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Mobile working is a myth
Blog Comment The Economist article is excellent, highlighting the often understated difference between mobile working (ie.short, under 1 hour, windows of time in temporary locations) vs remote working in 'dislocated' environments - to me this is periods of...
[June 12, 2007, 11:03]
Mobile working is a myth
Blog Comment I’d be really interested to hear from you and anyone else out there, maybe in the form of a top five list, about how specifically vendors are letting you down when it comes to the practicalities of mobile working?
[June 12, 2007, 12:16]
Mobile working is a myth
Blog Comment The vendor-driven research in the Economist is probably indicative of a market reaching maturity, as use of mobile devices passes the early adopter stage tech vendors need to get smarter to adapt device to different user needs.
[June 13, 2007, 8:05]
Businesses don't reap mobile-working rewards
News Businesses are not reaping the rewards of mobile working, such as increased staff productivity and flexibility. A recent study showed remote and mobile workers feel alienated and mistrusted, while a majority of respondents did not believe their...
[July 26, 2007, 9:27]
Develop a security strategy for mobile working
News There have been numerous stories in the news recently involving the security — or more accurately, the lack thereof — of mobile computers. That's why it's important to develop security policies for mobile computer users from the beginning, and...
[July 19, 2006, 13:35]
Gov't mobile working project saved from axe
News The government programme to support mobile and flexible working in local authorities has been saved from the axe. Working closely with colleagues in Scotland, I believe we can take Nomad forward in a sustainable way and maintain a national identity...
[November 5, 2009, 8:50]
Mobile broadband working group replaced
News The 802.20 (also known as MBWA — Mobile Broadband Wireless Access) working group was suspended in June, following complaints by Intel and Motorola that officers, including the chairman, Jerry Upton, had been favouring proposals by Qualcomm and...
[September 22, 2006, 13:55]
Businesses urged to tackle mobile-working issues
News A growing proportion of the workforce is also becoming more mobile, meaning that organisations must cater for them in corporate and IT strategies. As the trend for flexible and remote working marches on, businesses need to develop a coherent...
[October 4, 2007, 8:28]
Motorola working with software guru on mobile phone
News Another one of his companies, Santa Cruz, California-based LightSurf, is now working with Motorola to embed into mobile phones a sugar cube-sized camera he calls the Digital Eye. You're at the beach and forget whether you left your porch light on...
[February 12, 2001, 9:27]
Mobile working is a myth
Blog Comment The West Coast line does have a unique set of problems, the new Virgin Pendalino trains use a specific lead compound in the glass train carriage windows, this repels mobile phone signals drastically reducing coverage quality.
[June 18, 2007, 11:54]
Mobile working is a myth
Blog Comment I'd also add to this the short sightedness of the mobile companies to make sure that key train routes are covered by data services. The train companies are still pretty un-enlightened when it comes to providing wifi access but there really is no...
[June 14, 2007, 21:45]
Mobile broadband working group replaced
Talkback That vacuum left the slot open for 802.20 to be proposed for mobile applications.albeit on the contention that it was for high speed, not a duplicate of WiMAX. But several companies (Flarion included) communicated in the group that they could...
[September 22, 2006, 18:27]
What is holding back mobile working?
Blog Comment Given that huge shift, though, it's maybe not surprising that many companies are daunted by a true move to mobile working. The difficulty related to supervising remote workers is one of the top reasons why many organizations shy away from nomadic...
[July 12, 2007, 12:34]
MSDN Webcast: Adapt Your Application: Working With Windows Mobile Security (Part 2 of 3) (Level 200)
White Papers This three-part webcast series describes techniques and best practices that can help to successfully transition the Windows Mobile application from development to release. Part Two explains in details about Windows Mobile security.
[July 7, 2006, 0:00]
MSDN Webcast: Working With Blogs, Search Engines, and Rich Web Services Using Visual Studio and SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition (Level 200)
White Papers This webcast focuses on using the Microsoft Visual Studio development system to develop mobile applications that work with bandwidth-intensive content formats and Web services such as blogs, RSS, tagging, photos, podcasts, and search engines.
[August 18, 2006, 0:00]
Cisco initiative tackles mobile working security threat
News Cisco Systems has teamed up with three top antivirus companies in a security initiative intended to ban insecure mobile devices from corporate networks. The initiative, dubbed the Network Admission Control programme, would allow companies to set...
[November 19, 2003, 11:50]
Transforming the workplace - The impact of mobile technology on working environment
White Papers For some, work is no longer just somewhere to go to, but something they do, wherever they are. In an increasingly time-pressured business and personal environment, for many the ability to work in what was previously ‘dead’ time is more important...
[January 25, 2007, 13:53]
Mobile working is a myth
Blog Ms Broadbent found that there is not, in fact, much appetite for working while on the move. The Economist's latest tech quarterly makes for some interesting reading - especially a myth-busting piece about how we actually interact with...
[June 11, 2007, 12:52]
And the ZDNet Blogger at Large is...
Blog He impressed our judges with his contributions to On the Road, the group blog about mobile working. And if you really want to keep up with his views on mobile working, why not add him as a contact? His postings covered useful topics such as the...
[August 6, 2007, 12:07]
Fragmentation good for the user, says Nokia
Blog Sebastian Nystrom, the vice president of Nokia Qt Software, said on Tuesday that companies working on mobile platforms should "embrace focused fragmentation" because, "if you want to build a better device or offer a better service than anyone else...
[September 15, 2009, 15:58]
