Three Mobile device MUST HAVES for 2013

This week we welcome one of my business partners as a Guest Blogger:   Shawn O'Rourke, Director of Technical Services.

I personally use the HP ElitePad as my Tablet and the Blackberry Bold (looking forward to the new Q10 model!).   

Think about what may happen if your mobile device landed in someone else' hands - what would you do?

Very thankful I'm always in great hands with our great team at AlphaKOR!

Three Mobile Device Management MUST HAVES for 2013

Mobility is the key to success in today's business world.  They have been for some time.  But how does your business truly get a handle on the mobile devices attached to your business?  Today, there are three emerging trends that will give you greater control over your business’ mobile device environment – and each is available through AlphaKOR’s partnership with N-Able technologies.

Insight: Gone are the days of employees selecting their own mobile devices, and the corporation only paying the initial fees and monthly bills.  Today, you can gain a deeper understanding of mobile device usage across your company with comprehensive reports ranging from Battery and Disk Usage, Device Composition, Model Composition, and more. Once you gain better knowledge of how your business utilizes their mobile devices, you’ll have the opportunity to streamline processes and procedures, and utilization protocols across the board.

Protection:  Critical and sensitive business data is literally walking around all over the place now that employees are taking your information everywhere they go.  It is important to realize that when your businesses close for the evening and you lock the doors, your sensitive information is no longer locked away for the night.  

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If your corporate device is lost or stolen, AlphaKOR can find the device’s location, send it a message, lock the screen down, selectively wipe corporate data or wipe the entire phone!

How do you currently enforce corporate security policies? AlphaKOR will apply a common set of policies that may include passcode requirements, lock down of the device’s camera or social apps, or purchasing through iTunes.

Management:  Corporate mobile device planning has never been so easy to manage! Standardize and pre-configure devices for fast and easy deployment.  Set up profiles including Exchange, passcode, restrictions, VPN, and WiFi.

I recommend every business with one mobile device consider Mobile Device Management.  Mobile devices are being used in extremely innovative ways and are storing confidential corporate data and intellectual property.  One mobile device ending up in the wrong hands could cause you and your business tremendous grief.  A perpetrator could utilize your mobile device by sending out messages or malicious content to individuals in your contact list, access critical business infrastructure and information and retrieve personal material such as texts and calendar appointments.  

When you choose AlphaKOR for mobile device management, we will wipe or lock down your device within minutes of you contacting us.   

Let us manage your mobile devices today. 

Shawn O'Rourke, Guest Blogger

Director of Technical Services

Partner, AlphaKOR Group