IT is stuck in the middle of needing to secure critical corporate data, apps, networks and end-users wanting to use the latest devices to be more productive in their day-to-day work. This balancing act is breaking the backs of IT and legacy solutions… To see how IT is currently attempting this balance, check out the [...]

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If you’ve spent the last few years sequestered in an office writing on a typewriter and waiting for your rotary phone to ring, you might have missed the introduction of the BYOD trend and the dramatic effect of mobility on how people do business today. For those of us not suck in the Mad Men [...]

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Replaced: VMware ACE is Out – MokaFive’s Enterprise AnyWare Solution is In

If you’ve been holding on to VMware ACE since VMware quietly mentioned that they were ending the product’s availability, it’s time to stop living in 2011. As you’re likely already aware, VMware announced that they will discontinue support and maintenance of the ACE product later this year. (That’s right, you only have 236 days—give or [...]

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BYOD is a Force You Can’t Stop

    For anyone who thought BYO was simply nothing but an IT fad or a cheap way to throw a party, Gartner has some new news for you: “38% of companies will stop issuing company-owned devices by the year 2016.”  That’s a pretty big number, but with the proliferation of mobile devices into popular [...]

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Your Best Alternative to VDI: Client-side Virtualization

Although VDI has been touted as the most economical, efficient way to manage desktop, server-side solutions pose serious drawbacks—including massive infrastructure investment, huge data-center power bills, and the need for ample bandwidth and high Internet speeds. What if your organization could confer the benefits of VDI at a much lower cost than server-based options? (Spoiler: [...]

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PMS? You Don’t Want It!

  In a recent article published by TechTarget’s Gabe Knuth, he introduces Parallels Management Suite for SCCM as a solution to Mac Management in the Enterprise.  Managing Macs for use in an enterprise environment is no small feat.  Security is easily the number one concern when employees start bringing in personal Macs to use for [...]

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Four Enterprise Verticals Choosing Android Over iOS and Why

Evidence to date has been conclusive that Apple’s mobile operating system tends to dominate the enterprise. However, according to a recent report by Citrix, there are four industries where Android dominates: communication services, healthcare, transportation, and non-profit. So, what makes these industries different from other enterprise verticals? What aspects of these devices are being considered [...]

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MokaFive Provides BYOD and Mobile Device Management Insights in Yahoo! Canada and ZDNet

There’s no doubt about it, the trend of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) has caused a huge shift in user thinking. What was once only a work computer is now a personal computer, and what was once only a personal mobile device, is now a device that employees want to use for business. As the prevalence of BYOD [...]

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It’s Not Business – It’s Personal: Blurring the BYOD Divide

IT used to be concerned about securing their corporate network, computers, and the data stored on them.   The move towards portable laptops and notebooks represented a huge shift in IT’s thinking – allowing critical assets and information to physically leave the company’s 4 walls!  It was also a huge shift in user thinking – a [...]

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What’s Driving the Prominence of iOS in the Enterprise?

It’s no secret—iOS is gobbling up enterprise market share. Some have even gone so far as to declare Apple the winner in the war over the enterprise mobile space. So, what’s driving the prominence of iOS in the enterprise? Driving Factor #1: BYOD and Employee Demand for iOS Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, is [...]

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