{"id":35930,"date":"2019-07-23T18:41:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T10:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=35930"},"modified":"2019-07-24T11:22:03","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T03:22:03","slug":"security-issues-still-daunting-but-right-products-and-solutions-can-help-zebra-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2019\/07\/23\/security-issues-still-daunting-but-right-products-and-solutions-can-help-zebra-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Security issues still daunting, but right products and solutions can help \u2013 Zebra Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>According to Tracy Yeo, Zebra Technologies country lead in the Philippines, the top three issues that are hindering the widespread adoption of cloud technology in the Philippines are: fear of security breaches, lack of IT knowledge, and the lack of internet infrastructure in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As it is, \u201centerprises in the Philippines consider cloud\ntechnology to be a powerful tool that can improve business operations and\nservices. In fact, about 30% of the total workload in the country are already\nin the cloud,\u201d Yeo said. \u201cHowever, while businesses are open to adopting cloud\ntechnology, most of them are wary about the security of the platform. This is\nespecially after several high-profile security breaches that have taken place\nin recent years. The general perception in the country is that transitioning to\nthe cloud makes users more vulnerable to security breaches.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local companies also have a shortage in in-house IT talents\nwho have the expertise in cloud technology to assist their companies with the\nimplementation. \u201cTherefore, they will have to rely on reliable partners who can\ndo a proper job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And lastly, \u201cIoT execution requires a strong IT\ninfrastructure to support it. Therefore, local businesses are experiencing\ndifficulties in shifting to the cloud due to the lack of internet infrastructures\nin the Philippines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Yeo said that there are companies \u2013 such as Zebra Technologies\n\u2013 that \u201chas been empowering\u201d businesses to achieve \u201cperformance edge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Zebra Technology\u2019s case, in particular, \u201cfor the past 50\nyears, (we have) a wide range of solutions and products including mobile\ncomputers, printers, scanners, RFID solutions, locating systems hardware and\nsoftware, among others, to cater to the varying needs of its end-customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are also specific solutions to the three issues that \u2013\nfor her \u2013 hinder cloud adoption in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To address security worries, she admitted that \u201cwhile\nsecurity breaches may sound daunting, this can be overcome by choosing the\nright products and solutions from a company that takes topic seriously. For\ninstance, Zebra has built its printers on a secure foundation of Print DNA \u2014 a\nsuite of tools that carefully control each connection and data exchange to\nsafeguard information and grant access to only authorized users. Featuring\ntechnology like PrintSecure, companies will be able to encrypt connections,\nallow only permitted access and regularly update their thermal printers to\naddress new threats. They can also leverage the data that flows through their\nthermal printers for decisive insight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, LifeGuard for Android is Zebra Technologies\u2019\nsoftware security solution that \u201cserves to extend the lifecycle of Zebra\nAndroid enterprise mobile computers\u201d. Consumer OS security support typically\nends after 36 months, short of the more-than-five-years of service life that businesses\nrequire. \u201cLifeGuard adds years of OS security support after consumer support\nstops to match the enterprise hardware lifecycle, helping business to\nsignificantly lower their total cost of ownership. With LifeGuard, businesses\nwill receive extended security support, predictable periodic security updates\nand legacy OS security support when transitioning to a newer OS. Frequent\nupdates will enhance their security and LifeGuard makes them easy to install at\ntheir discretion, either locally, or remotely via Enterprise Mobility\nManagement (EMM).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And to providing the right IT expertise, Yeo said that\ncompanies can \u201ceasily overcome (this) by working with a dependable and trusted\npartner,\u201d particularly since \u201cmost companies in the Philippines may lack the\nin-house IT expertise to help their companies to embark on the IoT journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With over 10,000 partners across 100 countries, Zebra\nTechnologies works with a \u201cworldwide network of channel partners to develop\nvaluable industry-tailored solutions that are regionally accessible for its\nend-customers. Zebra\u2019s channel partners play critical roles from developing new\ntechnologies to implementing them for our end-customers. Through these\npartnerships, Zebra enables enterprises to push beyond industry expectations\nand achieve a competitive edge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yeo said that the company is \u201calso committed to innovation\nby constantly developing products and solutions with the end-customer in mind.\nIn terms of R&amp;D, Zebra has come up with various advanced solutions\nincluding: Radio Frequency ID (RFID); MotionWorks (a real-time locationing\nsolution that can automatically sense the location of assets and inventory); and\nSavanna (a data intelligence platform that combines the Internet of Things\/IoT\nend-point connectivity, configuration management, data transport, data storage,\nanalytics and machine learning into one platform).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Zebra Technologies has an impressive line-up of\nend-to-end products and solutions and it has over 4,400 U.S. and international\npatents issued and pending. Zebra is constantly working to heighten investment\nin disruptive technologies, which is bolstered by its recent acquisitions of\nXplore Technologies and Temptime Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With these, in the end, Yeo hopes for Zebra Technologies to\nhelp the continuing push for \u201ccloudification\u201d in the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Tracy Yeo, Zebra Technologies country lead in the Philippines, the top three issues that are hindering the widespread adoption of cloud technology in the Philippines are: fear of security breaches, lack of IT knowledge, and the lack of internet infrastructure in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15,19],"tags":[1130,96,6432],"class_list":["post-35930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biz-solutions","category-business","category-headlines","tag-cloud-technology","tag-technology","tag-zebra-technologies-corporation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}