Pedro Hernandez

The distinction between security management software providers and mobile device management (MDM) vendors is starting to crumble. For an increasing number of companies, they are emerging as one and the same. Trend Micro is the latest company to bake MDM capabilities into its enterprise security and services offerings. Due out this spring, Trend Micro’s new […]

ownCloud released a new batch of enhancements for the Community Edition (5.0) of its open source file syncing and sharing platform today. According to CTO Frank Karlitschek, the company’s efforts, along with contributions by the ownCloud community, have yielded a more polished, better performing solution for secure file storage and collaboration. A little extra capital […]

Forget previous tablet market forecasts. Market research outfit IDC foresees that an impending flood of small, low-cost tablets is set to break sales records. According to IDC, the worldwide tablet market will reach 190.9 million units, up from the company’s earlier estimate of 172.4 million units. What prompted the change? The popularity of small tablets […]

Companies are quickly, and sometimes starkly, realizing the risks associated with allowing iPads and Android smartphones in the workplace. Bring your own device (BYOD) programs, however popular, are causing headaches for businesses. Varonis, a New York City-based data governance software provider, discovered that half of the firms it surveyed had lost a device that contained […]

Adding more momentum to OpenStack’s meteoric rise, IBM is reportedly centering its enterprise cloud computing efforts on the open source cloud computing platform. AllThingsD’s Arik Hesseldahl reported today that similar to how Big Blue embraced the Linux open source OS for server computing, it is looking to OpenStack to serve as the foundation for its […]

Will downsized tablets like the iPad Mini dominate the market in 2013? An analysis from NDP’s DisplaySearch service indicates that small tablets stand a good chance of overtaking full-sized computing slates this year. In January, 9.7-inch TFT LCD display panel shipments plummeted to 1.3 million compared to December 2012, when shipments totaled 7.4 million. Meanwhile, […]

Armor5, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based bring your own device (BYOD) management company, emerged from stealth today and announced that it raised $2 million in seed financing. Citrix Startup Accelerator, Nexus Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures participated in the funding round. The tech startup takes a cloud-based, “zero touch” approach to managing mobile device access to […]

Take it as another sign that BYOD is here to stay and VCs are on the hunt for innovators that ease the management challenges posed by enterprise mobility. Atlanta-based AirWatch, a mobile device management (MDM) specialist, announced today that it had completed a round of Series A financing totaling a staggering $200 million. The startup […]

Largely on the strength of mobile devices, the market for “Smart Connected Devices,” a category made up of desktop and portable PCs, tablets and smartphones, shipments surged by 29 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 for a total of 367.7 million devices. During 2012, vendors shipped a total 1.2 billion smart connected devices, reported […]

Enterprise mobility is turning into a big deal and IBM is itching to prove that it’s on the case. The IT products and services giant today debuted its MobileFirst portfolio and pledged to double the company’s investments in mobile this year. MobileFirst encompasses a suite of mobile offerings that Big Blue is gathering under the […]