Make iPhones, Android, and Other Smartphones Live Happily Together On Your Network
Whether your users work from iPhones and iPads, Android devices, or some other mobile platform, it is your job as an IT administrator to manage access to network resources and protect company data stored on mobile devices. Managing mobile devices—particularly in mixed-platform environments—requires smart management.
You already have enough on your plate, and probably don’t need yet another management console or framework to administer. Fortunately, you can often use the same management software you use for your laptops and desktops to maintain your mobile devices as well.
Sophos Mobile Control
Some of the most widely used platforms are those offered by IBM Tivoli, Microsoft, and Symantec. If you’re not already using one of these management suites, or are using one that doesn’t support mobile devices, purpose-built mobile device security suites, such as Sophos Mobile Controlcan help you get your mobile devices under control.
Regardless of the solution you choose, the goal of mobile device management (MDM) is to give you the tools you need to effectively manage the mobile devices for your company, whether they’re company-issued or employee-owned. MDM allows you to define the apps that should be used, set policies, and configure the security settings of the mobile devices in use.
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