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Gone are the days when company workers were expected to use what the company or firm provided to them- uniform and grey for all. That was before the Industrial Revolution took the market by storm, now the raging trend going the rounds is Bring Your Own Device to Work policy which many corporations slowly yet steadily are beginning to implement for all their employees’ laptops, smartphones and tablets.

While the former unpopular, now obsolete policy was considered inhumane, the latest one is being spoken of as both progressive and employee friendly. Nowadays, some companies actually offer financial help to workers so as to allow them to choose and bring to office, the gear of their choice rather than the antiquated practice of issuing them the same generic, un-cool hardware. This so called revolution is being backed up by top notch companies who are more than willing to pick up the payment bills of workers personal laptops and smart phones bought for and brought to work.

The ideology behind this generous move
Companies are implementing Bring Your Own Devices to Work policy owing to a few trends which are as follows:

An ‘easy to work in’ employee environment: The whole idea is to create a harmonious working environment for the diligent employees and not to lose the best of the best workers’ zeal to work as laptops, tablets and personal smart phones are the important part of their lifestyle and identity. Bring Your Own Device to Work smart phones and other devices have a better cutting edge so it is basically the organization that both directly and indirectly gets to reap the advantages of up to date features and capabilities. Needless to say that there are some clear cost savings on per person basis going up to a staggering $ 70 a month, a big reason to adopt this revolution. Another lesser known advantage that comes with this move is the care to the gadget that the employee gives, which in turn reflects directly on the employee’s work output

A dicey move to take
A few concerns to keep a note of before deciding on whether to follow Bring Your Own Device policy or not are. If the particular company has many branch offices, then Bring Your Own Device to Work will make utmost sense and would not be a difficult change to follow as the infrastructure being taken care of is already too expensive to support. If satisfaction of the workers is the bosses concern

If a company’s legal and security regulations include signing contracts agreeing that the company has the final authority and if ever need be, even wipe the corporate data in the employees’ personal machine in case an employee is fired or quits or the device being used is misplaced. Companies should have the right to get the data from the employee’s device and to make this possible there should be some ground rules set like a definite usage policy and compliance. This will give some control to the company and is a must. Many in-house softwares are developed by firms which have adapted to this revolution which help to keep the compliance go check and give the visibility that the company needs.

Out and out this revolution is here to stay and will become wires with time.

People are joking around that Tuesday 21 Feb was a “Twosday” mocking at the OS 2.0 release for the RIM version of the tablet. RIM has finally delivered this O.S which was in the status of “coming very- very soon” since mid-April. Seems like this time around the unveiling is not premature. They have corrected their mistakes that come across while launching Playbook. The new OS looks solid and stable and people are busy upgrading theirs at this moment.

O.S release was delayed from October to February promising a big pack of updates which will curb all the negative points and add some quality features. It’s finally available on RIM’s website. A very smart native email application, a much needed smarter calendar and an efficient contact list are the few things that impress with OS 2.0. Once you feed in the company that you work for, then leave rest to Playbook which will get you all the news in the world that matters to the company and keep you a step ahead without making any efforts to get the information. The OS 2.0 is a sleeker and not heavy on the system. The native email system is totally re-designed for the social media updates and feeds. The format of representing this is much more appealing than the previous instance. It also boosts predictive text for email which is a huge relief for maximum people using Playbook.

The BlackBerry Bridge app has updated itself to gel with this new version of OS, what this app does is that it enables users to use their Blackberry as remote controls for their Playbooks and work onto the larger, touch screen media using their Blackberry’s buttons. Another thing to notice is that this version supports the applications from the rival Android technology; this feature is not a rage among the developers who have not polished their app for Playbook. Enterprise email support needs the local IT approval.

A small issue that was reported while syncing Gmail was that it was not quick enough to get registered, there is a lag of around 30 minutes, post that all is well with it.

All said and done, Playbook is not popular as compared to its peers in Apple’s iPad, Kindle Fire or cheap Samsung tablets. Until now Playbook had lacked many of the critical features which made it stand far behind the line. Analysts report that RIM has made a huge loss in the last year and was forced to drop to a level to lessen its inventory by selling the Playbook at much cheaper price. We hope with its new lethal “revampment” Playbook will soar to new heights.

These updates are free and are available at RIM’s website. The Playbook can also be directly updated with wireless connection downloading the same. This loaded package is already a hit with its handful of customers lining up to get their playbooks updated and enjoy the same features that this OS promises to bring along. Go get your new OS 2.0 and fall in love with it!

Which business giant wouldn’t want to cut down on costs on networking infrastructure? Definitely no hand will be raised for this one. This concept saves a lot of business money. Cloud computing hence boosts productivity. It has been two years that Cadillac Fairview Corp. recognized this huge cost-effective opportunity and hired Google Inc. to handle its email.

Scot Adams, the CIO and Senior Vice President of this realty giant based out of Toronto, vouches on the affordability of applications running on cloud-computing. With their potent networks, software giants like Google Inc., IBM and Microsoft Corp. provide trouble-free manageability of IT infrastructure at a reasonable price.

There are so many good players in the market for cloud-based computing, that it makes it very difficult for a company like Cadillac Fairview to zero in on one. Mr. Adams agrees that their choice fairly depends on who provides the finest service at the lowest price.

Giving up their email management to Google Inc. has saved a lot of expense for Cadillac Fairview. The CIO said that in addition to an excellent service Google Inc. gives them oodles of more storage for a few extra bucks.

Their colossal property business is also considering cloud-based applications of Salesforce.com to do away with the need for internal servers and CRM setup. But they will go forward with the proposal only if expense management deems it feasible.

The government in Canada is still apprehensive about the security and privacy offered under cloud-computing. Canada has very stringent data protection and privacy laws. The Canadian government has still to frame concise and unambiguous policies related to cloud-computing. This will be a very crucial move for a huge number of companies to decide upon the adoption of this technology.

The president of another corporate giant E-com Canada Inc., Mr. Sri Prakash says that reducing costs and putting that money to use for much needed value-added services is propelling companies to adopt cloud-computing.  This risk management company is based in Toronto and Mr. Prakash finds this technology just amazing for the business world. However, he says that once the government lays down more concise rules regarding cloud-computing, more companies will look forward to adopting it.

Enomaly is another company in Toronto which assists other firms in providing cloud-based networks. Its CTO Mr. Reuven Cohen opens up about most of their customers being out of Canada. Their clients are mostly from the U.S. and China. He believes that Canada still has a long way to go to match these countries in terms of cloud-computing.

Recently, a huge marketing survey involving 700 private and government-owned businesses was conducted by Leger Marketing. A mere 29% of these confirmed using cloud-based networks. Opposed to this, another poll by Advanced Micro Devices in California in 2011, an astonishing 75% of U.S. organizations were found using or considering using this new technology.

Mr. Sri Prakash advices that it’s extremely vital to give a serious thought about ‘what data is safe to put on the cloud’. Also, he recommends choosing a big vendor to ensure safety. Mr. Prakash is sure that once the guidelines are in place, the Cloud is bound to be more popular among Canada’s enormous number of companies of small-and-medium dimension.

The matter.
This is the claim, or you may call it a speculation; brought into light by an ex-employee of one of the largest firm in Canada, which went bankrupt in 2009. Brian Shields, then a senior security advisor with Nortel for almost 2 decades, flashed that the intelligence agencies in Canada offered only a miniscule help when suspected undercover work by Chinese industry was reported to them. The allegation simply implies that the severity assessment of the problem was not done correctly by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the interesting thing to note here is that there is no record for this issue with them.

Boom gone bad
Nortel was literally minting money with its booming business in the heavy weight Asian region of China during the 90’s. With it’s multiplying profits from the region the management was all pro China. Little did they realize that there was a snake in the dark? It’s said that the suspected Chinese hackers who plotted this attacked that lasted for almost a decade enjoyed an unshackled access and control over Nortel’s intellectual property. They had ample of time with them and all they were waiting for was to think and understand as to what needs to be taken from the firm’s intellectual properties, which indeed, was a fortune. It’s reported that, vital documents, business expansion plans, development projects and even employee email was a part of this interception being conducted all the way from China. The snake did tighten its grasp and this is regarded as one of the reasons for downfall of the telecom giant. CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) did approach Nortel about this industry espionage, only to be turned downed by the money counting management then.

Threat discovery and the lame action.
The firm discovered about this hacking program that was ongoing for a while, only in 2004, and immediately reported to RCMP. In turn, RCMP did not supply vast resource over this matter against China. The case seems to have purged somewhere in dump as there are no records of charges. Apart from this reporting formality, Nortel hardly did anything impressive from its own security standpoint. Mr. Shields even brought the matter to attention with its senior management but was brushed off. Distinguishing and swift action to halt the disruptions would have saved the firm the position that it is in today.

Drama unfolds
It adds to the inferno; that this was unfolded from the wraps just recently after Prime Minister Stephen Harper returned from his very successful Trade trip to China, after which Huawei struck golden by formally entering the Canadian market with huge deals in network equipments. Huawei is known to have imitated Nortel’s equipment designs and openly copied it instruction manuals!

A lesson to be learnt for the future.
Downfall of such a big company was initially concluded to be due to the acquisition spree that it was in during 1995 – 2003. But with this information out in the open, it is being accepted as a fair contributor to the bankruptcy of the firm. External security advisor believes that cyber attack on Nortel for more than 10 years has an element of a well co-ordinate insider as all the vital information was gathered from one network itself. This also shows how careless Nortel was with its intellectual properties which were flying everywhere; waiting to fall into wrong hands. A lesson to be learnt from, for every company.

Apple is going through a mind blowing time since few years. It had been a great 2011 for the Apple Inc. company when it launched a array of new gadgets and devices. But also, on the other hand, it lost its most precious man of the company, Steve Jobs. Hence, Apple had to forcibly move on with new CEO and think about its next products launches. As we say, life waits for no one. Thus, Apple is all set to release its third part of iPad at the end of February.

Even though iPad has entered the market only two years back, it has proved to be a big hit among all age groups. The popularity of iPad has been remarkable. iPad can help you do everything right from sending simple emails to reading news to playing games. It is reported that many of the consumers bought iPad when it was launched, iPad2 was also bought by many of them, and now they bet, that they will surely purchase the all new iPad 3 when it releases. iPad has become an add-on in the life of all the customers who are using it.

In a survey, it was reported that, the growing rate of tablets in comparison to Smartphone is concluded to be three is to one. And still the number is climbing the ladder. This year also, it is speculated that tablets sales will be rising. Many of the projections display that people who already own one of the iPad will again buy one more tablet from Apple. It is going to increase up to 5% more.

Tablets have achieved that position, which television, radio or car took decades to attain it. It is necessary for society to be conscious about the products and services around them. Tablet is considered to be a personal device unlike car or television which can be used by anyone in the family. Obviously, you won’t let your tablet to be used by anyone and share your personal desktop with others.

iPad has made this generation to be the ME generation. There is PVR that allows you to watch television whenever you wish to. Thus, same goes with the new category. You can say tablet is a consumption of content, but it is the consumption of MY content. It’s said to be a personalized tablet that is also portable. Initially, people had a bad notion about iPad because it is a type of laptop that can’t stand on its own; a kind of iPod that can’t be stuffed into the pocket and lastly you can’t even make calls. So people thought it of no use.

This year, Intel is also going to release their tablet, Ultra book which is super thin and very light but is nothing in comparison of Apple’s Mac. But reports say that Intel’s ultra book can give a great competition to Apple’s iPad.thus, it is said that desktops will also come to end in few years. In many of the educational institutes, teachers have started using iPad as an innovative medium of teaching.

Apple has made it to the top. World’s number one company in the market of mobile phones and other smart devices and gadgets crossed the $500 limit for the first time in its entire lifetime. For the first time, Apple Inc.’s stock broke above $500 USD. The company reported that their sales and profits had been rising upwards since two weeks and their profits were also high in the holiday quarter.

Reportedly, Apple Inc.’s share went up to $503.83 when the trade market opened and the closing price was about $502.60. We can say it is almost a %9.18 or 109 percent increase in the price after it closed on Friday.

There was a race between Apple and Exxon Mobile Corp. as to who will reach the $500 position first. As both the companies were waiting to be listed as the most valuable company in the world since the mid of 2011. But due to the latest rally by Apple Inc., there had been a rise in popularity of the company as compared to the oil company.

The market capitalization of Apple Inc. is $465 billion where as Exxon’s capitalization is $400 billion. Apple posted its net income of about $13.06 billion for the last holiday quarter that came to an end in December on 24^th January, 2012. Sales have a rise in about 73 percent as compared to last year, which came about to $46.3 billion.

Many analysts had already predicated that there has been a great gap in the share price and earnings of Apple. Even before Apple declared these results, analyst had pointed out this gap. Thus, if you compare the stock price and earnings with the common methods of evaluation, the stock has to be a lot more worthy.  The Apple stock also rose up to 22% in this year.

Analysts have given a target share price for Apple as $588 on January 24^th. Also, they say that Apple has a bad policy of keeping its cash rather then dividing it as a payment in the form of dividend which is very bad for the stock. Thus, people stop themselves from investing in companies who refuse to pay dividends.

However, the people who are connected to the company are observing the company and thus expect Apple to cancel this policy and start paying off the profit in the form of dividends in this year. It is reported that the company has been discussing about how to use the cash earned by the company.

This year, Apple is going to have a brilliant year with new releases of new gadgets such as sequels of iPhone and iPad. It is also speculated that the company is also planning to move towards the Television market. This is the most amazing transformation Apple is going through after it reached above the stock price of $500. Apple is climbing up and up, like we can say, it is going higher and higher in 11 days out of 14 days.

Nokia, who was at the top of the mobile market, which ruled this industry, is now blowing a hard slap on 4000 of its employees. The phone maker has decided that it would squash off 4000 employees from its company. Thus, many of its employees are facing the axe due to this major layoff.

It is reported that Nokia announced that it will lay off a few people from different departments. Also, the employees are deeply upset and disappointed by this news as it is really difficult to find a new job and make a decent living in this new world of inflation, strikes, technology, etc. Therefore, the employees are waiting till they get their pay cheque and after that they have no idea about what the further holds in store for them.

Hungary was evaded by Nokia during the growing eras of late 1990s. Each one of us knows that Nokia has ruled the market with its varied devices and gadgets for many years. Hungary has helped Nokia to grow so much and create a lot of consumers using Nokia phones that people from the Asian and the African continent call Hungary the hub of Nokia phone.

But after globalization, East Asia has seen an increase in the rise of jobs. Also, with the innovation of new and new smart phones, there has been a considerable fall in the sales of Nokia phones. Thus, smart phones gradually dethroned Nokia from its supreme place in the world of mobile. Thus, due to this, Nokia has announced this terrible news in Komarom which has only 20000 people residing in it.

Many Slovaks migrate to Komarno everyday to the huge Nokia plant. But on Wednesday, Nokia declared that it was going to lay off 4000 people from its plant that means a half of Hungary would be jobless after layoff.

About 2300 jobs openings will be slashed off by the year end as said by the Nokia owners to their workers. This move is surely going to hurt the labor market not only of Hungary but also Slovakia from where about one third of the workers travel to reach the Nokia plant.

For now, it is sure that this big move from the Nokia is going to hit the economic output of Hungary. It is reported that the Nokia firm in Hungary had topped the sales of Nokia phones.  Analysts also say that the output of this phone maker were boosted so much that there were only few struggles to be done. Many workers said that their management told them that there are going to be layoff this year.

Thus, the workers and the employees were all prepared that many of them would be slashed off, but they are not yet clear about who will have to say goodbye to the company..