How to thrive in the era of BYOD

While there has been a lot of discussion on the Bring Your Own Device trend, it’s still relatively early to assess the actual impact BYOD is having on organisations. While the concept of Bring Your Own Device is based on individuals having the freedom to use their computing device of choice – the business and IT ramifications are much broader. From a business perspective, the impact of consumer technology on business process has never been greater. Leaders and laggards will be defined by how well each incorporates the use of consumer technologies to transform internal and external communications, supply chains, talent sourcing and retention, innovation and product development. From an IT perspective, it’s no longer enough just to keep up - IT is being asked to lead.

The five hottest IT trends of 2012, so far

As part of what we do at TechRepublic we talk to a lot of CIOs who are planning budgets, IT professionals who are planning projects, and IT vendors who are selling products. That gives us a lot of valuable insights into which way the winds are blowing in IT. With that in mind, it’s time to take a look at the IT trends that have the most momentum behind them so far in 2012.

IPTV moves into the next dimension

Q: Lately we hear a lot about MCOM and the HOTstream solution.

Even though MCOM is active in Middle East for more than five years and luxury hotels are already using HOTstream, our flagship IPTV and Interactive TV solution, this year we had some new developments that gave more visibility to MCOM:  we've established a regional office to support further our local partners and we introduced many innovative solutions.