Enterprise

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Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference today, Apple CEO Tim Cook stressed that PC innovation is rapidly shifting from PCs to mobile devices.

Yankee Group has some bold predictions on what will happen in enterprise mobility in 2013, including forecasts related to bring-your-own-device (BYOD), tablets and EMM vendors.

Mobile app management vendor Apperian reckons an increasing number of businesses are bypassing Mobile Device Management to secure corporate data, and says 2013 will be the year of HTML5 apps and Windows 8 tablets.

System integrator Transoft expects an increasing number of companies to get their legacy systems to play nicer with their business mobile applications next year, but claims that many of these firms are still figuring out what to do with smartphones and tablets.

Windows 8 launched with great fanfare at the end of last month, but many in the enterprise and developer communities aren’t getting excited about the new multi-platform OS just yet.

Panasonic admits that there are limited opportunities for manufacturers in the rugged tablet market, but believes that its latest Windows 8 model could see some enterprises ditch the iPad.

Move over Angry Birds and Words with Friends; business and productivity apps are ready to share, if not take center stage, says one app developer who reckons that 2013 could be the year when business apps become all the rage.

Managing smartphones and tablets has become a growing challenge for enterprises in this era of BYOD.

When it comes to tablets, hospitality companies know they need two strategies: one for inside the company, the other customer-facing. La Quinta is moving ahead with both.