(Podcast Download) We spoke with Michael Gilfix, Director IBM MobileFirst. The apps announced by IBM and Apple in late 2014 are included in “IBM MobileFirst for iOS.” MobileFirst, announced in early 2013, is described by the compa...
The Apple celeb photo hack has brought renewed attention to the subject of “two-factor authentication.” An interesting development in this area is the recent launch of Identity Manager by AllWebID, a NJ company, seeking to popular...
We’ve tracked both Apple’s and IBM’s progress into the Mobile Cloud Era through a series of articles this year. Now we have their marketing agreement (announced in July.) So here’s our take. First of all, the Apple-IBM deal reinfo...
NaviSite, a well-established cloud, hosting provider, illustrates the relentless tug of IT providers into the Mobile Cloud Era. NaviSite was one of a number of independent companies that merged out – acquired by TimeWarner Cable &...
It’s not a simple job figuring out how IBM will play in the mobile cloud space. The intentions are there; the money is there; the software talent is there. But it’s not yet clear how the company intends to develop a strategy for t...
Box has been very vocal in proclaiming that the convergence of cloud and mobile will dominate the future. COO Dan Levin stated in July 2013 that this convergence (the mobile cloud) will create over “1 billion new IT workers” and c...
SAP is a company moving from a leading core enterprise software business to a planned, strongly cloud-oriented model. We spoke with Adam Stein, senior director of mobile marketing about SAP’s initiatives and their attitude towards...
There is a clear short term rationale for VMware’s $1.5 billion purchase of AirWatch but there is also a long term challenge. We praise this move by VMware, which follows on our recent interview and strategic commentary (12/5/13) ...
VMware’s CEO, Pat Gelsinger, has stated that his company is “uniquely positioned to help our customers transform to the mobile cloud era of computing.” VMware’s view of the scope of mobile cloud computing encompasses everything “f...
To understand more about how VMware is going about performing on its “mobile cloud era” vision, we approached Ben Goodman who is the “Lead Evangelist” for VMware’s end-user computing area, which is marketed under the Horizon label...
