“Citrix Systems and Juniper Networks are among the technology vendors that could benefit from a U.S. government search for ways to secure Apple’s smartphones and tablet computers for the use of federal employees,” Kathleen Miller and Juliann Francis report for The Washington Post.
“Apple’s devices, along with those using Google’s Android software, are drawing interest from U.S. agencies responding to a workforce that increasingly wants an alternative to the Research in Motion BlackBerrys that have long dominated the federal market,” Miller and Francis report. “A shift away from RIM could require companies such as Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Citrix and Juniper to furnish software and security to support wireless devices purchased from other manufacturers.”
Miller and Francis report, “Several federal agencies are exploring the use of Android-powered phones, and iPhones and iPads made by Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple. The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a query last month for a vendor that could control access and secure data for as many as 100,000 mobile-device users. An increased reliance on mobile devices may expose government and corporate networks to attacks by hackers, according to a report on economic espionage released Nov. 3 by the U.S. Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]