Mobile cloud services bring user convenience, but at what cost?

July 26, 2014 Off By David

Grazed from TechTarget.  Author: Michael Finneran.

The combination of mobile devices and the cloud provides a vision of what computing may look like in the future. One of the most compelling reasons for individuals and enterprises to store data with mobile cloud services is continuous, ubiquitous access. Users who store files with cloud storage services can have immediate access to them anytime, anywhere and from any device — assuming they have network connectivity.

 Millions have already taken their data to popular consumer-oriented mobile cloud services such as Dropbox, and some have taken the further step of synching many of their work files to those services. This leaves enterprise IT professionals wondering: How secure are these consumer services? And how can employees be restricted from using them?…

Fortunately, emerging mobile device management (MDM) and enterprise mobility management (EMM) tools give organizations ways to control where their data goes. That capability comes at a price, both in terms of money and user convenience and satisfaction. Clearly, there is a need for enterprise-grade cloud storage, and IT managers need to regain control before any more sensitive information finds its way to parts of the public cloud that may or may not be well-secured…

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