Over the past few weeks, I’ve talked with various organizations about the possibility of implementing mobile device management (MDM). To my surprise, many IT managers and CIOs didn’t easily grasp the concept of MDM and what it can do for their organizations. I’m not sure if it’s the name “mobile device” in MDM — or that first iterations of MDM were slim on features — but there seems to be a disconnect about what MDM can do and how it’s perceived by IT professionals.
Apple and IBM recently announced an exclusive partnership aimed at helping companies build mobile business apps. While Apple has been a driving force behind the mobile revolution, this partnership is an acknowledgement by Apple that enterprise mobility is not only different but that its apps are an essential business model driver. In Apperian’s 2014 Executive Enterprise Mobility Report, the survey found that by 2016, more than 70 percent of executives plan to equip 1,000+ users with mobile apps and one-third of respondents plan to provide apps to more than 5,000 users.
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