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Enterprises Beware: Don’t Let Security Fall into the Consumerization Gap

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

Security are not reason for inaction to allow employees to use personal devices at work.

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Purchasing Power: Does Control of the Purse Buy Security?

Monday, August 1st, 2011

As noted in our recent post, IT executives and iWorkers give remarkably different answers about the extent of smart mobile device usage within the enterprise.

A variety of factors might contribute to that particular crevice in the “Consumerization Gap,” but here’s one we think is a prime reason: outmoded governance policies, particularly in equipment purchasing.
The vast [...]

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Consumerization of IT: Watch Out For Second Wave of Research From Unisys and IDC

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Further analysis of the impact that the consumerization of IT is having on the enterprise.

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4 Biggest Security Challenges IT Will Face This Year

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Our colleague Sid Pearl, Global Industries director of Risk Intelligence Solutions Management at Unisys, recently shared his views on the Unisys Security Index blog about the top threats IT will face in 2011. At the heart of Sid’s outlook are several risk factors driven by consumer-powered IT. Sid covers these issues and, more importantly, suggests [...]

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Why GSA’s Move to the Cloud is One to Watch

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

My earlier post on the announcement that Unisys will migrate the General Services Administration to Google Apps for Government talked about why the announcement was getting so much attention. Today I want to explore some of the reasons why this announcement is an historic one.
I don’t use the word “historic” lightly. But GSA’s decision to [...]

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