spot by 2016 6/6/2012 IDC's latest phone tracker report sees a slowdown in growth in the mobile phone, thanks to the uncertain economic climate, but predicts Windows Phone 7 will steadily market share after a slow start.

Ericsson: 85 Percent of the World to Have 3G by 2017 6/5/2012 Even more telling, roughly 50 percent of the world will be covered by 4G in 2017, underscoring the continued importance of mobile data.

Worksoft, Keynote DeviceAnywhere Partner on Enterprise-Grade Mobile App, Site Testing 6/4/2012 The partnership extends Worksoft's award-winning suite of automated testing solutions for SAP applications to all Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Windows Phone 7, and WebOS smartphones and tablets.

Report: Nearly 50 Percent of Businesses Gave Employees Tablets in 2011 6/4/2012 IDC's new Mobile Benchmark study reveals how CIOs and IT professionals are managing mobility issues in the enterprise.

European Union Moves to Curb Mobile "Bill Shock" 6/1/2012 The EU is regulating mobile roaming costs, and solutions from TEM providers such as Tangoe can further helps trim wireless spend.

SOTI, eMOBUS Partnership Merges MDM, TEM 5/31/2012 This new alliance combines MDM capabilities with real-time control of user spend, security, and support in one package.

Cheese Maker Boosts Warehouse Accuracy by Double Digits With Voice System 5/31/2012 The solution uses Vocollect Voice not only for picking, but wall-to-wall across cheese maker Glanbia's facilities for receiving, replenishment, cycle-counting and loading workflows.

UPMC Manages Assets via RFID Over Wi-Fi 5/31/2012 The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has implemented AeroScout's Healthcare Visibility Solutions to automate temperature monitoring at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital and is rolling out wireless temperature monitoring and asset tracking and management across most of its U.S. hospitals.

Qubera, Symplified Partner on Identity Management for Mobile, Cloud 5/30/2012 Qubera Solutions will provide Symplified solutions to customers that need to unify identity and access management for premises-based, cloud and mobile applications.

Houston Picks Getac Rugged Notebooks for Cops' Communications 5/30/2012 Houston PD liked that Getac offered customized features addressing the specific needs of the environment where the rugged notebooks will be used.

Alabama A&M Overhauls Campus With Aruba Wireless, Gives Professors iPads 5/29/2012 The university plans to enable voice over wireless in the future.

Mobileyes Joins Fixmo Partner Program 5/29/2012 The partnership enables Mobileyes Solutions to build custom enterprise applications for iOS and Android devices that leverage Fixmo's defense-grade mobile security architecture and the Fixmo SafeZone secure workspace.

Report: SLAs Favor Telecoms Instead of Enterprise Clients 5/25/2012 According to an AOTMP report, 11% of enterprises surveyed lack any service-level agreements in their telecom contracts.

Survey: Demand for Android Outpaces iOS 5/24/2012 Find out what other surprises Strategy Analytics unearthed in its Q1 2012 mobile workforce strategies survey of enterprises around the globe.

Fixmo, OK Labs Develop Defense-Grade Platform for App Security, Risk Management 5/24/2012 Built on the OK Labs High Assurance Framework and Fixmo MRM platform, the solution provides a complete virtualized operating environment for mobile devices with fully integrated services for policy management and information assurance.

Illinois School District Manages BYOD Mobile Devices with Enterasys WLAN 5/24/2012 Enterasys provides a unified wired and WLAN network solution for Waukegan School District to deliver a superior learning experience for both students and faculty.

Samsung, General Dynamics Deliver Defense-Grade Secure Android Devices 5/24/2012 General Dynamics C4 Systems will integrate its defense-grade cyber and information security technologies into the family of Samsung Approved for Enterprise (SAFE) smartphones and tablets.

Report: Mobile Workers Say Wireless Connection Almost as Important as Water, Electricity 5/23/2012 Despite enterprises increasing their mobile security efforts, the iPass report finds 29% of mobile workers tapping into unsecured Wi-Fi networks.

Rayonier Taps Zenprise for Mobile Security and Management 5/23/2012 After migrating away from a BlackBerry solution, he forest products company is using Zencloud to manage company- and employee-owned iOS and Android devices.

Focusing on Field Service and Mobility Management, IFS Acquires Metrix 5/23/2012 The acquisition gives IFS a state of the art, built–in, configurable and packaged mobile application for the field service market.

New Mexico State Police Improve Field Communications With Mobile VPN 5/22/2012 The Columbitech Mobile VPN improves New Mexico State Police officers' safety by providing uninterrupted access to mission-critical applications such as vehicle registration and warrant databases as officers move in and out of wireless coverage.

Gartner: More CFOs Are IT Decision Makers 5/21/2012 The Gartner study with the Financial Executives Research Foundation shows that the CFO's role in technology decision making has increased in the last year.

Essar Group Improves Global Communications With Polycom Mobile Video 5/21/2012 Essar is looking at increased productivity – including faster decision making and reduced travel and downtime costs – and ensured business continuity, to result in a rapid return-on-investment (ROI).

North America Dominates Global LTE Subscriptions 5/18/2012 ABI Research says global LTE subscriptions should exceed 40 million by the end of 2012, a fourfold increase over the 9 million subscriptions last year.