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    BlackBerry Subsidiary, IBM, Samsung Develop Tablet for Gov’t and Enterprise

    BlackBerry‘s Secusmart subsidiary has worked with IBM and Samsung to develop a tablet that supports SecuSUITE for BlackBerry 10 to enable secure mobile communications for government and enterprise users. BlackBerry said Saturday the SecuTABLET is based on Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and is awaiting security certification for classified data from the German Federal Office for Information Security. “Working alongside […] More

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    TechNavio Sets 38% CAGR for Global Mobile Security Market

    New analysis from TechNavio released Jan. 14 has set a 38.3 percent year-over-year growth for the global mobile security market from 2013 to 2018, citing increased demand amid the growing popularity of bring your own devices. The study predicts that a high adoption in smartphones will drive the market and expects obsolescence of security services to pose restraints on the market. According to the report, threat actors launch malware, […] More

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    FireEye Integrates Threat Detect System into Samsung Knox; Manish Gupta Comments

    FireEye has incorporated its mobile threat prevention offering into Samsung Knox-enabled devices in a move to help detect and mitigate malicious applications. The combined service works to scan apps using the FireEye mobile security tool to determine the app’s security status, block high-risk apps and notify users of malware, FireEye said Monday. FireEye will also […] More

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    SAP HANA Cloud Platform Mobile Services to Support App Dev’t to Deployment

    SAP has unveiled a SAP HANA Cloud Platform offering that provides enterprise mobile services through mobile application development, staging and deployment support. The company said Monday the platform-as-a-service product also facilitates connectivity between devices, people and networks through the Internet of Things. “It’s critical for our broad ecosystem of customers and partners to simplify their mobile business and easily create omnichannel, […] More

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    Booz Allen Rolls Out New Digital Workplace; Kevin Winter Comments

    Booz Allen Hamilton is deploying a new social intranet and digital workplace in an effort to meet future technology demand by staffer, Computerworld reported Monday. Tracy Mayor writes Kevin Winter, vice president and chief information officer at Booz Allen, has commissioned a three-tiered approach comprising an IT operations group, a strategic innovation group and a team […] More

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    Virgin Mobile Arm Adopts Razorsight Analytics Tool

    A regional business unit of Virgin Mobile has adopted a Razorsight-built analytics platform to carry out marketing campaigns and deliver services to customers. Razorsight said Wednesday it signed a multi-year agreement with Virgin Mobile Latin America for the network operator to implement the tool for operations in Chile, Colombia and Mexico. Peter Macnee, CEO of Virgin Mobile […] More

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    Kay Kapoor Outlines AT&T’s Mobility Projects for Government

    Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T’s government solutions business and an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, has highlighted the company’s mission to provide mobile technology services to government clients through its existing contracts. Kapoor wrote in a blog post published Monday that federal agencies are adopting mobility, cloud services, collaboration tools and analytics to […] More

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    Cisco: Mobile Apps Could Help Public Services Reach More People

    The public sector’s use of mobile applications continues to grow as U.S. and international government units eye increased use of those tools to support citizen services, Jason Deign wrote in a piece published Monday on the Cisco website. Deign writes that mobile apps work to grow service delivery to more citizens and enable “anytime, anywhere” access. “If you think about reaching the […] More

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    SAIC Crowdsources Ideas for NOAA Mobile Applications

    Science Applications International Corp. asked the weather industry at a January conference for ideas on nontraditional ways to use National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration open data. The five winners that were selected were mobile applications for traffic forecasting, weather uncertainty tracking, weather emergency alert and medical preparedness, SAIC said Wednesday. The online contest, which ran for 10 […] More

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    Kryptowire to Commercialize DHS-Funded Mobile Security Tech

    A mobile security archiving technology developed by George Mason University and funded by the Department of Homeland Security will reach the commercial market through an agreement with Kryptowire, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Michael Hardy writes that the product’s commercial release is an extension of a George Mason research project, which originally received a $250,000 federal grant to create the […] More

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    Accenture Survey: 50% of US Adults Seek Mobile Access to Social Services

    A survey conducted by Accenture indicates almost half of social service recipients in the U.S. would download and use mobile applications to seek assistance from caseworkers. The research also found that telephone and in-person visits are the primary methods for human services agencies and their clients to communicate, Accenture said Tuesday. Only nine percent of […] More