Protecting the Mobile Workforce

The productivity benefits of smart phones and other mobile devices are difficult to ignore, and enterprises will continue to role them out across their workforce. For CIOs and other senior IT personnel the time to consider and implement a comprehensive mobile security policy is now.

Security measures should take into account security threats that are both external and internal while enabling a holistic approach that encompasses personalization and other access controls. The mobile environment has numerous weaknesses, and specialized threats are growing increasingly severe. Currently, there are over 300 mobile virus variants loose globally. The latest versions are more sophisticated and attack a device with the purpose of generating revenue or stealing confidential stored data. …

Avenues for mobile communication

Three weeks ago, we opened up a discussion in Techno Page about creative new ways in which mobile communication infrastructure could be used. I pointed out that thorough identification and registration process that mobile phone subscribers are subjected to in Sri Lanka, opens up the possibility for mobile phones to be used by their users to make payments in a way that is not very different from how credit cards or debit cards are used.

A few users wrote in demanding me to explain what I meant, so this week, I will oblige them with the details. In principle, what I pointed out was that mobile phones have the potential to be used as another method in which Electronic Funds Transfers at Point of Sale (EFTPOS) could be implemented….

Sujoy Bhattacharjee joins ValueFirst as Chief Operating Officer

Sujoy Bhattacharjee joins ValueFirst as Chief Operating Officer at ValueFirst corporate office in Gurgaon, India. Sujoy brings with him 20 years of extensive technology/industry experience in leading technology/ market-leading companies including Microsoft, AMD and TCS. Most recently, Sujoy worked with Yahoo!, Inc. at Sunnyvale, USA, managing products in Broadband and Mobile segments.

At ValueFirst, Sujoy leads technology development, technical operations, product management, customer fulfillment and HR functions at ValueFirst. When asked why he moved to India and chose to join ValueFirst, Sujoy said:

“ India has moved up the value chain in terms of the seeding and incubation of global market leaders, and I specifically saw ValueFirst as having the right mix to become a world leader in mobile data services. I was attracted by the twin factors of leading-edge technological innovation being done by it out of India, and the scalable and powerful business model at ValueFirst”

Sujoy has relocated to Gurgaon from Silicon Valley, USA, family to join Team ValueFirst.

About ValueFirst:

ValueFirst empowers its customers to communicate between varied IT back-end systems and mobile phones using SMS Services. ValueFirst provides a unique, end-to-end, global carrier-grade mobile data service. Its mobile data service offering includes "plug and play" application licensing and hosting. Employing a partnership with Mobile operators and a clear focus on SMS mobile messaging. ValueFirst's Mobile Messaging Platform is capable of delivering SMS services to virtually any CDMA/GSM mobile handset. ValueFirst combines signalling information from the mobile world with innovative applications running concurrently on its own IT applications platform and thereby pave the way for mission-critical international messaging services.