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  iPhone, Android account for 82% of smartphones shipped

  Android and iPhone smartphones together made up 82% of all such devices shipped to retailers in the first quarter of 2012, IDC said Thursday.

  By Matt Hamblen | 24 May, 2012 14:16

  Tags: symbian, smartphones, mobile phones, Mobile and Wireless, IT industry, IDC, Gartner, consumer electronics, Apple

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  BYOD is driving IT 'crazy': Gartner

  IT managers grappling with bring-your-own-device policies can expect to see an explosion in the number of smartphones and tablets used by employees in the next few years.

  By Matt Hamblen | 22 May, 2012 01:01

  Tags: smartphones, sap, oracle, Mobile and Wireless, hardware systems, hardware, Gartner, consumer electronics

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  Android in enterprises 'severely limited' by weak management support from Google

  Adoption of Android tablets and smartphones in large businesses has been "severely limited" because of the complexities of managing the various Android models and versions, market research firm Gartner said in an evaluation of 20 mobile device management (MDM) software vendors released Friday.

  By Matt Hamblen | 19 May, 2012 02:25

  Tags: smartphones, security, Mobile OSes, Mobile Apps and Services, Mobile and Wireless, mobile, IDC, Google, Gartner, consumer electronics, Apple

• Samsung is the big daddy of Android phones

  Samsung has become the clear leader in sales of Android smartphones as Gartner today reported that it accounted for 40% of worldwide Android sales in the first quarter of 2012.

  By Brad Reed | 17 May, 2012 04:39

  Tags: wireless, smartphones, samsung, Nokia, networking, Google, Gartner, consumer electronics, Android

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  Consumerization trends hit IT service management

  NEW ORLEANS

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 17 May, 2012 02:49

  Tags: software, IT Governance and Compliance, Gartner, applications

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  Will BYOD revive the network-access control idea? Gartner thinks it will

  Is the BYOD craze going to bring a revival of NAC, the policy-based network-access control that was hyped a decade ago but didn't end up widely adopted for endpoint security?

  By Ellen Messmer | 08 May, 2012 20:34

  Tags: wireless, tablets, smartphones, security, networking, nac, MDM, iPad, hardware systems, Google, Gartner, ForeScout, Fiberlink, consumer electronics, byod, bring your own device, apple iphone, Apple, Android, Access control and authentication

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  How to fight back against privacy pirates

  Have you Googled yourself lately? Is the information about you accurate or full of inconsistencies, both of which can be devastating?

  By Julie Sartain | 07 May, 2012 21:27

  Tags: security, online privacy, networking, management, infrastructure management, identity theft, identity management, Identity fraud / theft, Google, Gartner, Aviva, Access control and authentication

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  Wide-Open Search

  Twitter, Facebook, the Library of Congress -- all of these institutions have mind-numbing amounts of structured and unstructured data that must be indexed and searched quickly. In Twitter's case, that's about 300 million new pieces of information to index every day.

  By Stacy Collett | 07 May, 2012 20:11

  Tags: twitter, software, open source, Gartner, Facebook, applications

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  Gartner says half of enterprises are wasting money on social media

  Getting a positive return on investment from a social media campaign is about more than tracking the number of your Facebook fans and Twitter followers. It's about linking the social strategy to measurable business objectives, according to Gartner, which says most businesses aren't doing this.

  By Brandon Butler | 05 May, 2012 00:30

  Tags: web 2.0, unified communications, software, social media plan, social media, social CRM, networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Gartner, Facebook, collaboration, applications

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  VMware ups its collaboration offering with Lithium integration

  VMware Thursday announced that its SocialCast sharing tool will now work with Lithium Technologies tools to capture and integrate external customer data.

  By Brandon Butler | 04 May, 2012 07:42

  Tags: Yammer, web 2.0, VMware, unified communications, software, social media, social collaboration tools, Socialcast, networking, Lithium Network Conference, Lithium, Jive Software, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Gartner, Facebook, collaboration, applications

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  Gartner: Multi-device wireless plans on the way

  The days of having to pay for two separate data plans for your smartphone and tablet may soon be at an end, says Gartner analyst Hughes De La Vergne.

  By Brad Reed | 04 May, 2012 04:30

  Tags: wireless, WiMAX & LTE, verizon, sprint, networking, lte, Gartner, data caps, at&t

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  Consumerization trend driving IT shops 'crazy,' Gartner analyst says

  IT managers who grapple with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies can expect to see an explosion of different smartphones and tablets used by their workers in the next few years.

  By Matt Hamblen | 02 May, 2012 20:08

  Tags: Gartner, Mobile and Wireless, Mobile Apps and Services, oracle, sap, security

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  Protocol wars: Can Fibre Channel survive Ethernet's assault?

  Fibre Channel, the high-speed data transport protocol for storage area networks (SAN), is under increasing pressure as data centers move toward Ethernet for all data network traffic and SAS for hardware interconnects.

  By Lucas Mearian | 02 May, 2012 20:08

  Tags: Gartner, network-attached storage, Networked Storage, storage

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  LG backs off Windows Phone for now, report says

  Smartphone-maker LG Electronics has backed off producing Windows Phone devices for now and will instead focus on Android phones, according to a report.

  By Matt Hamblen | 01 May, 2012 07:04

  Tags: consumer electronics, Gartner, LG Electronics, Microsoft, mobile, Mobile and Wireless, Mobile OSes, smartphones

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  Microsoft-Barnes & Noble deal could lead to Windows-based tablet

  Microsoft's new partnership with Barnes & Noble could lead to development of a Windows-based tablet or e-reader, not just a Nook e-reader application for Windows 8, some analysts believe.

  By Matt Hamblen | 01 May, 2012 05:29

  Tags: Barnes & Noble, Gartner, hardware, hardware systems, Microsoft, mobile, Mobile and Wireless, Mobile Apps and Services, Mobile OSes, Skype, Web 2.0 and Web Apps