Red Bend is working on the notification engine, which will determine how users will be alerted if, for instance, they are using the personal side of the phone and receive an email on the work side of the phone, Sylvia said.

She demonstrated listening to a podcast on the My Office side. When she toggled to the personal side, the podcast continued to run but she could no longer hear it. She could, however, open a music player and play music on the personal side of the phone. The demonstration showed that the two versions of Android share a single set of audio drivers but can continue to work simultaneously.

Interest in running dual personas on a single device appears to be growing. Earlier this week that uses technology from Enterproid. Enterproid does not use virtualization technology but instead runs applications like email and a browser in a secure sandbox.

"A sandbox is a patch. It's a short-term solution," according to Sylvia.

The shortcoming with a sandbox is that applications must be written specially to run in the secure area. With virtualization like that from Red Bend, any application written for Android can run on the business side of the phone. Administrators can limit the kinds of applications available there, reducing the likelihood of malware infecting corporate data.