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What does a Mobile Device Management

Started by smithwerner, December 20, 2011, 09:25:40 PM

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smithwerner

As new mobile platforms keep emerging, supporting and managing them has become a herculean task. Mobile Device Management is no longer a nice to have tool; it has become a necessity. Some of the common features expected from a MDM platform are:
A single and centralized console for managing different types of mobile endpoints, supporting both Corporate provided and Employee owned devices
The ability to collect inventory and security compliance data from the mobile endpoints and then provide reports
The enforcement of basic device security policies like Password, Encryption, Restrictions and execution of remote actions like Approve, Block, Wipe on the device