This week’s posts highlighting the latest issues in mobility, mobile devices, and apps includes stories about how BYOD survived a tough 2014, the FDA easing regulations on medical device data systems, and how Samsung revised its Smart TV data collection policies after causing a firestorm of controversy.
5 Reasons Why BYOD Survived 2014 and Will Prosper in 2015
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies faced a lot of criticism in 2014. In spite of increasing digital privacy concerns and a lawsuit, a lot of innovation occurred in enterprise mobility management (EMM) and mobile device management (MDM) markets. Many industry analysts and pundits started predicting the demise of BYOD in 2014, but as writer Will Kelly reports, BYOD still remains in 2015. Some of the reasons Kelly cites include more cloud technology, more employers hiring contractors, and the concept of dual billing – companies and individuals splitting the costs of calling minutes and data on BYOD devices.
Source: TechRepublic
FDA Lightens Regulations on Medical Device Data Systems, Mobile Apps
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued final guidance documents that take a noticeably lighter regulatory hand when it comes to medical device data systems (MDDS) and mobile applications. The Federal Register recently said that the FDA states that it does not intend to enforce compliance with the regulatory requirements that apply to MDDS, including registration and listing, pre-market review, post market reporting, and quality system regulation for manufacturers of these types of devices.
Source: Health Data Management
Internet of Thieves: All That Shiny Home Security Gear is Crap, Warns HP
A recent study by HP’s Fortify on Demand assessed the top 10 home security devices such as video cameras and motion detectors along with their cloud and mobile application components uncovered vulnerabilities in all of them. None of the systems required the use of a strong password and 100% of the systems failed to offer two-factor authentication. This post examines how these connected home security systems are part of the IoT market, and how vendors are clamoring to collaborate with manufacturers to keep these devices and the data on them secure.
Source: The Register
iPhone Still King of Enterprise Mobile as Usage Skyrockets, Study Finds
Jon Gold reports that Apple’s mobile devices are still the most-used on the market, according to a Citrix mobile analytics report released. The study found that the total number of mobile devices in use rose by 72% over the course of the past year. A little less than two out of three of every business-focused mobile device runs iOS. Apple’s numbers are highest in Asia and the Americas, at 67% each, and slightly lower in Europe and the Middle East, at 57%
Source: NetworkWorld
Samsung Changes Smart TV Privacy Policy in Wake of Spying Fears
Samsung recently caused a furor when it’s privacy policy for its Smart TV was revealed to read that the devices could pick up conversations and could be a part of “data captured and transmitted to a third party through your use of Voice Recognition.” After receiving backlash and media attention, the company released a blog post “Samsung Smart TVs Do Not Monitor Living Room Conversations,” Samsung said that its Smart TVs have two separate microphones – one inside the TV set and the other inside the Smart TV remote and how the TV microphone responds to predetermined voice commands and the remote microphone “works like most any other voice recognition service available on other products including smartphones and tablets.”
Source: CNET
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