Office 365's hidden agenda: Dump your MDM provider for Microsoft

Google cloud platform can now be managed from a phone First look: Microsoft's Azure App Services sweeten cloud development InfoWorld Mobilize April 01, 2015 Office 365's hidden agenda: Dump your MDM provider for Microsoft Microsoft is providing IT a way to manage Office 365 documents on mobile devices. That sounds great, until you look closer at how this works. It's actually a ploy by Microsoft to get you to abandon your existing MDM provider. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Google cloud platform can now be managed from a phone 2. First look: Microsoft's Azure App Services sweeten cloud development 3. INSIDER Modernizing enterprise apps for the mobile world 4. Microsoft's Surface 3 starts at $499, eligible for free Windows 10 upgrade Resource compliments of: Accellion New eBook: Making Your Enterprise Mobile Ready What does it mean for an enterprise to be mobile ready? Read this eBook to understand the needs and wants of a mobile employee, use cases for gaining productivity benefits from a mobile workforce, and the security policies and solutions enterprise IT organizations should consider. Download this eBook today to assess your organization's mobile-readiness and learn how to become a mobile-first enterprise that is more agile, efficient, and competitive. Google cloud platform can now be managed from a phone Using the app, users can set up alerts, manage Google Cloud platform resources and access health graphs to gain insights into the performance and availability of their cloud-powered applications on Google's Cloud Monitoring feature. READ MORE First look: Microsoft's Azure App Services sweeten cloud development Azure App Services represent a big step forward for cloud back-end integration, even compared to the previous iteration of Azure Mobile Services. READ MORE INSIDER Modernizing enterprise apps for the mobile world Today's workers expect to be able to use their mobile devices to do their jobs, and companies are obliging, offering extensions to enterprise applications with interfaces that adapt to smaller screen sizes, thanks to responsive design. READ MORE Microsoft's Surface 3 starts at $499, eligible for free Windows 10 upgrade With prices starting at $499, the tablet is positioned by Microsoft as a nimbler, less expensive version of the faster Surface Pro 3 tablet, which starts at $799. Surface 3 will ship in 26 countries starting in May, and an LTE version of the tablet will be available through carriers later this year. READ MORE White Paper: PC Connection Windows 10: What to Expect and Why We Should Care Earlier this month Microsoft announced the development of Windows 10. I know, what about Windows 9? Is Microsoft on the right track? If they can pull this off—and it's cool enough to get the attention of non-Microsoft mobile users—this could be a game-changer. Learn More DAILY NEWS, DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX FIRST THING Start your workday with Today's Headlines: First Look, and find out what the tech world will be talking about all day. Subscribe now! Follow InfoWorld You are currently subscribed to infoworld_mobile_rpt as jonsan98@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy Learn about INSIDER When accessing content promoted in this email, you are providing consent for your information to be shared with the sponsors of the content. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information. If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@infoworld.com Copyright (C) 2015 InfoWorld Media Group, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@infoworld.com. **