| The number of remote or "on the go" workers is | | | | were they deployed, and if they in adherence |
| rising sharply. As a result, more and more | | | | with company usage policies and vendor |
| iPhones, blackberry, androids and now the new | | | | contracts. At the end of the day, from a |
| iPads, and other mobile assets are finding their | | | | software usage perspective, these mobile devices |
| way into corporate technology environments. | | | | are just like any other PC or laptop the |
| A recent survey conducted by Forrester | | | | organization owns and have to manage its license |
| Research shows that close to 22 percent of | | | | compliance. |
| enterprise employees currently fall into the | | | | Protect Enterprise Data |
| category of "mobile information workers", using a | | | | Because of the very nature of these devices, |
| variety of handheld devices to support their | | | | users are often required to work "offline", then |
| day-to-day activities. Additionally, Forrester | | | | connect to and synchronize information (i.e. email, |
| estimates that approximately 6 percent of the | | | | calendars, contact address books, documents, |
| US workforce uses their own personal mobile | | | | etc.) with back-end systems once the employee |
| devices for work-related activities, and that | | | | is back at home base. This creates tremendous |
| number is expected to grow to 25 percent by | | | | risk, making it difficult for IT staff to know |
| 2012. | | | | exactly what business-related information is |
| This rapid growth in the number of new, | | | | stored on these devices (especially sensitive or |
| somewhat unfamiliar assets has left enterprises | | | | confidential data), so it can be properly protected |
| scrambling to effectively manage them as part of | | | | from loss of competitive breach, and recovered if |
| their technology inventory. Since many | | | | needed. |
| companies lack the right tools to log and track | | | | In light of these issues, and as more and more |
| these devices, they often find themselves unable | | | | mobile devices are added into corporate |
| to: | | | | infrastructures, many experts believe that |
| Collect and Monitor Asset Inventory | | | | companies must leverage the right IT |
| Knowing what mobile devices exist, where is each | | | | management solutions to harness these assets, |
| one physically located, and who its primary user? | | | | and maintain the same level of control over them |
| While some mobile appliances, like Blackberry | | | | as they do other technology components. They |
| devices, do offer a means of managing all related | | | | must have complete visibility into each device's |
| assets in inventory, this creates the problem of | | | | owner, applications, function, and more. In fact, |
| information "silos" that are disconnected from the | | | | Gartner has stated that, by centralizing |
| organization's main IT asset management | | | | management of mobile assets, enterprises can |
| system. | | | | save ten to thirty five percent of related costs. |
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| When mobile assets cannot be audited, it creates | | | | Management solutions from SAManage, and how |
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