INDUSTRY NEWS
BYOD sparks MDM market
THE rise of the bring your own device (BYOD) phenomenon is making mobile device manage- ment (MDM) one of the hot- test markets for enterprise IT, according to Ovum. The challenge for CIOs is
how to manage and secure data while exploiting the innovation and productivity benefits that embracing the major smart- phone platforms can deliver, says the firm. Vendors from a variety of backgrounds across the IT and telecoms space are looking to grab clients in this market as it becomes a gateway to a larger enterprise managed mobility industry. However, according to analysts at Ovum, limitations of the major OS platforms are pre- venting vendors and enterprises from implementing consistent remote management and data security strategies. “Protecting the confidential-
ity, integrity, and availability of corporate information is a key concern of the IT department,” commented Richard Absalom, analyst at Ovum. “We’re seeing vendors rush to exploit the fact that most organisations do not have the required resources or expertise to simultaneously manage cor-
porate data on multiple plat- forms. The limitations and lack of available APIs on these plat- forms are often the key fac- tors stopping third party ven- dors from providing exactly the same data security features across every OS.”
Data collected by Ovum
from the MDM vendors signals that in the workplace, Apple’s iOS is the preferred platform, with 40% of the devices man- aged on MDM platforms by enterprises. Elsewhere, Android (16%) is still lagging behind BlackBerry (24%). As the momentum of BYOD
continues, the number of com- peting products and solutions are leaving enterprises confused about what they should be look- ing for, and how the products and solutions compare and dif- fer, claims Absalom. “When selecting a vendor
organisations must consider their exact requirements. There is no one solution for all. “Enterprise IT departments must develop and implement new enterprise mobility policies that accommodate the BYOD and consumerisation trends, and use MDM solutions to man- age and enforce such policies,” added Absalom.
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snom technology will no longer be including external power supplies as part of the standard package for its 3xx and 7xx series IP phones, focusing instead on powering phones via Power-over-Ethernet (PoE). snom will donate one pound for every IP phone from its 3xx or 7xx series purchased in the nine weeks between 22nd April and 22nd June. All donations will be made to the environmental initiative Earth Day International in Germany.
Avaya has signed a five- year deal to improve Bharti Airtel’s customer capabilities. Airtel, a comms services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, will sit under the umbrella of Avaya Communications Outsourcing Solutions, the vendor’s unit that provides contact centre technology and managed services.
Chess has been re- accredited with the ISO 9001 and 14001 standards. Chess gained ISO 9001 standard for providing consistently high standards of customer service and achieved ISO 14001 for its environmentally sustainable working practices.
Fresh demand for IT skills
PERMANENT IT salaries in the UK have risen by 2% over the last 12 months with the average salary for an IT profes- sional now £39,754. A study by IT Recruitment
Agency CV Screen looked at a broad spectrum of 50 IT roles and monitored over 8,000 advertised positions in the UK during the first quarter of 2012. CV Screen’s MD Matthew
Iveson said: “The last 12 months have seen more demand for IT staff and we were not surprised that salaries have crept up.”
CV Screen observed that the number of vacancies registered between Q1 2011 and Q1 2012 had stabilised. Statistics from the IT recruiter also suggest that the number of applicants per vacancy has increased by 20% with an average of 194 applica- tions per advertised vacancy. Iveson added: “The num- ber of candidates applying for vacancies has increased over the last 12 months as confi- dence has continued to return. There is now less reluctance from IT professionals to change
jobs with less fear of redun- dancy clouding their decision to progress their careers.” The outlook for the IT jobs is positive, reckons
market
Iveson. “After a couple of brief dips in IT recruitment activity in Q2 2011 we have seen a strong end to the year,” he noted. “CV Screen fully expects the market to improve in 2012 as employers continue to invest in their IT infrastructure.”
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