7 CEOs IN THE DOCK

Sean Glynn, October 2009

Mobile technology is a great help to businesses all over the world. But with great time-saving gizmos comes great responsibility, as Sean Glynn from Credant Technologies explains.

The humble PC is now around 25 years old, but in many ways the IT security industry – which has been with us for almost as long – has changed more in the last two and a half years than the last 25.

Today’s portable devices, notably smartphones powered by the Windows Mobile, Symbian, Apple and Blackberry operating systems, are microcomputers in their own right. But their processing power capabilities are significantly behind the curve of their desktop cousins. Our best estimates here at Credant are that the modern smartphone ...

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