Google’s Eric Schmidt went to the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo and had a question-and-answer session with attendees. At the end of it, this happened:
Summarizing what he had heard during the 45-minute session, [Gartner analyst David] Willis said to Schimdt, “What I heard was Android is more secure than the iPhone,” to which Schmidt replied, “Android is very secure.”
The audience again gave a hearty chuckle. Schmidt paused and said, “You will be happier with Gmail, Chrome and Android more than you can possibly imagine.”
The audience chuckled again, and Willis, chuckling himself, responded, “…that makes it a wrap.”
Clearly the crowd wasn’t convinced. It may have something to do with the fact that Android isn’t seen as being secure by many including the US Government. That’s a problem if you want to push your phone platform into the enterprise as those users really, really care about that.
It looks like Google has some work to do to change the perception that they’re not secure.
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Schmidt Says Android More Secure Than iOS…. Laughter Ensues
Google’s Eric Schmidt went to the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo and had a question-and-answer session with attendees. At the end of it, this happened:
Summarizing what he had heard during the 45-minute session, [Gartner analyst David] Willis said to Schimdt, “What I heard was Android is more secure than the iPhone,” to which Schmidt replied, “Android is very secure.”
The audience again gave a hearty chuckle. Schmidt paused and said, “You will be happier with Gmail, Chrome and Android more than you can possibly imagine.”
The audience chuckled again, and Willis, chuckling himself, responded, “…that makes it a wrap.”
Clearly the crowd wasn’t convinced. It may have something to do with the fact that Android isn’t seen as being secure by many including the US Government. That’s a problem if you want to push your phone platform into the enterprise as those users really, really care about that.
It looks like Google has some work to do to change the perception that they’re not secure.
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