While the strap on the back is an optional accessory, we see its appeal for securing the device in hand, and fully expect it'll be a popular add-on for enterprise customers.

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Well, securing and managing those devices, aka Mobile Device Management, aka MDM, is necessary, of course.

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He told Le Figaro newspaper in 2000 that the device was useful for loosening tongues and securing information which could save lives.

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Though CIOs feared what a device like this would mean in terms of securing the network of the company, the truth is it was often they who were the first to play around with iPhone, as CIOs are always interested in the newest technology toy to play around with.

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An external device such as this shield by MIT has a number of advantages over securing the devices themselves.

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