ARM reveals what it claims is the most energy efficient microprocessor yet-- the Cortex-MO+, a 32-bit processor the company says uses around 30% of the power a basic 8-bit processor consumes.

It is the successor to the Cortex-MO, the chip carrying the smallest ARM architecture. The MO+ retains the architecture, yet slashes power consumptions to 9µA/MHz on a low-cost 90nm LP process.

ARM says the MO+ chip can find a variety of applications-- not necessarily mobile devices, but home appliances, lighting and power systems and even medical monitoring Read more...

ClarioNET shows off its all-in-one mobile enterprise solution at CeBIT 2012-- allowing access and use of software or services on a server or PC using any internet-capable mobile device. 

The software integrates 2 solutions-- a Server Gateway (a WebSocket server plus HTTP server, using and allowing computer and session management, server side directory sharing, etc) and the HTML 5 client (connects to Server Gateway from any WebSocket-enabled browser). 

The company says the solution can forward multiple client connections to multiple remote hosts, Read more...

While everyone was focusing on the iPad 3 launch Apple quietly released the Apple Configurator-- a free iDevice (iPhones and iPads) configuration and deployment tool for large organisations. 

The software allows admins to configure up to 30 iOS devices at a time by setting up new devices, installing enterprise apps and enrolling each device with a remote management solution. 

Some commentors speculate the Configurator is similar to the software Apple uses to reset devices in showrooms. 

Despite being consumer devices, growing numbers of iOS devices Read more...

Forrester Research suggests companies start taking the idea of having a chief mobility officer (CMO) more seriously-- a CMO might be key to successful mobile strategy. 

"To remain vital in this business technology reformation, CIOs must step up and work with other executives to establish an "office of the chief mobility officer" to implement an enterprisewide mobile strategy," the analyst says. 

The concept of a CMO is not exactly new-- but with mobile enterprise growing rapidly in importance, companies risk being left behind. Forrester predicts Read more...