Year: 2012

  • Finding Myself My Own New Adventure

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    So this is my last column with Channel Insider. After selling my MSP, I’ve taken a new role as the Director of Partner Community with Level Platforms, and the leap to the vendor side of the channel changes things for me. In my last article, I talked a bit about the solution provider itself, and… Read more

  • Level Platforms Offers Mobile Device Management for MSPs

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    Remote monitoring and management (RMM) solutions provider Level Platforms, which markets its products toward managed service providers, introduced Mobile Device Management (MDM) as a new feature in the imminent release of Managed Workplace 2012. With MDM, service providers can manage and monitor the exploding number of smartphones and tablets now being deployed in end-customer networks.… Read more

  • Smartphone Owners Concerned About Mobile Security but Lack Education: Survey

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    A survey of smartphone-owning consumers conducted in December 2011 by NQ Mobile, a provider of consumer-centric mobile security and productivity applications, and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a nonprofit public-private partnership focused on cyber-security awareness and education, indicates that while almost three-fourths of American consumers are aware of—and concerned about—security threats to their smartphones,… Read more

  • ShoreTel to Expand Cloud UC Offerings With M5 Networks Acquisition

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    ShoreTel continues to grow its unified communications capabilities through acquisition, announcing Feb. 1 its intention to buy M5 Networks for $146 million, a move that will enable ShoreTel to offer both cloud-based and on-premise solutions. M5 Networks, a 12-year-old company headquartered in New York City, offers a suite of hosted unified communications (UC) products, including… Read more

  • HTC Security Flaw Found on Multiple Android Phones

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    Smartphone manufacturer HTC admitted several of its phones running Google’s Android operating system have a security flaw that allows hackers or an application to view and access WiFi security information. The affected phones include the Desire HD, the Glacier, the Droid Incredible, the ThunderBolt, the Sensation, the Sensation 4G, the Desire S, the EVO 3D… Read more

  • Why Windows 8 Will Be a Hit for Microsoft

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    The anticipation surrounding Microsoft’s upcoming launch of Windows 8 is running high. The company’s operating system is easily the biggest departure from earlier versions Microsoft has ever launched, and it could very well be the answer to Apple’s iPad and Android-based tablets in the mobile market. Still, there are many people in the industry who… Read more