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• In Pictures: 3D virtual worlds for the enterprise

  The first step is browser-based environments for online meetings

• BlackBerry embraces BYOD to win back customers

  BlackBerry seeks to win back Australian business from rivals after a late realisation that it must adapt to the growing trend of bring your own device (BYOD), BlackBerry executives said at the BlackBerry 10 launch in Australia.

• Samsung Galaxy S4 to drive BYOD: Telsyte

  The release of a new Samsung Galaxy S smartphone is likely to drive more consumer devices into the workplace, according to Telsyte analyst Rodney Gedda.

• Early days for 4G in the enterprise

  Australian enterprises are slowly adopting 4G wireless, according to industry analysts. While operators are selling 4G service at the same price as 3G, service coverage and equipment costs constraints remain.

• Investment in mobile ERP increasing: IDC

  $1 in every $8 spent today on IT in Australia goes to mobile ERP, according to a white paper by IDC and mobile ERP vendor IFS. And investment in mobile is expected to increase, they said.

• NBN targets Australia's small businesses

  Many small businesses may not understand the benefits of NBN, despite many plans on the way targeting 2 million such companies in Australia, according to Flying Solo founder, Robert Gerrish.

• Can Windows play well on the iPad?

  All those iPads racing into the enterprise must maneuver around a tricky corner: getting Windows desktop apps to run on iPads without wrecking the user experience. Sure, Citrix virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI, can render entire Windows desktops and their apps on the iPad-but not always well.

• Smartphone buyers guide for the enterprise: Platform guide

  Before developing a purchasing strategy, organisations first need to understand the market including the major players and their operating system (OS) roadmaps.

• Smartphone buyers guide for the enterprise: Shopping checklist

  In mature markets smartphone purchases are increasingly driven by considerations linked to Internet access experience, wealth of applications, content and services linked to a specific operating system (OS).

• Smartphone buyers guide for the enterprise: FAQs

  Smartphone adoption in the enterprise continues to escalate with CIOs rating mobility as one of their top four priorities in 2012.

• Forrester to CIOs: End the Mac prohibition

  Forrester analyst David Johnson likes to compare Macs in the enterprise with the heady days of the Prohibition Act of 1920, the great thirst, stealthy bootlegging, and the rise of the speakeasy bar.

• IPv6 boosts schools' on-net security

  Cyberbullying may be more of an operational issue in schools than the outside hacking that enterprises face, but opaque IPv4 network configurations are causing security issues for both groups as organisations struggle to enforce administrative policies by reliably matching IP addresses and user identities.

• IBM IOD 2011: CIOs must look to real-time analytics for 'big data'

  CIOs faced with the encroaching issue of ‘big data’ should look to investing in real-time platforms in order to remain competitive in the future, according to IBM chief scientist, Jeff Jonas.

• Only 10% of Aussie enterprises prefer BYOT: Ovum

  A new survey has found only 10 per cent of large Australian enterprises prefer bring your own technology (BYOT) schemes, as opposed to other mobility strategies.

• Orix puts Android, iOS app development into gear

  Fleet leasing company, Orix, is set to create smartphone applications for Android and iOS, following major enterprise resource planning (ERP) and disaster recovery (DR) projects.