As a growing number of organizations are discovering the difficulties associated with the mobilization of their workforces — and finding that their IT departments just are not equipped to handle service questions about myriad operating systems, let alone the really scary security issues — there is growing realization that this consumerization of IT can be harnessed for the good of the organization.
With Fiberlink’s MaaS360 garnering an award for best enterprise mobile server, and one of the subsets of that award being “best mobile application management,” the definition of mobile device management expanding beyond simply being able to wipe devices from a distance is finally getting some mainstream attention.
Nearly every one of our clients has been interested in the security functions that an MDM platform provides, but the REAL interest is in the workflow enhancements, application management and marketing capability enhancements that a smart execution can provide.
2012 is going to be a breakout year for mobility, and “securing mobile devices” is really only a small piece (albeit, very important) of the mobilization wave. One of the coolest aspects of being in this space is the complete blue ocean of possibility for the application of mobile devices as tools to push the current limits.
