Companies need to make significant investments in digital skills and technologies if they are to meet the needs of their customers, Booz&Co argues in this report. 

Adding mobile access and social collaboration to CRM delivers significant benefits, this report from Nucleus Research reveals. 

Many of the risks of moble devices are similar to those of traditional spyware, Trojan software, and insecurely designed apps. However, mobile devices are not just small computers. They are designed around personal and communication functionality which makes the top mobile applications risks different from the top traditional computing risks. 

<p>In this presentation, Veracode’s Vice President of Security Research, Chris Eng, will outline the Top 10 Mobile Application Risks, designed to educate developers and security professionals about the mobile application behavior – both maliciously- designed or inadvertent – putting users at risk.</p> 

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. 

General-purpose PDAs and ruggedized enterprise mobile computers are made for separate markets, designed for different tasks, and vary by their size, weight and materials. But the biggest difference between these device types is their total cost of ownership (TCO). This white paper explains how your business can get TCO as low as possible. 

This week’s Computer Weekly contains an exclusive interview with JP Morgan COO India Gary-Martin about juggling multiple legacy IT systems while keeping the merchant bank compliant. We also look at how near-field communications technology promises to revolutionise consumer spending and we ask whether 2012 could be the year that APM becomes vital? 

IT administrators estimate that close to half of all corporate data is held on employee laptops. However, data on laptops are normally the least protected corporate asset. To solve this, PeerSync provides centralized IT control for laptop backup. Download this trial software to experience this data solution. 

<p>There’s more to bringing outside devices into your IT infrastructure than just connecting them to your network. For BYOD to really work, you need a comprehensive plan. Discover more in this research report. </p> 

As tablets continue to gain traction, organizations are identifying new uses for them that were previously unimaginable. This webcast explores a new demographic that can benefit from tablets and describes the key applications of these devices. 

This week’s Computer Weekly examines the growing threat from smartphones being targeted by hackers and viruses as the devices are increasingly used for work. Hospitality giant Mitchells & Butlers talks about its migration to the cloud and the CIO of Airbus discusses his IT priorities and how he spends €500m a year on IT.