Enterprises are making mobility a top priority in 2014.
Most organizations are rethinking their mobile strategies. We’ve explored both the topics of BYOD and Mobility in past blogs, and now we are going to delve into what IT needs to maintain security and compliance while supporting mobility and BYOD in their enterprise. Historically, accessing e-mail from a personal device was enough, but now employees expect to access work data, files, and apps from their personal devices.
Employees want to seamlessly work on documents, share files, browse, and use corporate apps and applications from both their corporate and personal devices. Employees may want to work with multiple personal devices, for example, an iPad and smartphone. Significant security and compliance concerns can arise when users are allowed to access all of their apps and data from their personal and untrusted devices.
There are three perspectives to consider in regards to mobility at an enterprise.
- Employees are seeking freedom of choice on where and on what device they get their work done.
- Management‘s goal is high productivity.
- IT’s top priority is security.
In order to reach these three goals, it is essential that the enterprise:
- Has mobile policies for BYOD (personal devices)
- Has a consistent working environment to maintain productivity, despite the location of the employee
- Is able to adhere to compliance and security standards
Employers need a solution with an enterprise mobility policy, mobile device management, mobile application management, and mobile security. They need an Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution, which will give the users the freedom they want while giving IT back the control.
Citrix’s XenMobile is a comprehensive EMM solution. XenMobile manages mobile devices, apps, and data. Here are some key features of XenMobile:
- IT gains control over personal mobile devices with configuration, security, provisioning, and support capabilities through Mobile Device Management (MDM).
- Users gain quick access to all mobile, SaaS, and Windows apps from a unified corporate app store.
- XenMobile can be deployed in the Cloud or on premise.
- IT can use Citrix developed business-class apps for e-mail, browser, and document sharing.
- User access is easily managed with a multi-factor single sign-on.
With XenMobile, IT can offer users the freedom to work their way while meeting all the company’s compliance and security needs.
XenMobile’s Mobile Device Management (MDM) allows IT to configure, secure, provision, and support mobile devices. When users enroll their devices (either personal or corporate) and connect their devices to the corporate network, IT automatically provisions policies and apps to those devices. IT can also troubleshoot both device and app issues, perform compliance checks and even wipe or selectively wipe stolen devices. Using XenMobile IT can ensure both compliance and secure data on the device.
This solution includes Citrix-developed apps for completely secure e-mail, browser, and document sharing. WorxMail offers secure e-mail, calendar and contacts. WorxWeb delivers secure Internet and Intranet access. ShareFile delivers secure enterprise file synchronization and sharing. All three apps allow IT the required management and control for security.
XenMobile is the one truly integrated approach to Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM). Gartner has positioned XenMobile in the Leaders Quadrant of the 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites.
AdvizeX can help you develop or revise your mobility strategy. Contact AdvizeX for more information on XenMobile and Enterprise Mobility Management Solutions today. ▪