In my time watching the enterprise networking business, text has gone from pariah to panacea. I still recall when “Text” meant AOL’s Instant Messenger (AIM) and most large companies actually had a policy banning its use in offices. Apparently the OFICs (i.e. “Old Farts in Charge”) saw their kids playing around with AIM instead of doing their homework, and the boss didn’t want any of those shenanigans on company time.
SD-WAN enables enterprises to use low-cost volume Internet access for business-critical traffic, including VoIP and other real-time services. However, while SD-WANs can manage Internet issues, providing a High Availability (HA) environment requires more. Especially for real-time IP-based services, this level of HA assures that the services do not have the extended outages that are often associated with non-redundant networks.
WhatsApp, the Facebook messaging applications just introduced multi-party video calling for up to four participants. The solution only works on mobile phones, IOS and Android.
A new report from research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that in 2014, the global market share of Windows tablets will increase slightly, while those of Android and iOS tablets will begin to decline.
This year's third quarter sees the Android operating system steadily making strides as it accounts for 81 percent of total smartphone shipments or 211.6 million smartphone units, while Apple's iPhone drops from a year-ago 14.4 percent to this quarter's 12.9 percent, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.
I just wrapped up my most recent project, the InformationWeek 2013 State of Mobile Security Report, and it does appear that the desire to let employees use their own mobile devices for work is getting ahead of the systems that would ensure the security of corporate data and systems.
The Gartner Q1 report for mobile phone/smartphone shipments shows that Google's Android operating system has demonstrated a strong growth rate, and it looks like this is set to continue for the rest of the year. Google's mobile operating system has extended its lead in the smartphone OS market, as the global market share for Android increased from 56.9 percent to 74.4 percent year over year.
Well, 2012 has been another tumultuous year in the mobility market, but more than anything else it has set the table for what should be a number of major developments in 2013. Along with Apple and Google, Samsung and Amazon have become major players in the mobile device market, and we expect the fates of some of the more "challenged" players like RIM and Nokia will become clear as the year unfolds. So, baseball fans, it's time to fill out your scorecard and get ready for the game to begin.
According to the latest numbers by IDC, the smartphone market is now being led by Android with their 75 percent market share whereas Apple only held 15 percent share in the most recent quarter. In selling terms, this means that Android is outpacing Apple at a rate of five-to-one with their smartphone devices.
RADVISION Ltd. has announced the release of SCOPIA Mobile V3, an application for Apple iOS and Google Android devices that allows mobile users to connect to standards-based video conferencing and telepresence systems with full video, audio and H.239 data collaboration.
Based on RADVISION's BEEHD client framework, the SCOPIA Mobile V3 allows users to participate in enterprise video and telepresence conferences with the latest mobile devices. With it, enterprise-quality video conferencing and telepresence can be accessed anywhere one has his or her mobile device.