Following up on my last note about BYOD at Cisco, I wanted to update you on the latest numbers here at Cisco. As Sheila Jordan had pointed out here, we have surpassed the 20% tablet penetration among our workforce and mobile devices continue to grow at a rate of 1,000 each month. I highly recommend you doing a quick read on her six steps of approaching device deluge. Meanwhile, the latest IDC report (Aug 8, 2012) reaffirms the 2-horse race in the smartphone world. Android and iOS powered 85% of all smartphones shipped in the second quarter of 2012 (2Q2012).
Maintaining our market leadership in supporting the broadest set of Operating Systems (desktop and mobile) and Web Browsers, Cisco Security is excited to announce the availability of AnyConnect 3.0 for Android (Download here). As in the past, we have worked with the market leading Android device makers along with supporting the Android VPN Framework (AVF) to ensure the latest AnyConnect functionality. These new features are now available on any Android device running on version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or higher (including Jelly Bean).
SOME KEY FEATURES OF ANYCONNECT 3.0 FOR ANDROID:
For Amazon Kindle customers, more specifically for the Amazon Kindle Fire HDs and "new" Kindle Fires, you can obtain AnyConnect? directly from the Amazon Appstore by searching for "AnyConnect"or click here .
Likewise for iOS, we will soon support many of these same features on Apple iOS, including the iPhone 5 and Apple iOS 6.
And lastly, for this blog's 'Did U Know Data for Mobile Security' series, I thought the following information from Gartner's recent press release announcing their IT Symposium/IT Expo (10.25.2012) was very interesting. "Over the next five years, 65 percent of enterprises will adopt a mobile device management (MDM) solution for their corporate liable users, according to Gartner, Inc. With the increased functionality of smartphones, and the increasing popularity of tablets, much of the network traffic and corporate data that was once the primary domain of enterprise PCs is now being shifted to mobile devices."