Microsoft stakes claim on smartwatches with Band SDK

Android for Work brings container security to Google Play apps HP preps IoT wares to tame energy beasts, like runaway air conditioners

TechBrief February 26, 2015 Microsoft stakes claim on smartwatches with Band SDK Microsoft faces a tall order in competing with Apple and Google on smartwatches. But with its developer preview SDK for the Microsoft Band, the company looks to entice developers to build customized scenarios for the platform. Made available earlier this week, the preview SDK supports developing applications for Windows Phone and Google Android; Apple iOS support is coming soon. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Android for Work brings container security to Google Play apps 2. HP preps IoT wares to tame energy beasts, like runaway air conditioners 3. Samsung faces complaint to FTC over Smart TV 'surveillance' 4. Salesforce's Desk.com steps up its global focus White Paper: Good Technology 10 Best Practices for Implementing a Successful BYOD Program Harness the benefits of BYOD for your organization including improved user productivity, engagement, satisfaction and potential cost savings. Learn the best practices for doing so successfully. DOWNLOAD NOW Android for Work brings container security to Google Play apps Google today made real its Android for Work product, which was first announced last June at the Google I/O conference. Android for Work is a revamped version of the Divide containerization app that Google acquired last spring. It's built in to Android 5.0 Lollipop and available as a separate app for Android 3.0 Ice Cream Sandwich through Android 4.4 KitKat. READ MORE HP preps IoT wares to tame energy beasts, like runaway air conditioners On a hot day in the future, if you go to work and leave your home air conditioning on full blast, your power company may know you're away and turn it down for you. Assuming the potential privacy issues get worked out, that could save you money and keep the utility away from the brink of overload, Hewlett-Packard says. It wants to build end-to-end, cloud-powered systems that energy companies could use for all the monitoring, device management, security, and analytics needed to fine-tune power production and use. READ MORE White Paper: HP SANS Survey on Network Security Results This study details a survey of 439 IT security and network professionals conducted by the SANS Institute. It explores use of IPS within respondents’ organizations and their plans for future NGIPS. Read the results to understand how contemporaries are using IPS and how NGIPS is evolving to counter today’s cyber threat.LEARN MORE Samsung faces complaint to FTC over Smart TV 'surveillance' A complaint filed by a privacy group to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charged that Samsung's Smart TVs intercept and record private communications of consumers in their homes, violating a number of rules including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. READ MORE Salesforce's Desk.com steps up its global focus Small businesses just starting out may dream of world domination, but that's a difficult goal to achieve if you can't interact with customers in more than one or two languages. Enter Salesforce's Desk.com customer-support app, which just got a hefty boost in the number of languages it can work with. READ MORE White Paper: HP Improve Your Security in 30 Days This (slightly tongue-in-cheek) white paper shows how you can use HP TippingPoint to materially improve your security posture in 30 days. It offers a day-by-day approach that helps you understand what an NGIPS can do and includes links to background information to help you better understand the threat landscape and today’s defenses. LEARN MORE