For several years now, the consumerization of IT — the use of personal devices and services at work — has been an issue in the news and in the boardroom. With its latest phone, the Galaxy Note7, Samsung has almost literally reversed the trend and brought the concerns of business — specifically, data security — to a consumer phone.

The Note7 starts presales on August 3rd and ships on August 19th. (At the time of this writing, prices were not yet available; the phone was expected to be available from major carriers with an unlocked version being offered sometime in the future.)
It offers two new security features, one of which — the Secure Folder — offers the kind of container solution that has, up until now, been available almost solely for enterprise use.

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