Organisations these days are much more mobile than ever before. It’s no longer a hindrance to work from home, sometimes being more productive than working in an office following a long commute. Employees also expect flexibility and freedom from their devices to be able to do their jobs effectively.

It’s now quite straightforward to manage remote working using Enterprise Mobility software. End users can gain secure access to applications and data from anywhere, using any device. Making the right applications available is key as if workers don’t have what they need they tend to find a workaround. This causes IT significant security and compliance issues. It’s also imperative to not simply open up the whole server, there has to be control over what sensitive corporate data is available to whom.

Having Enterprise Mobility Management in place can more readily enable hot-desking. Where in the past each user needed to logon to their own PC, it’s now a virtual machine, allowing any user to login to any machine to access their personal environment. This can cut down on office space expenditure if it becomes less necessary for every employee to have their own fixed full time working area.

M-Tech can help you figure out what level of solution your organisation needs and recommend the most appropriate Enterprise Mobility Management software possible.

There are different arguments behind BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and COPE (Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled).

BYOD comes with both security and manageability concerns. Devices which are personally owned by employees are very difficult, if not impossible, for IT to govern. However, with practically every employee having a personal device, this does lead to a much lower outlay in the first instance. BYOD also allows users to have more freedom as they pick their own devices and aren’t constantly watched over by IT. This can lead to a happier and more productive workforce. Without a little bit of management within the BYOD model issues such as compatibility or security breaches can come into play.

COPE aims to give back some control to IT but also acknowledges and embraces the users’ desire to work with consumer devices. The organisation purchases the device in this case but allows use of it for personal tasks. As the devices are corporate-owned, IT are able to have some say in limiting models, services and/or apps enabling more compliance with legal or regulatory parameters. By the device being managed by IT updates can also be applied seamlessly, and costs looked at as a whole to negotiate bulk purchases.

Whichever model you choose to adopt M-Tech Systems can assist you with implementing this organisation-wide with Mobile Device Management tools.

The growing number of different mobile devices, platforms and operating systems no longer has to be a daunting prospect for IT managers. Specific Mobile Device Management (MDM) enables organisations to address the challenges associated with mobility by providing a controlled view of all devices from a centralised admin area. Devices can be enrolled into the organisation’s management scheme and managed wirelessly. MDM can also be used to manage BYOD users, eliminating the challenges of cost, complexity and user revolt, both for Apple and Android devices.

Having access to your files from any device is an essential part of having a mobile first infrastructure. Foldr is the perfect companion to mobile device deployments for educational establishments. The platform uses existing user account data and acts as a gateway between existing storage and connected devices. Foldr is a cross platform solution that provides simple, safe and secure file access. Resources can be shared with other users with no duplicates or upload delays. Available on all major hypervisors.