Mobile Device Management Provides Control And Cost Savings

By Brian Albright, Integrated Solutions magazine

Mobile computing solutions play an increasingly important role in enterprise operations, from the warehouse floor to the delivery truck, and from the corporate conference room to the sales teams' cellular phones. Because every mobile device in use has to be provisioned, supported, and updated, managing those operations has become a logistical nightmare for IT departments. That's why many companies have turned to third-party MDM software platforms to handle these support functions. "IT administrators desire to manage these devices like the servers, desktops, and notebooks in the rest of their organization, but are challenged with the rapid growth and diversity of these devices," says Mark Gentile, CEO of Odyssey Software. "Mobile device management is required to improve user productivity, control costs, and lower TCO [total cost of ownership]."