Achieve a balance between user productivity and mobile security with an EMM solution

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• Nov 13, 2020 One technology that’s evolved to address mobile security, access and control is enterprise mobility management (EMM), itself an evolution of mobile device management (MDM) and bring your own device.

Enterprise mobility management (EMM) combines user, applications and content management with strong data security to help users quickly connect to corporate resources. A mature EMM solution simplifies device management and configuration, helps initiate enrollment requests, distribute apps and documents, and enables greater collaboration. In a remote work world, conventional EMMs must be able to provide employees with seamless access to intranet sites and use the VPN capabilities of their devices to access corporate apps and data with ease and speed.

Secure Microsoft Office 365 apps and content on your organization’s smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops. Identity management and flexibility help keep your users productive and your deployment secure.

Deliver single sign-on (SSO) and multifactor authentication (MFA) to native and cloud apps. IT can use security features that enforce specific conditional access rules to limit application access for out-of-policy mobile devices. These features help eliminate the use of weak passwords and enhance data security for enterprise resources.

Enterprise mobility management (EMM) is a device- and platform-agnostic solution that centralizes the management, configuration and security of all devices in an organization, both BYO and corporate-owned.EMM goes beyond traditional device management to include the management and configuration of enterprise apps and content.

Easily obtain visibility into remote end-user devices and perform remote control on those devices, where allowed, whether attended or unattended. TeamViewer provides a remote help desk mechanism providing end users assistance regardless of their location.

The IBM Security MaaS360® with Watson® enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution offers a single, comprehensive platform for all your mobile assets.

You can initiate enrollment requests and configure smartphones, tablets, laptops and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, both personal and corporate-owned. The platform integrates with your existing infrastructure and helps you automate compliance rules, distribute applications and documents, contain corporate data and provide remote help desk support.

Take control of iOS, Android, macOS, Windows and Chrome OS devices — from smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops to ruggedized devices and the IoT. MDM solutions offer granular device policy options to deliver adequate support for any device use case.

Every employee has a preferred device for work and BYOD policies exist to suit their needs. Whether a personal smartphone, tablet or laptop, BYOD supported by an EMM solution grants anywhere, anytime access without compromising security.

UEM solutions continue the evolution from EMM and MDM to provide a single solution for all device types. By adding mobile threat defense, artificial intelligence insights, out-of-the-box, single-sign-on and conditional access, UEM provides a robust risk management posture without disrupting employee productivity.

Today’s workers expect fast and easy access to the apps, content and data they need to be productive. IT teams must meet this expectation without compromising security. See how AI and mobile threat defense allow security professionals to proactively defend against threats targeting users, devices, apps, data and the network.

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Curated mobility services offerings help you get the most out of your MaaS360 investment throughout the UEM lifecycle. IBM Mobility Success Services Security Expert Labs engagements scale from SMB-tailored offerings to large enterprise projects.

In its Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) Study for UEM, Forrester Consulting interviewed customers with years of experience using IBM Security MaaS360 with Watson to help IT and security decision makers identify the costs and benefits of their UEM investment decision. A 160% return on investment was just the start.

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Gartner changed how they refer to enterprise mobility solutions years ago and it has been met with moderate success. The research firm made the executive decision by changing the title of their yearly Magic Quadrant report from Mobile Device Management (MDM) to Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM). But what is the distinction between EMM and MDM?

It’s been a bit of a strange road since this change occurred and some people in the mobility space still refer to enterprise mobility solutions as MDM. Google searches and traffic proves that this is a trend that’s not going to go away very soon even though the terms have evolved to mean different things.

Mobile Device Management is now considered a part of Enterprise Mobility Management instead of an interchangeable term. While most people searching for a solution are still looking at for an “MDM” solution, vendors have started officially calling their solutions EMM instead of MDM. In our new 2018 Enterprise Mobility Buyer’s Guide, we profile the top EMM solutions for easy comparison, including a description of what the MDM component included in each EMM solution.

However, this does not mean that every enterprise mobility solution is now EMM. It’ like squares and rectangles; every square is a rectangle but not every rectangle is a square. A similar concept can be said about EMM and MDM; every EMM solution is MDM but not every MDM solution is EMM.

So what’s the difference? It’s no longer just about the device. Recent and future advances in enterprise mobility have pointed less towards the actual devices being secured, and more towards the information being secured. This means that information is no longer primarily stored on the device; it’s stored in a remotely accessible server or is a cloud-based solution.

While that’s a broad statement to make because there certainly are still solutions available that are still considered MDM solutions by the newer interpretation of the term, they are being phased out in favor of EMM solutions just for the simplicity and security that a total mobile solution offers.

Most EMM solutions in addition to MDM offer Mobile App Management, Mobile Content Management, App Wrapping, Containerization, and other features. This offers an all-encompassing solution that works to cover every aspect of the device.

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This is especially important when we start talking about Virtual Mobile Infrastructure (VMI) and other remote cloud-based concepts. EMM solutions tend to scale better for new hardware and concepts and the features most EMM vendors include in their solution allow for more specific areas of control where you need it.

Gartner has been right about re-naming the standard for enterprise mobility. The term has slowly become more popular over the years, as the definition of EMM has evolved to represent the progress of enterprise mobile technology.

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