NEWS
Sophos Mobile
8 launched in
bid to tackle
malware
S
ophos, which operates in the Middle
East, has unveiled the latest version of its
Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) and
mobile security solution.
Gartner survey shows
EMEA lagging behind in
analytics maturity
Nick Heudecker,
Research Vice
President at Gartner
The Sophos Mobile 8 lets administrators
manage and secure corporate-owned
and personal Mac, Windows and mobile
endpoints in the cloud-based Sophos Central
management platform to deliver a simpler
management strategy for businesses of
any size. This unified approach to endpoint
management ensures consistent security
policies and secure access to resources
regardless of an employee’s choice of device.
Sophos Mobile 8 adds a range of
management features like MacOS
management and configuration, Windows
10 application management, and extended
Android and iOS management functionality.
“Mobile devices continue to be the fastest
growing malware target,” said Dan Schiappa,
Senior Vice-President and General Manager
of Products at Sophos. “Personal and
IoT devices on the network represent a
significant threat to corporate security due
to management and discovery issues.
“With Sophos Mobile 8, IT admins in any
size of business can manage and secure all
their MacOS, Windows and mobile endpoints
from a single management platform.
“This streamlined approach to security
management helps both administrators
and users save time and effort, improving
productivity across the business.”
A
worldwide survey of 196
organisations by Gartner showed
that 91% have not yet reached a
‘transformational’ level of maturity in
data and analytics, despite this area
being a number one investment priority
for CIOs in recent years.
“Most organisations should be doing
better with data and analytics, given the
potential benefits,” said Nick Heudecker,
Research Vice President at Gartner.
“Organisations at transformational levels
of maturity enjoy increased agility, better
integration with partners and suppliers
and easier use of advanced predictive
and prescriptive forms of analytics. This
all translates to competitive advantage
and differentiation.”
The global survey asked respondents
to rate their organisations according
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to Gartner’s five levels of maturity for
data and analytics (basic, opportunistic,
systematic, differentiating and
transformational). It found that 60% of
respondents worldwide rated themselves
in the lowest three levels.
The survey revealed that 48% of
organisations in Asia Pacific (APAC)
reported their data and analytics maturity
to be in the top two levels. This compares
to 44% in North America and just 30% in
Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
The majority of respondents worldwide
assessed themselves at level three
(34%) or level four (31%). A total of
21% of respondents were at level two,
and 5% at the basic level, level one. Just
9% of organisations surveyed reported
themselves at the highest level, level
five, where the biggest transformational
benefits lie. n
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