Leveraging the Cloud and Managed Services to Solve MDM Challenges

Leveraging the Cloud and Managed Services to Solve MDM Challenges — With the explosion of smartphones and mobile devices in the enterprise, mobile device management (MDM) has become one of the biggest challenges for IT departments. As a company grows and expands globally, the issues surrounding MDM only become more complicated. A well-thought-out strategic approach to managing the growing diversity of mobile devices, applications, and operating systems is crucial, particularly for multinational companies with operations spread around the globe and potentially thousands of employees connecting to the corporate network via mobile devices. Earlier this year industry researcher Gartner reported nearly 430 million mobile communication devices were sold worldwide in the first quarter of 2011, an almost 20 percent increase year-over -year. This number will increase in 2012 as more smartphones are issued to employees and more employee-owned personal mobile devices connect with corporate servers and networks. Whether corporate-issued or employee-owned, the benefits of mobile devices to businesses are clear: without being tied to the office and armed with the ability to work on-the-go, employees can significantly increase productivity.