The global adult industry is among the largest in the world, estimated to be worth nearly $100 billion worldwide by 2006. 

With the announcement of Android 2.2, code named "Froyo," Google targets the enterprisemarket for the first time. This release has features to enable devices that can be grantedsupport under the "appliance level" of the Gartner Managed Diversity Framework. 

The Smartphone market is characterised by increasing competition on one hand and healthy growth prospects in the medium-term on the  other. Barriers to entry are high for most players, owing to the global nature of the  mobile industry and the consequent financial strength required to enter the market. 

Juniper Research analyses the growing market for mobile apps in this report extract. 

Steve Jobs, the man recognized as one of the business world’s most charismatic and organized presenters, was made to look disorganized when his WiFi network stopped working. The unexpected nature of Jobs’ bobble was what made it such a spectacle. This white paper is designed to be a lesson in avoidance. 

<p>This study reveals how today’s four leading mobile operating systems compare based upon twelve categories of security and management criteria.</p> 

This edition of BI Trends & Strategies features a lead article by SearchCIO.com's Linda Tucci, who offers a helping hand in the quest to dismantle the dreaded data silo. The second piece outlines mobile BI, including a reference to Apple's iPad, and the final article delves into the world of performance management. 

Tablets have received a lot of hype, and many companies are unsure whether the productivity benefits justify their investment in this technology. This video describes an application one organization implemented on their tablets and reveals the feedback they received from employees. 

Tim Zimmerman, Gartner research director offers some practical advice to organisations wanted to use iPads on their corporate wireless networks. 

From the turn of the millennium until the end of 2007 MLBS (Mobile Location Based Services) had promised much, but delivered very little in terms of commercial applications. Even in Japan and South Korea, the most advanced markets for commercial MLBS, usage was disappointing. 

Music services on the mobile handset are uniquely positioned to become a key platform within the music industry. Since the turn of the millennium, sales of physical music – CDs etc. – have slowly declined yearon-year, largely as a result of online piracy. 

According to this Forrester Research report, enterprise mobility is more than just a blip on the screen, and the sooner that CIOs recognize this paradigm shift and put serious resources and strategy towards mobile development and device management, the sooner they can put power in the pockets of their employees, customers and partners. 

This webcast shows the features of IBM Cognos Business Intelligence for report authors, detailing how the author can create, manage and analyze a professional report easily accessible by any manager on or off the network. Discover how to use the interactive dashboards, create color-coded charts, integrate external data with platform data and more.