BYOD

In the past few years, we have seen hospital data breaches on the rise due, in part, to the inability of healthcare organizations to keep up with the increased demand for electronic health information, mobile technology and expanded collaboration with partners. With the integration of BYOD programs into healthcare accelerating and the further expansion of collaborative electronic health record sharing, these security concerns have become more pressing. While some healthcare...

Following the announcement of the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, available on September 20, Apple has announced that iOS7 will roll out on September 18, 2013. The new features of both the iPhone 5S and iOS7 make the iPhone more business-ready than ever before. As I discussed on Management Today, iOS 7 promises not only a new design, but also a number of features that make the iPhone more...

A study released earlier this year showed that 69% of students would like to use mobile devices more in the classroom. Currently, 36% of 4th and 5th graders owns a tablet device and 43% of students in K-12 owning a smartphone. 52% of students that use a tablet for school work are using their own personal device. These statistics reflect the practice of ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) shifting to the...

Join us on September 12th, 2013 at 11am PDT for a webcast on how to build an effective 5 year IT technology roadmap. The webcast, “IT Technology Roadmaps – Serving Tomorrow Today” features insight from Tim Williams, Director of Product Management at Absolute Software, with guest speaker Christian Kane, Analyst at Forrester Research. Just a few years ago, a typical 5-year technology roadmap would be narrow in scope, covering hardware...

In our Healthcare Makes Headway with BYOD survey last month, we revealed that healthcare organizations are increasingly integrating BYOD programs with 56% of hospital and health systems believing that personal mobile devices increase productivity. According to a similar study released by Spyglass Consulting, 69% of hospitals indicate that nursing staff are using personal smartphones for work, noting that BYOD support extends beyond hospital administrators and doctors to other vital...