Mobile Device Management in the Workplace

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Currently, there are over 1 billion smartphone users worldwide. Mobile devices are no longer a method of calling one another. Smartphones give users the ability to not only contact other individuals, but also browse the internet, conduct business, manage funds, work on developmental projects, and much, much more. With the expanding capabilities of mobile devices, it is no surprise that many modern companies are instituting using them as tools in the workplace. According to Forbes.com, by 2015, mobile app development projects will outnumber native personal computer projects by a ratio of four to one. With the trending movement towards more smartphones in the workplace, mobile device management and security is crucial to company preservation.

Mobile device management reduces both security risks and support costs, by controlling configuration as well as data on employee devices. This security protects smartphones and their data in the event they are lost, stolen or damaged. Encrypting company used phones is a way to prevent important project data from being removed from a phone that is lost or stolen. The Advanced Encryption Standard algorithm is a data scrambling system published in 1998 and adopted as a U.S. government standard in 2001. It is widely regarded as unbreakable. With so many mobile devices being used as developmental tools, it has become very important to encrypt all phones with company data.

Many companies institute a bring your own device (BYOD) policy to using mobile devices in the workplace. A survey in 2012 found that 74 percent of companies allow some level of BYOD usage. Having a BYOD policy makes iPhone security and iphone management that much more important for a company. Having mobile device management ensures all devices are properly encrypted, patched and configured to company standards. When there is a potential for hundreds of phones all containing project data, organization and management makes workplace mobile device usage feasible.

17 thoughts on “Mobile Device Management in the Workplace

  1. Cell phones have come a long way since the days of giant bricks. Now they are powerful handheld computers and it makes sense to protect them if you are going to use them as such.

  2. If you are like me, then losing and breaking phones is like second nature. If you are going to be storing project data on one, better make sure you are protected.

  3. If you are like me, then losing and breaking phones is like second nature. If you are going to be storing project data on one, better make sure you are protected.

  4. If you are like me, then losing and breaking phones is like second nature. If you are going to be storing project data on one, better make sure you are protected.

  5. If you are like me, then losing and breaking phones is like second nature. If you are going to be storing project data on one, better make sure you are protected.

  6. If you are like me, then losing and breaking phones is like second nature. If you are going to be storing project data on one, better make sure you are protected.

  7. If you are like me, then losing and breaking phones is like second nature. If you are going to be storing project data on one, better make sure you are protected.

  8. If you are like me, then losing and breaking phones is like second nature. If you are going to be storing project data on one, better make sure you are protected.

  9. If you are like me, then losing and breaking phones is like second nature. If you are going to be storing project data on one, better make sure you are protected.

  10. If you are like me, then losing and breaking phones is like second nature. If you are going to be storing project data on one, better make sure you are protected.

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