The AB C s of Mobile Device Management
Hundreds of models, multiple carriers, OSs from Gingerbread to Jelly Bean Android fragmentation is scary for IT, but it s far from a problem with Mobile Device Management (MDM). If you can control the minimum OS, turn off feature security holes, and force email encryption, Android can go from scary to OK to carry.
Bring Your Own Device is simple in concept, but for IT the concept is suspect. People want to carry their own devices, actually over 350 million in the next few years. With Mobile Device Management, concerns about security fade away while all the benefits stay in play.
MaaS stands for Mobility as a Service, we believe so much in cloud infrastructure that we made it our product s name. Cloud gives you instant-on, launch day updates, lower total cost of ownership, and elastic scalability. It s time to think literally out of the box.
Sharing documents on mobile devices is simple; securely sharing documents becomes a bit trickier. Consumer apps like Dropbox have their place, but not in business. You need a document management solution that ensures corporate information is protected, while providing employees a simple way to access up-to-date documents anytime, anywhere from their mobile devices.
IT knows the benefits of leveraging Mobile Device Management; end users not so much. We guarantee, though, that if you make MDM enrollment simple we mean one-click simple users will enroll devices gladly to gain access to network resources.
Do you buy a car before you take a test drive, or a house before a walk-thru? Your Mobile Device Management service should be just as transparent. Anyone who doesn t offer a preview is probably hiding something. Ask for 30 days free, you deserve it.
Mobility should simplify life, not make it harder. Employees don t want to think about connecting to resources, they simply want to be connected. With Mobile Device Management you can configure devices to securely access the resources they need when they need them.
Mobile Device Management isn t just about end users, it s about simplifying IT s life as well. Some solutions require complex setups with user guides that rival the page count of War & Peace. The right Mobile Device Management solution can be robust without being complicated. Look for streamlined workflows with a simple, clear interface that automates time- and resource-intensive MDM tasks.
The ios mobile platform comes with some of the best security features for the enterprise, with its native encryption, strong MDM APIs, and curated app store. However, for further control like over-the-air configuration, security policy management, and sharing apps and docs, Mobile Device Management is the only answer.
Despite the wonderful out-of-the-box features of Apple ios, some users look for more control by Jailbreaking or hacking the OS. Flexibility comes with a price though, and that price is malware. Detect and block these security sieves with Mobile Device Management.
As connectivity gets faster, employees will begin to stream more content. That s perfect if they are on their own data plan, but less than perfect if the company is footing the bill. And let s not even begin to talk about the tall tallies from roaming. Stay on top of expenses and create policies within your MDM solution to control data usage heading for the stratosphere.
The tinier devices get, the easier they get lost. All hope is not lost though, nor does it mean IT has to spend all day playing Sherlock Holmes trying to track devices down. With Mobile Device Management, employees can start the hunt from their own self service portal, complete with integrated maps that will show with pinpoint accuracy where the device resides.
While there are native applications that can do the basics of Mobile Device Management, only a true MDM solution will make IT s life easier. Over-the-Air configuration, full and selective wipe, app management, secure document sharing, and safeguards for privacy of employee data are the hallmarks of true MDM.
It seems like every day there s a new OS update for the popular mobile platforms. While users might be infatuated with all the new bells and whistles, IT knows the havoc these wreak behind the scenes. Mobile Device Management lets you block devices that fall out of the corporate standard and allows for real-time communication to tell employees it s time to roll back.
Mobile devices freed communications to an anytime, anywhere activity, so why should management of the devices be any different? If employees have to bring a device to IT for enrollment or configuration, you re doing something wrong. True MDM works wherever IT and end users need it to.
Even before the proliferation of Bring Your Own Device, employees have always had apprehension over IT playing the role of Big Brother. With Mobile Device Management corporate security professionals can create policies to restrict what IT does and does not see.
On-premises is so 90s. Why spend weeks or even months deploying an on-premises Mobile Device Management solution, when cloud offers the same security and control without the added costs and complexities of deploying hardware and software, and dedicating additional resources to support the solution on an ongoing basis?
BlackBerry has taken a lot of lumps recently, but there s no denying the devotion to BlackBerry for the original killer app: email. Still, time marches on and people want options. If you find yourself with one foot in BlackBerry and the other in Android and ios, only Mobile Device Management can manage all three from one console.
IT shouldn t have to handle every mobile issue, and with Mobile Device Management they don t have to. Simple functions like resetting passwords, finding out where the device might have been left behind (usually at home) and checking data usage can all be handled through Mobile Device Management self-service portals.
Not only can you be up and running with cloud-based Mobile Device Management in mere minutes, the time savings continue once the solution is in place. Over-theair enrollment and management, doc distribution and app control save countless hours in productivity for end-users and give IT time to focus on higher value activities for the organization.
You can t protect what you don t know about. Smartphones and tablets make connecting to your email servers a snap for end users without any IT intervention. Ask yourself how many devices are connected to your corporate systems and then check. Chances are the number will be much higher than expected. With MDM, you know who is connected where always.
Apple s Volume Purchasing Program (VPP) enables you to purchase publically available apps or specifically developed third-party apps in bulk. MDM integrates with Apple s VPP for order management and tracking of volume purchases, distribution of application redemption codes and licenses, application installation and compliance monitoring. And the best benefit is not needing to track APP purchases on a sticky note.
People love their phones, but it s generally not the hardware that sets our hearts aflutter it s the personal experience of apps, photos or your child s voice as your ringtone. No one wants these precious assets compromised. With the right MDM solution personal and corporate never cross streams, and when someone leaves the company you can wipe their corporate data with no loss to their true device value.
Medicine, education, retail, finance and countless other industries have transformed the concept of apps from time-wasters to time-enablers. Then there are other apps which have no place in a corporation. With MDM you can control the apps that make it to the device and the ones that should be left in the app store for after work.
Gen Y and Millennials are flooding the work force and these digital natives live and die by their mobile devices. You don t want to tell this next generation of best and brightest workers they are constrained to the old ways of business and communicating. Say yes to the devices they know best and reap the rewards.
End users and IT rejoice when mobility works seamlessly and is easy to manage. Mobile Device Management will evolve over the next few years, but it certainly won t go away. Start making your life and the lives of those you support easier now - start using MDM.