Have you implemented MDM (Mobile Device Management) in your company, yet?

Mobile Device Management (MDM) applications are slowly but surely penetrating into the enterprise. With the increasing BYOD culture among employees, many want to use their own mobiles/tablets during work. While it maybe possible to implement a strict ‘no personal device connectivity to the enterprise network’ policy, it is difficult to enforce it. It maybe better to manage and control all the mobile devices being used by employees. That way, you can not only protect enterprise data from being stolen, but you can also improve the productivity of employees. This can be achieved by deploying MDM solutions.

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Have a look at some functions performed by Mobile Device Management (MDM) Software for the enterprise:

  • MDM provides inventory, control and reporting tools for all the mobile devices (phones, tablets) used in the enterprise.
  • MDM enables productivity applications like e-mail, calendar, instant messaging and business mobile apps (ERP, CRM, etc.) to be used by employees on the go, where ever they are. This improves the productivity of employees and everyone dependent on them, as well. Things like approvals get done faster!
  • Encourages BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) culture to the workplace and hence increases employee satisfaction.
  • Keeps personal and work info separate from each other.
  • MDM can enforce authentication, encryption for the data stored on the mobile device, SD cards.
  • Performs remote wipe OTA (Over The Air) in case any employee cell phone is lost. This protects the company data from reaching the wrong hands.
  • MDM automates important management tasks like inventory management, device/OS configuration, software updates/distribution, back-up/restore, etc. on the mobile device without user intervention.
  • Administrators can remotely manage applications/files for any mobile device managed by the MDM software OTA (Over The Air).
  • Administrators can control the applications (apps) that can be used by employees at work.
  • MDM allows administrators to divide employees into various groups and implement/enforce mobile usage policies for each group based on their function/grade.
  • Provides centralized protection for mobile phones and tablets from virus/malware.

As you may know, Blackberry is a popular mobile phone company catering to the enterprise segment. Blackberry offers an MDM application that can manage not only Blackberry phones, but also iOS and Android-based phones. You can read technical details about their MDM offering from here.

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