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Enterprise PDAs: An Unsolved Puzzle: Page 2 of 2

Security. Device manufacturers and operating system developers are only beginning to address security concerns. And because many mobile computing applications need to be designed with disconnected operation in mind, when a device gets lost or stolen, you can suffer significant exposure.

Organizational Politics. The rogue wireless LANs popping up in offices can make it frustrating for IT to implement any kind of coordinated management. It's even worse for PDAs, which are inherently individual devices.

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