Details on Mobile Device Management.

1. Mobile Device Management
Author: Balag

2. MDM- The Pain

3. Mobile Device Management (MDM)
Mobile Device Management (MDM) is a security application used by an IT department to monitor,
manage and secure employee's mobile devices being used in the organization.
The mobile device management tool:
Is compatible with common handheld device operating platforms and applications.
 Can function through multiple service providers.
Can be implemented over the air, targeting specific devices as necessary.
Can be deploy in next-generation hardware, operating platforms and applications quickly.

4. Why do we need MDM?
 Secure, monitor, manage mobile devices
 Remote distribution of applications, data and configuration settings for all mobile devices in a
network, support costs and business security risks are lowered
 Deploy, manage, block or remove rogue apps on individual or groups of devices
 Reducing the risk of dangerous mobile malware
 Maintaining data plan and call budgets
 Locate and track connected devices in real time via Google Maps
 Configuration and management for backup process of all mobile devices
 User audit such as call logs, call costs, messages sent and received as well as the apps that have
been installed or removed

5. Market Need for MDM
 International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates 450 million smart phones manufactured in 2011 and
expected to double by 2013
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6. Market Need for MDM
Osterman Research:
 28% of employees in the US in 2011 use company mobile devices which is expected to rise up to 33% in
2012
 Forrester reports 49% of small business owners use Smartphone's
Proportion of North American Employees Using Company Supplied / Funded Smartphone's
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7. The Cost
 Gartner reports companies spend $2,500 a year per device
 Timico says 42.5% of companies spend time daily managing devices
 14% spend one day per week managing devices
Exponential MDM Market Size

8.  Configuration Management
 Configures Corporate Email Server, Exchange Active Sync, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
(LDAP)
 Configures Virtual Private Network (VPN), Wi-Fi and Access Points
 Remote Monitoring
 Remote Diagnostics, Remote Access, Device Performance
 Security Management
 Remote Lock, Wipe, Device Locate, Backup, Restore, SD Card Blocking
 Application Management
 Application Tracking, Install, Remove, Update, Configure
 Document Management
 Document Publish, Tracking
 Multi lingual support and Content Management System
 SAAS module Integration
Imperatives

9. Big Names