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Chris Nerney
Chris Nerney

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Christopher Nerney is a freelance technology writer living in upstate New York. Chris began his writing career in newspapers before joining Network World in 1996. He went on to become executive editor of several IT management sites for internet.com, including Datamation and eSecurity Planet. Chris is a regular blogger at ITworld, where he has written about tech business and now writes about science/tech research. Chris also covers big data and analytics as a freelancer for Data Informed. When he’s not writing, editing or spending time with his wife and three children, Chris performs original music and covers in bars, coffeehouses and on the streets around Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

June 18, 2013 3:08 PM

5 easy ways to make Android devices more secure

Here are some basic steps anyone can take -- including enterprise workers -- to improve security on their personal Android BYOD devices.

June 13, 2013 3:10 PM

Key Lime Pie may be on menu for October

If you're an Android user whose appetite for a new version of the open-source OS is insatiable, you may have to wait only a few months more. Android 5.0, otherwise known as Key Lime Pie, will be released in late October, according to a report from a Chinese website.

June 13, 2013 12:37 PM

Twitter pulls plug on TweetDeck (for real this time)

For those of you who are TweetDeck dead-enders, the end finally has arrived. For real. It's time to move on to another Twitter platform.

June 10, 2013 3:55 PM

Meet the most insidious Android malware yet

Android's vulnerability to malware is the main reason Google's mobile operating system has failed to penetrate the enterprise. And the latest Android Trojan will make IT pros think even harder about deploying the mobile OS.

 

June 06, 2013 4:40 PM

Government surveillance reaches into the enterprise

BYOD means that personal cellphone use and business cellphone use are one and the same.

June 05, 2013 4:20 PM

How the Pentagon plans to implement Android

How does an enterprise in which security can be a matter of life and death implement Android? This way.

 

May 30, 2013 3:16 PM

Market share means you can't keep Android out of the enterprise forever

Android has a commanding share of the consumer smartphone market, but continues to lag behind Apple's iOS in the enterprise. If BYOD is to flourish, Android must become more accepted in the enterprise -- and it will.

May 28, 2013 3:42 PM

Latest cure for Android fragmentation won't help in the enterprise

By changing how it upgrades apps and features, Google appears to have found a way to reduce Android fragmentation caused by manufacturers creating their own flavors of the open source mobile OS. But these changes won't do enough to allay enterprise security concerns.

May 22, 2013 8:54 AM

You have to go "all in" on BYOD for it to really pay off

A study by Cisco Systems' Internet Business Solutions Group concludes that the value companies currently derive from BYOD is "dwarfed by the gains that would be possible if they were to implement BYOD more strategically."

May 20, 2013 5:13 PM

Older Android devices are sitting ducks for malware

New threats reported by F-Secure underscore Android's vulnerability and may make it even harder for enterprise professionals to embrace Google's mobile OS.

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