Can Android be the BlackBerry government job? -GCN.com

Google drive leads smartphone market, but weaknesses in the way of Government adoptionThe last numbers in the Smartphone wars are in, and they have implications for how civil servants are going to interact with each other for his – along with the Governors of the Agency, and even of society – in the near future.In a statement issued on 8 March solid comScore research said the combined market share of the Android smart phones powered by Google's mobile operating system, has surpassed a market share of research in motion's BlackBerry with the clear border.Between October 2010 and February 2011, comScore says BlackBerry lost 5 percentage points in the overall smartphone market, from 35.8% to 30.4%. Meanwhile, Android has won almost eight percentage points-from 23.5 per cent to 31.2 per cent.If you are a Federal employee and wonder why you should care about a few decimal points of market share, this is because the shift marks the emergence of a technology that is likely to be a standard for social and professional communication in the Government for years.This is a pattern that plays many times before.4 steps to ensure your AndroidWho works on Android security protect?Malicious software, which are found in the Google Android security appHow will you spend $ 2,000?Users go wild on a given product, and it entered the commercial establishment, until by the Chief Executive Director of the Office. When civil servants begin to use it for quasiprofessional purposes, use Agency penalties, which are limited, acceptable use policies are saved in the end, and the technology becomes firmly in the labour force.This happens with the BlackBerry, this happens with Facebook, happened to Twitter – all of which became frequently used public sector technology.The Android horizonEven so, however, that Android is increased, it has a long time before he consolidates this position. So far there is no federal agency has to support popular phone. But this is changed, program managers and analysts on the market. It may not happen immediately, but Android finally will permeate the Government community, they say.Current barriers for Android are traditional for emerging technologies: the lack of strong protection and enterprise device management. Although RIM drive as well as Android does not. This is a coincidence, therefore, that one of the first major smartphone malware hit the feats Android ecosystem first.In March at the earliest batch of 58 applications are open to malicious software, called DroidDream, designed to meet the smart phone and create a mobile botnet. Download exploit DroidDream-known as "rageagainstthecage"-you will get access to the Android kernel and took control of phone permissions. Then it will download the application of Task Manager, which will make both programs cannot be removed.

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