Mobile Device Management InfoCenter
It's time for MSPs to look at Mobile Device Management from a different angle. Ultimately, the real MDM opportunity involves information protection, data retention, corporate compliance and network security. More than helping your customers to procure smartphones and tablets, MSPs have the opportunity to develop business strategies that mobilize customers while safeguarding corporate assets. But how can you balance information access with information protection? And what are the recurring revenue business models in the MDM market? Visit this InfoCenter daily for timely answers and market insights.
Will Black Friday Change Mobile Device Management?
Black Friday is upon us, the day of the year in the United States that kicks off holiday shopping and retailers hope to break even for the year (black instead of red). That means lots of retail stores are offering lots of deals to lure shoppers into the store to buy. Does that mean you’ll see much in terms of new mobile devices sneaking onto your clients’ business networks in the weeks ahead?
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Windows 8 on Tablets: Why MDM Must Support Microsoft’s OS
In spite of all the promotion and fanfare from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) over its new Windows 8 operating system, the first OS Microsoft has designed with touch screens and tablets in mind, sales so far have failed to impress. Does that mean that you don’t have to address this OS in your mobile device management strategy? For now, perhaps. But that may change. Here’s why.
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MDM: Balancing Customer Privacy and Smartphone, Tablet Management
When it comes to mobile device management (MDM), managed services providers are trying to maintain a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, MSPs want to proactively manage smartphones and tablets — protecting data and keeping users productive. On the other hand, customers want to ensure MSPs are not prying into email, confidential documents and other content that flows across mobile devices. In an MSPmentor FastChat interview, Tony Thomas, director of product management at LabTech Software, describes how to strike that balance.
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Mobile Device Management 2013: Can You Trust Forecasts?
With 2013 around the corner we all can expect an array of vendors, managed services providers (MSPs), and analysts to proffer you and MSPmentor and other blogs and publications with predictions for the mobile device management (MDM) market in 2013. While these timely pundits may hope to gain attention for their predictions, we’re staying on the cautious side.
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Gartner’s Mobile Device OS Rankings: Bada? Who’s Bada?
Gartner (NYSE:IT) this week released its quarterly look at mobile device sales, smartphone sales, and the dominant manufacturers and operating systems. As you might have guessed, Android and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) topped the list for operating systems, with Android garnering sales of 122.5 million units and marketshare of 72.4 percent and Apple iOS with sales of 23.6 million units and marketshare of 13.9. RIM was number three. And number four was… Windows? Symbian? No, it was bada. Leading this blogger to wonder: who’s bada?
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Nehring Technology: Getting the Most from MDM Marketing
Nehring Technology, based in Stephenville, Texas, has been providing business technology solutions since 2006 and became a managed service provider (MSP) in 2010. The company’s mission is focused on enhancing and improving business technology through proactive maintenance and support. This is part three of a six-part series investigating how MSPs can successfully integrate mobile device management into their service offerings.
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