Monday, August 15, 2011

Mobile Device Management (MDM) Solutions

Mobile device management ideally should be a combination of general management and security. It should have the ability to make company wide changes from one central interface and to have the functionality to enable and enforce security such as wiping a mobile device clean or being able to wipe off just the corporate settings and data.

The usual aspects should be taken into consideration such as the ability to support many smart phones (Blackberry, Android, Apple, Symbian, Windows Mobile, etc), a granular and functionally powerful management system as well as being easy to install and administer.

Mobile device management for various smart phones is a fairly new aspect that organisations have just started to invest in to. We expect more vendors to come on board in the future and to integrate mobile management into their existing solutions.

 Absolute Software specialises in security software for endpoints and mobile devices and deliver a product known as Absolute Manage MDM which can remotely manage Apple mobile devices.
 
 
AirWatch provide an MDM solution designed for Apple iOS users which include the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad devices.

Blackberry Enterprise Server supports Exchange, Lotus Domino and GroupWise. This product is for Blackberry devices only. Blackberry provide an in-house solution as well as a hosted service.

Boxtone software includes the support of Apple, Android and Windows Mobile. Boxtone is a dedicated mobility device management vendor.

Dell have introduced a portfolio of mobility services which includes a MDM solution.

F-Secure known for their malware protection for home and business users offer mobile phone security and management.

Good is a dedicated mobile phone security and control vendor. Good support various mobile phone devices and offer mobile phone management in the cloud as a services.

Kaspersky have a mobile device management software that is also integrated with it's anti-virus for mobile devices. It is capable of locating a mobile device using Google maps and able to sense when the SIM card has been changed and providing the administrator with the new phone number.

LANDesk specialise in life cycle management, endpoint security management and IT service management. LANDesk Mobility Management is a mobile device management software product solution.

MaaS360 by Fibrelink deliver mobile device management as a cloud based service. The technology supports Apple iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows phone and Symbian devices.

Mcafee Enterprise Mobility Management software provides management and security for various mobile devices. Mcafee have integrated this technology in to their central management system.
 
Microsoft Exchange provide basic mobile device management through their ActiveSync protocol.

 Mformation is a mobile device management software solutions vendor. Mformation's solution is known as Mobile Device Manager.

 Mobile Iron is an MDM vendor with a powerful mobile management and security solution.

Mobiquant Technologies deliver security and management solutions for mobile devices. MobileNX Enterprise Suite is a smartphone security and management appliance suited for medium to large networks.

Pointsec Mobile Security is a product by Check Point Software Technologies that is more of a dedicated encryption product for mobile devices.

Sophos Mobile Control supports management of iPhones, iPads, Androids and Windows smartphones. Sophos Mobile Control is a new solution introduced in April 2011.

 
Sybase is a large vendor with a number of services and solutions including an MDM solution as well as other mobile solutions and services.

 Symantec is one of the largest software vendors in the world and specialise in storage and security solutions. Symantec offer an MDM solution known as Symantec Mobile Management.

Zenprise specialise in mobile device management solutions.

2 comments:

  1. I Like to add one more important thing here, The global Mobile Device Management (MDM) market is expected to grow more than US$ 15.7 billion by 2026, at a CAGR of 29.5% during the forecast period.

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