Mobile Application Management

Mobile Application Management (MAM) is a strategy and process around developing/procuring, securing, deploying, accessing, configuring, updating and removing (business) applications from mobile devices used by the employees. The BYOD (“Bring Your Own Device”) phenomenon is a factor behind mobile application management, When an employee brings a personal device into an enterprise setting, MAM enables the corporate IT staff to provision the device, download appropriate applications, control access to back-end data, and “wipe” the device if it is lost, or when its owner no longer works with the company. MAM solutions can be considered as Enterprise App Store to control to control who has access to the app and to control what employees put on their smartphones which is important from a security point of view and makes sure employees stay compliant with any rules or regulations.

Mobile Device Management (MDM) software secures monitors, manages and supports mobile devices deployed across enterprises. MDM functionality typically includes over-the-air distribution of applications, data and configuration settings for all the enterprise mobile devices. By controlling and protecting the data and configuration settings for all mobile devices in the network, MDM can reduce support costs and business risks. The intent of MDM is to optimize the functionality and security of a mobile communications network while minimizing cost and downtime.

Following are key features offered by MAM & MDM solutions: