This week, Gartner released its Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) Suites. The Magic Quadrant is the go-to resource for an objective perspective on technology and service markets. In the report, Gartner reviewed and ranked the following 12 EMM platforms: AirWatch by VMWare, Blackberry, Citrix, Globo, Good Technology, IBM (MaaS360), Landesk, Microsoft, MobileIron, SAP, Sophos and Soti. Five suites were identified in the Leaders Quadrant, including AirWatch by VMWare, IBM (MaaS360) and MobileIron, TechOrchard’s preferred EMM partners.
Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites
Leaders have the highest product revenue in the EMM market, several years of proven customer implementations, customer mind share, and extensive partnerships with channel and other technology providers. They have the most complete products in the EMM market. Their companies are aligned with the trends of the EMM market. They possess product roadmaps that (if executed upon) would establish continued differentiation in the market. Leaders also demonstrate commitment to the EMM market. Overall, they have a strategy that creates a high likelihood of success in this market.
Vendor inclusion in the report was based on the following criteria:
- The vendor must have at least $12 million in 2014 EMM revenue.
- There must be five references from organizations using the EMM product in production.
- The vendor must offer EMM support for iOS, Android and Windows Phone.
- The vendor must provide MDM, MAM through app wrapping or an SDK, and MCM.
For a summary of the strengths and cautions of each of the 12 EMM suites evaluated, as well as more information on the evaluation criteria used to rank them, view the report here. Then, contact TechOrchard at 913.685.1475 to determine which is right for your organization, and how you can use EMM to integrate mobile devices into your security frameworks and systems and information technology life cycles.
