iOS 5 and iCloud - any immediate thoughts

[Mal]

Not good. Pity others haven't quite got the user experience as right as Dropbox had, but now is the prime opportunity for them to step in and clean up, because I suspect the fallout from this is not going to be pretty. Certainly reinforces what Mal said.

Ouch. And this was reported ... Many security bugs are silently fixed in the background without any information passed to customers...

Quite simply, storing data in the cloud is not palatable for many organisations. I don't care what people say about "Oh, users want the power. They demand access, IT shouldn't be restricting them. It's old school to block access to data" etc. Quite simply, knives have warnings that they have sharp edges, hairdryers warn you not to put in the bath, clothes dryers have warnings about not putting petrol soaked clothes in etc etc etc. Users are not ready to be given certain rights. IT can only prevent some stupidity from users, and securing the litany of non-corporate devices is only getting harder and harder.

PS, I have *yet another* meeting tomorrow regarding Ipad security and how do we make them secure. Why do I bother? We've been over the same security issues with iOS multiple times, and can only implement insecure access to the network. Apple need to learn a huge amount about what corporates want (and no, not the Bling Bling CEOs and other head honchos who are attracted to shiny), but what the poor IT sods need Apple to do to get things more secure at the network level).

 

[Nigelinoz]

iPhone 5 Release Date Is September 2011: Sources

Apple plans to introduce a new iPhone in September that boasts a stronger chip for processing data and a more advanced camera, according to two people familiar with the product.
The device will include the A5 processor, the more powerful chip that Apple added to the iPad 2 earlier this year, along with an 8-megapixel camera, up from the 5-megapixel model in the iPhone 4, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the details aren't public. Apple is also testing a new version of the iPad that has a higher resolution screen, similar to the one now used in the iPhone 4, one of the people said.

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Cheers
N'oz