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Met police roll out mobile fingerprint scanners

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is the latest force to benefit from a national police roll-out of mobile fingerprint scanners. read more »

European firms allow BYOD despite security concerns

Despite security concerns, more than two-thirds of enterprises in Europe allow their staff to use their own devices for work, according to research. read more »

Mobile workers work longer hours

Almost two-thirds of mobile employees say they are working 50 to 60 hour-plus weeks, with most working weekends too, according to research. read more »

Barclays opens Pingit mobile payment system to all businesses

The Barclays Pingit mobile payment system, which can be seen as a rival to PayPal, has been extended to all businesses, not just sole traders. read more »

TfL: NFC contactless payments will not be ready before Olympic Games

Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that it will not have completed a full roll-out of its near field communication (NFC) contactless payment system ahead of the London Olympic Games this summer. read more »

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7 tips for establishing a successful BYOD policy

If you haven't developed a corporate Bring Your Own Device policy, or if the one you have is out of date, these tips will help you address device security, IT service, application use and other key components of an effective BYOD policy. read more »

MasterCard secure BYOD programme a year old - Priceless

More than a year into its bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programme, MasterCard Worldwide continuously assesses the security technology and policies that allow 30% of its employees worldwide to use their personal iPhones, iPads and Android devices at work. read more »

Is your BYOD policy out of date?

As consumerisation continues to spread throughout the enterprise, IT decision makers must remain on their toes, tracking and anticipating end user behavior and deploying technology to protect against productivity losses and data breaches, one researcher says. read more »

Mobile device management - Tools and technologies for the BYOD era

Mobile Device Management (MDM) is an increasingly important IT management discipline, particularly with the rise in mobile working and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon. read more »

Adopt 'be your own IT manager' mindset to deal with BYOD

Now hardware firms are still making devices, but workers - not the SMBs who employ them - are choosing which ones to use at work. This means SMB owners are being directly confronted with IT conundrums: how to make sure devices of different brands and operating systems can all work together and be managed and secured properly. It's a tough new course to navigate for SMBs that typically don't have the resources to devote specifically to IT management. read more »

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