The most widely deployed mobile virtualization solution
March 21, 2011
I came across a really great Infographic on VisionMobile’s blog today, “A Decade of Handsets: Top 5 Handset OEMs 2001-2010.”
After ten years, Nokia still holds the #1 spot. With the widespread adoption of smartphones around the world, the next ten years are sure to shake things up even more.
Here’s a look at ...
Posted by Kate Lyons on March 21 at 08:02 AM
February 22, 2011
Corporate employees, around the world, are increasingly mobile and want to access their favorite smartphones and other wireless devices, such as tablets, for both work and personal use. According to Forrester Research, there are now more than 1 billion mobile workers – approximately one third of the global ...
Posted by Karry Kleeman on February 22 at 10:40 AM
February 14, 2011
BYOD -- Bring Your Own Device to Work and Enjoy It, Too.
This week, Open Kernel Labs is releasing SecureIT Mobile Enterprise, a solution that enables enterprise mobility rollout by providing distinct and secure environments for personal and corporate mobile apps and services. It lets mobile workers access their ...
Posted by Steve Subar on February 14 at 01:50 AM
February 11, 2011
Food for thought – a four-course meal or mobile security a la carte?
In the last year, enterprise mobility has captured the imagination of mobile workers and enterprise IT alike. Employees crave the freedom to use their favorite smartphones and tablets, and their employers seek a secure means to let their road-warriors ...
Posted by Carl Nerup on February 11 at 04:35 PM
February 08, 2011
Sun was up for about 1-2h a day. And it was cold (-15 – -25 ºC). Not sure what else to say...
Check out Iggy's adventures with the Swedish sled team and at the Ice Bar
Posted by Gernot Heiser on February 08 at 07:19 AM
January 25, 2011
OK Labs Engineer, Adam Clench, went to Egypt this month and our globetrotting mascot Iggy tagged along for pharaoh and falafel fun. After a grueling 20-hour flight, they were rewarded with breathtaking sights of the ancient world. Massive stone structures from millenniums gone by are a refreshing change of pace from ...
Posted by Kate Lyons on January 25 at 08:20 AM
January 17, 2011
The Open Kernel Labs engineering team in Sydney celebrated a great 2010 with an end-of-year party at Sub-Solo in Sydney. This was our best party yet - Iggy was there, everyone had a great time a drinking cocktails and sangria. Among the great food included Spanish tapas and Portuguese spit-roasted espetada ...
Posted by Daniel Potts on January 17 at 02:38 AM
January 04, 2011
Despite three years of global financial bleakness, 2010 brought huge growth to mobile/wireless. Global handset shipments rose to more than 1.3 billion units (Nokia), over 20% of them smartphones (Gartner). But the news this last year wasn’t just about volume – the mobile market (finally) changed its focus from hardware ...
Posted by Steve Subar on January 04 at 07:44 AM
December 09, 2010
On December 7, VMware and LG announced a prototype for enabling enterprise employees to use a single handset for work and personal use. It’s reassuring when a brand-leader like VMware recognizes a trend central to your business, validating a key market and technology that you already supply.
Every day, OK Labs ...
Posted by Steve Subar on December 09 at 02:08 AM
November 18, 2010
A long-time reader of Simon Bramfitt's blog, I recently read his article "Time to wake up to mobile malware."
"If the penny hasn’t dropped yet that enterprises need to take mobile phone security seriously, this might be the wake-up call they need. China Central Television is reporting that more than 1 million Chinese ...
Posted by Steve Subar on November 18 at 06:22 AM
November 11, 2010
Recently I had a look at what has become of VMware's MVP and explained the security shortcomings of the Type-2 hypervisor design. Today I'm looking at VWware's approach in more detail, and explain why it is in fact not a real Type-2 hypervisor, and what this implies.
Type-2 hypervisors are known for poor performance. ...
Posted by Gernot Heiser on November 11 at 08:07 AM
November 02, 2010
In Washington D.C., in state capitals and city halls, and also in corporate boardrooms, organizations face a common dilemma: in a time of economic crisis and financial austerity, how can they deploy secure communications without busting brittle budgets?
They already have part of the answer. Starting in the 1990s, ...
Posted by Steve Subar on November 02 at 02:53 AM
October 31, 2010
I attended and spoke at the MarketingProfs SocialTech 2010 conference last week in San Jose. Silicon Valley is one of those places that induces creative thought around every corner; last week did not disappoint. These are a few of the soundbites.
Posted by Marti Konstant on October 31 at 07:50 AM
October 24, 2010
Ring, Ring. Buzz. Buzz. Hear your favorite ringtone.
Today, answering a mobile phone and making calls on it are natural acts. In fact so is browsing the web, getting directions, exchanging text messages, making purchases, banking, and even performing work tasks by accessing company servers and networks.
Next time you ...
Posted by Steve Subar on October 24 at 11:56 PM
October 22, 2010
Last week I talked about the backwards step VMware is taking by implementing their long-overdue mobile virtualization platform (MVP) as a Type-2 hypervisor. In the meantime, an insightful blog (which liberally quotes from my blog, although without attribution) talks about their use of encryption to try to protect user ...
Posted by Gernot Heiser on October 22 at 02:50 PM