Apple worker compliance improves and so do Foxconn’s margins On ZDNet, Larry Dignan explains more. “The relationship between Apple’s compliance policies and the profits of contract equipment manufacturers is worth watching. After all, outsourcing providers will likely need to add workers if hours are cut to keep up with demand for Apple’s new products—new iPad today and iPhone 5 a few months from now,” he writes. What’s your opinion?
Symantec buys Nukona: More than mobile application management On MSPmentor, Joe Panettieri reports on why. “Clearly, Symantec is seeking to push beyond its VAR and reseller heritage, adjusting its software to fit MSPs’ recurring revenue business models. Plus, Symantec’s buyouts of Odyssey Software and Nukona could help MSPs get a handle on the BYOD (bring your own device) trend within small and large businesses,” he writes. What’s your opinion?
Is private cloud the next step for the data centre? On The Register, Phil Mitchell looks at the question. “The question though is where private cloud capabilities fit, or potentially fit, into your overall IT environment – allied, of course, to the practicalities involved in getting it all to work effectively to create some actual benefit,” he writes. What’s your opinion?