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Carousel is Prepped for iPad Data Onslaught – Are You?

March 13, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment
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The new iPad is set to hit the streets on March 16, an event for which Carousel Industries has been preparing for about 18 months, says Scott Moody, the company’s Manager of Corporate Technology. “We recognized these were going to be a game-changer,” says Moody, who is responsible for Carousel’s internal IT requirements. “We’ve been preparing for the influx of Wireless connectivity and mobility for a year and a half.” Faster iPad Connection = More Data With its support for 4G/LTE networks, the new iPad (which everyone but Apple calls the iPad 3) will support far greater data transfer speeds… Continue Reading ›

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Avaya Gives the iPad Flare! Watch the Overview Video

January 26, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment

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Carousel’s partner, Avaya, today announced the availability of Avaya Flare® Communicator for iPad tablets. Avaya Flare Communicator broadens the next-generation user experience of the Avaya Flare Experience currently delivered on the Avaya Desktop Video Device, to include the market-leading consumer tablet. Avaya Flare Communicator provides mobile workers with secure, next-generation, unified communications and collaboration capabilities over both Wi-fi and 3G networks. Summing up the launch, Avaya explains what users can expect: Avaya launches secure, next-generation mobile collaboration for consumer devices with Apple iPad application – now available through Apple App Store Avaya Flare Communicator enables enterprise-class voice, instant messaging, presence… Continue Reading ›

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Tablet Field Gets Crowded, But Are They Enterprise-Ready?

August 3, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment
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The Cisco Cius tablet was slated to be generally available by last weekend, adding yet another option to a tablet market that already includes the RIM Playbook, HP TouchPad and Slate, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Motorola Xoom, Dell Streak and something called the iPad. The question is, are any of these devices really ready for enterprise use? It’s hardly a new discussion. We’ve been discussing it here, and Slashgear was talking about it last fall, coinciding with the debut of the HP Slate 500. Even though Microsoft has included a lot of touch based technology into Windows 7 it is still… Continue Reading ›

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Government says Mobile Devices, Corporations key targets of organized, sophisticated Cybercriminals

May 12, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment
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In compelling (at least for a computer security geek) testimony delivered before Congress earlier this week, Assistant Attorney General Jason Weinstein spoke to the privacy and security threats facing US citizens and corporations from the Department of Justice’s perspective. His comments focused on the explosive growth of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) and the security risks these devices face from what he describes as “organized, international, profit-driven cybercriminals”. He continues: “Every day, criminals hunt for our personal and financial data so that they can use it to commit fraud or sell it to other criminals. The technology revolution has facilitated… Continue Reading ›

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Mobile Device Strategy – Aruba Networks Interview – Partner Podcast

April 27, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment
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Take a listen to this interview with Aruba Networks, as we speak with Manav Khurana, their head of solutions marketing, about all aspects of creating a Mobile Device Strategy for an enterprise.  With the flood of consumer devices coming onto corporate  networks, having a clear vision and plan for how to securely manage these devices is critical.  Areas we discuss include: Key Components of a Mobile Device Strategy from an IT perspective 1  Network Control.  With network complexity increasing exponentially, the IT team must be able to manage: The types of devices allowed onto the network The types of traffic allowed on each type of device… Continue Reading ›

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How IT can stay in front of the Consumer Device Market

April 21, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment
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In this rapidly moving marketplace, it seems as if there are new Smartphones and Tablets coming into the market every week. This presents a serious challenge for businesses as employees purchase these devices and request that they be allowed to connect them to the corporate network. Supporting all devices and operating systems becomes unwieldy and expensive, so limiting access to a defined universe of consumer devices that IT endorses and supports makes sense. How do businesses and IT teams make decisions on which devices to support? According to Scott Moody, Carousel’s Manager of Corporate Technology, it is about security capabilities, consistency of… Continue Reading ›

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The Employee Role in Smartphone Security

April 15, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment
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The floodgates have opened. “How do I get my smartphone or my tablet on the network?” may be the most common question heard by IT teams in today’s business environment. Modern smartphonesprovide 24/7 connectivity and powerful computing capabilities to employees that want to be connected. Unfortunately, it also opens up an additional layer of security concerns for the Enterprise and employees have a role to play in managing these risks. How do businesses strike a balance between ease of use and enterprise security, especially when the device in question may or may not be owned by the company? According to… Continue Reading ›

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The New iPad is Here and the Competition is Not Happy

March 9, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment
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It seems like just last week that Apple introduced the iPad and single handedly created a new computing category with their groundbreaking tablet. Now, Apple is sticking it to any potential competition with the release of the iPad2, less than a year after the original launched. By making a product that already dominates the market, faster, thinner, lighter, more functional and even more cool, Apple is leapfrogging competition that was caught flatfooted last year and is still struggling to get out of the gate with a first generation product. As we’ve noted,iPad’s have already made a significant jump to the… Continue Reading ›

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iPads And The Enterprise Network

February 16, 2011 By Editor 1 Comment
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I think everyone got the newsflash – iPads are cool.  So cool in fact that employees, in their role as consumers, have been buying them in droves, bringing them to work and putting them to good use (and that includes Carousel employees!)  And companies, intrigued by innovative ways the sleek tablets can be used and deployed, have been working hard to securely bring the devices into the enterprise-network environment.  And this has all been happening at breakneck speed….cool can do that. So how fast are we talking?  NetworkWorld recently quoted Apple’s CFO: “Enterprise CIOs are adding iPad to their approved… Continue Reading ›

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