In the past couple of years, smart mobile devices have improved the productivity of many organizations. From push email to complex applications, today’s smartphones let users chuck their notebooks for all but the most data-intensive tasks. Many of today’s handheld devices pack more processing power than high-end notebooks did at the start of the decade.
But mobile devices can give the most seasoned IT professional something to worry about. If you’re lucky, you’re running an all-Windows Mobile or Research In Motion shop (and if you’re really lucky, none of your senior executives are insisting on having an iPhone). But even if you only have to manage a single platform, you still have to manage the ways in which your employees use these devices, how you go about updating devices, how you monitor phone usage, and how to keep these devices and the data housed in them secure, among many other issues.
You may have an advanced MDM (mobile device management) solution in place or at least tools that would make up such a solution. Perhaps you don’t. Regardless, MDM, as with any other IT initiative, cannot be solved just by having the right technologies. The strategies you put in place will determine your success in managing your mobile devices across your network—and if you’re especially adept, it may mean an iPhone for yourself in the future. Here are a few things to keep in mind when mapping out your plan of action.
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