Why You Need an Integrated Device Management Platform

Whether you’re managing ten or 10,000 devices, managing a network without an integrated device management platform is asking for trouble. Whether you need device management in-house, for remote users, or for customers who purchase devices, Mobile Device Management (MDM) software can make your job easier, protect your assets, and save you money.

Why Should I Use Device Management Software?

Device Management simplifies the process of managing, maintaining, and supporting both devices and users. It helps you more efficiently allocate your resources. Also, it provides reporting functions so you can monitor performance and adoption.

Here are some of the top benefits of using an MDM:

1. Privacy and Security

Mobile Device Management software keeps your data protected and ensures you have control over confidential or proprietary information.

• You can create encapsulated and encrypted environments to keep work and private data separate and secure
• Block applications or functions. This can prevent users from accessing unsafe websites or third-party applications.
• Set alerts or triggers based on predefined criteria
• Track where devices are and create geo-fenced “safe zone” perimeters

MDM software, such as the Radix MDM/EMM, will protect your laptops and PCs from virus-infected downloads and threats that penetrate security layers. In case of an incident, Smart Recovery can restore system configurations and settings quickly.

If a mobile device is stolen or lost, a device managing solution will help you lock or wipe data remotely. This alone is worth the investment in MDM software for most companies. And it is a real threat, considering that 1 in 10 laptops are either lost or stolen from an organization. On average, a laptop goes missing every 53 seconds!

2. Centralized Monitoring

From a centralized platform that’s accessible from anywhere, you can monitor device performance and user activities. This allows you to ensure users are following approved procedures and using apps in the expected manner.

It will also provide data on the number, type, and configuration of devices accessing corporate resources.

3. Device Management Flexibility

You can customize the management of each device individually or set global policies. In fact, you can do both. MDM software allows you to manage apps, OS settings, and updates of all devices while applying (and enforcing) policies and regulations.

4. Analytics

Using MDM, you can analyze device usage, web usage, and app usage. This helps evaluate the efficiency of use and identify places where users may need additional training or support.

5. Cost Efficiency

With Mobile Device Management software you can handle OTA updates and manage device firmware from a central platform. You can also set updates to happen automatically if you prefer.

6. Reduced Labor Costs

The cost in terms of labor to manually maintain, update, and troubleshoot every mobile device can be significant. Think about it for a moment. If you have to update or patch software on dozens or hundreds of devices, each update will have to happen one at a time. In some larger organizations, this can be a never-ending (and expensive) battle. You would need users to bring their devices to you and take them out of service while you are performing updates on the apps and firmware.

Besides saving money on labor, it also frees up your IT team to take on higher-level tasks that require more specialized knowledge.

7. Remote Assistance with Device Management

Similarly, if users need help, you can take remote control over the device for assistance. This also limits downtime and makes it more efficient for your support staff.

8. No Hardware or Servers to Buy

A great advantage to Mobile Device Management solutions is that you can manage them in the cloud. This way, you don’t have to buy hardware. It also eliminates buying capacity that you might not need right now. You can always easily scale up and add new users. As you increase the number of users, you only pay for what you need at the moment. There is an easy pathway to add on capacity if required. With the increase in Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in the workplace, you may also be able to save on buying some devices while still maintaining control over your apps and data.

9. Protection Against Data Leakage

In 2020, the average cost of dealing with and cleaning up a data breach was $3.86 million. New privacy regulations can also impose hefty fines per user or record.

If a device is lost or goes missing, you can dramatically reduce the potential for data leakage by wiping the data or locking the device to prevent unauthorized access. This can help prevent data loss or costly breaches.

10. Compliance & Licensing

If you’ve ever faced a software compliance audit, you know it can take more than a year to resolve and lead to protracted legal battles. MDM tracks software usage and licensing to help manage reporting if you’re ever in an audit situation.

Mobile Device Management can also help optimize your licenses, so you can reduce or eliminate unused or unassigned licenses. This can save you money as well. One study by KPMG reported that more than a third of all computing spending is wasted, due to companies’ overprovision of capacity or software.

Manage the Most Complex Infrastructures with an Integrated Device Management Platform

The dramatic increase in BYOD, smartphones, and the number of users working remotely (or from home) has increased the need for mobility solutions. With more than 14 billion mobile devices in use around the world, there’s a pretty good chance your users are operating on mobile devices whether you’ve set them up or not. With an ever-increasing number of people migrating apps to the cloud, the need for device management, control, and monitoring is more important than ever.

Mobile Device Management software allows you to manage even the most complex IT infrastructure. It simplifies the labor-intensive operation and maintenance work on remote devices. It reduces IT and operations costs by integrating mobile device management, application management, security, and data protection into a single platform.

If you would like to learn more about Mobile Device Management and how it can improve your operation, contact the experts at Radix today.