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Mobile Threat Predictions Give Way to Brighter Outlook

By Melisa LaBancz-Bleasdale
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Here we go again with mobile meltdown. As long as we’ve had handheld devices we’ve been told to fear for their safety by experts who know, and have actually seen, the dark side. For corporate telecom groups it’s a regular journey to the edge of the cliff. Constant efforts are made to update, upgrade, patch and secure the myriad devices that are used to conduct business on a global scale.

Published May 19, 2010

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