June 23, 2009
PocketPc’s for Enterprise
Ever since the Blackberry came under the light as the tool for high-end enterprise needs, others have followed suit with many other smartphones ready to take on the demanding yet power hungry needs of businessmen. These small yet powerful machines have streamlined processors designed for performance and armed with some of the best and fastest wireless connection technology, they are truly going the extra mile taking business out of the office.
These devices are quite handy for people who work out of the office but they are indeed proving to be too much of a headache for security people who have to deal with securing the gadgets themselves and the information they may contain. Devices of such power are quite a lot of risk and their ever expanding capacity in terms of memory are no exception.
Able to receive email form the office, forwarded automatically when people are out of their desks, such corporate info are vital for security and with thousands being lost each and everyday worldwide, information is put at risk. This along with the many human factors are hard to police and tame, but hopefully, ample security software would be in place to keep the information within, left unusable for all those they are not meant for.
