Mobile Device Management

Mobile Device Management (MDM) tools are used for managing devices in an enterprise, what are known as BYOD (Bring Your Own Device). MDM is now a multi-billion-dollar industry, and there are some more mature products out there that will help you manage employees’ devices in a consistent way across your enterprise.

Figure 8-6 shows a list of devices that are being managed using VMware’s MDM solution, AirWatch.

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Figure 8-6 AirWatch MDM solution

BYODs provide some obvious benefits:

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