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Key trends in digital document collaboration
Document Management

Key trends in digital document collaboration

Businesses face a shift towards dynamic, secure digital document collaboration amid growing demands for multimedia formats and efficiency.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 8th Jan 2013
Getting bang for contact centre buck
Customer Relationship Management

Getting bang for contact centre buck

Innovation should be driven by the ability to demonstrate gains in productivity, delivering improved service and satisfying customer interactions.

By Donovan Jackson • 4 min read • Tue, 8th Jan 2013
Apple hits highest ever US smartphone share
Apple

Apple hits highest ever US smartphone share

Apple reaches a milestone, capturing 53.3% of the US smartphone market ahead of Christmas, led by iPhone 5 sales.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 8th Jan 2013
App Store tops 40 billion downloads
Gaming

App Store tops 40 billion downloads

Apple's App Store shatters records with 40 billion downloads, 20 billion from 2012 alone, highlighting a stellar year for developers.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 8th Jan 2013
Armed robbers attack Apple
Apple

Armed robbers attack Apple

Robbers target Apple in audacious heists across the USA and France, swiping iPhones and iPads worth over $1.3m on New Year's Eve.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 8th Jan 2013
Mobility: Channel boom – or doom?
Mobility

Mobility: Channel boom – or doom?

The mobility market is becoming more competitive, making it difficult for resellers to succeed without providing additional services.

By Heather Wright • 5 min read • Mon, 7th Jan 2013
Smartphone msg app to lose operators $54bn by 2016
Short Message Service

Smartphone msg app to lose operators $54bn by 2016

SMS revenues to take a hit within three years due to the increasing popularity of social messaging services on smartphones.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 4th Jan 2013
Put your PC on a New Year's diet
PC Hardware

Put your PC on a New Year's diet

Many people are now making resolutions to slim down in 2013, but have you considered also putting your computer on a well-deserved New Year's diet?.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Fri, 4th Jan 2013
Securing business in the information age
Wireless Networks

Securing business in the information age

Security is perhaps never so high in the public conscience as it is today, thanks largely to the high-profile blunders by several government agencies.

By Donovan Jackson • 5 min read • Thu, 3rd Jan 2013
Crafting your BYOD policy
Document Management

Crafting your BYOD policy

Imagine a situation where a third-party knows exactly what information concerning your business is on your employee's iPad, but you do not.

By Donovan Jackson • 3 min read • Thu, 27th Dec 2012
Top 3 security issues for BYOD
Firewalls

Top 3 security issues for BYOD

BYOD trend in 2013 firms heightens security risks, data leaks and privacy issues as personal and enterprise device boundaries blur.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 27th Dec 2012
Security breakthrough for Apple & Andriod devices
iOS

Security breakthrough for Apple & Andriod devices

StrikeForce introduces MobileTrust, a pivotal security solution for Apple and Android, targeting keyloggers and enhancing mobile device protection.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Mon, 24th Dec 2012
Securing Your Holiday Tech Gifts - Android Guide
Cybersecurity

Securing Your Holiday Tech Gifts - Android Guide

The good folk at ESET bring us a phenomenal series on securing your Christmas tech gifts, this time it's any Android phone or tablet.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Mon, 24th Dec 2012

Stories from Other Regions

Top 10 telecom trends for 2013
Analyst report

Top 10 telecom trends for 2013

Informa Telecoms & Media predicts another tough year for year for telecoms operators but OTT players will not have it all their own way either.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Mon, 7th Jan 2013
Apple's iOS Do Not Disturb feature not working? It will tomorrow
Application Performance Monitoring

Apple's iOS Do Not Disturb feature not working? It will tomorrow

Apple's iOS6 Do Not Disturb bug, which misfired since Jan 1, set to auto-correct tomorrow with no user action needed.

By Alistair Ross • 2 min read • Sun, 6th Jan 2013
Rethinking the connected home
Cisco

Rethinking the connected home

Brad Findlay of Cisco asserts the urgency for resellers to evolve home networking solutions, as the connected home future beckons.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 3rd Jan 2013
Between a rock and a hard place: Mobile security
Firewalls

Between a rock and a hard place: Mobile security

Change creates opportunities for risk and reward. Peter Lee, Sophos ANZ enterprise sales engineer, Sophos ANZ looks at mobile security opportunities.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 27th Dec 2012
50% of smartphones to cost less than US$150 by 2017
Supply Chain

50% of smartphones to cost less than US$150 by 2017

By 2017, low-end smartphones under US$150 will dominate 52% of sales, reshaping the split market dynamics, a new study reveals.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 26th Dec 2012