89% IT professionals, questioned have smartphones or tablets connected to their corporate networks but Apple iOS is the most common mobile platform used to connect in corporate environments. IOS accounts for 30% of the devices connected, followed by BlackBerry with its 29% and Android’s 21%. The Windows Mobil Phone still accounts for 18% of the total connected devices.

71% consider that the addition of mobile devices on the corporate networks contributed to increased security incidents. However, Google’s Android is regarded the less secure among the platforms. It is considered to introduce the greatest security risks, the answer came from 43% of those asked.

Google is working hard to overcome the security risks of Android in order to suit the needs of businesses. There’s even a Security Enhanced version of the platform, released by the NSA, that aims at solving some of the problems related to security. However, the corporate world still thinks it is less secure than Apple’s iOS which is also less secure than RIM’s BlackBerry OS.

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Samsung has made of one of the most popular phones of the year in the Galaxy S II. Neil Mawston, an analyst at Strategy Analytics told Bloomberg that Samsung might have sold more smartphones than Apple and Nokia during April, May and June.

Mawston said, “Samsung is estimated to have sold between 18 million and 21 million smart phones globally in the April-June quarter, compared with 16.7 million for Nokia and 20.3 million iPhones“.

The possible total of 21 million isn’t solely Galaxy S II models, in fact we’re still wondering if Samsung knows how many of those it has sold after much confusion over its pre-orders and sales figures. Samsung has yet to launch the Galaxy S II smartphone in the US.

If we include basic phones into the equation Mawston reckons that Samsung will have 20 per cent market share compared to Nokia’s 26 per cent. If this prediction comes to fruition then it would be the smallest gap in phone shipments between the two firms to date.

Samsung also makes budget smart phones such as the Galaxy Europa and Galaxy Mini. These phones bring Google’s Android operating system to consumers who can’t afford a pricey contract tariff or whopping SIM free payment.

In terms of market share, we have recently learned that Apple has overtaken Nokia. Figures from IDC showed Apple with 21 per cent market share compared to Nokia’s 20 per cent. According to IDC, Samsung had 14 per cent.

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