Top Ten Reasons to go for Cloud Based Mobile Device Management

Top Ten Reasons to go for Cloud Based Mobile Device Management

Times have changed and for better when it comes to the technological advancement around the world, Information technology is seeing a new dawn and a new breakthrough every day.

Smartphone usage has gone beyond being used only by adults or IT professionals. Every individual is connected to the internet through computers and even other devices like Tablets and Smartphones.

Understanding that a lot of work is being done online and by mobile-totting employees, it is only logical that companies have their own servers. But then thanks to so many devices being used and staying online, it is only practical and feasible for the companies to have their own cloudbased solution. Today as a part of advanced Enterprise Mobility Solutions, MDM or Mobile Device Management is being done through cloud computing and cloud systems. This has piqued the interest amongst entrepreneurs from all domains too.

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But what is MDM? MDM is a new administrative process whereby all the smartphones, tablets, computers of a particular company can be connected internally and they shall even get to communicate outside through a centralized IT Management system. Instead of using communication through the servers, the companies have started depending on the third party vendors or MDM service providers.

Top Ten Reasons to go for Cloud-based MDM: Mobile Device Management through cloud has made matters so easy and affordable that every company is now hiring third party hosting services for their mobile storage solutions. The top ten reasons are: 1. No Installation time: Unlike servers that would take time for setting up and then time to reset in case there is any problem, setting up cloud takes absolutely No setting-up cost. This is blissful for IT Companies who have been cutting down on their costs since the last recession.

2. No Maintenance cost: Unlike servers that would need regular service pack updates or upgrades to match the latest devices or software updates, cloud-based MDM would need no such maintenance headaches.

3. Reduction of IT staff for the server: You would not need extra staff to install or run MDM through the cloud. This will be taken care of by the third party service providers who will have their own staff to install, or to maintain the servers and therefore, you need not have dedicated staff. Save on your OPEX Savings!

4. Superfast deployment: It is very easy to set up the cloud-based MDM in a matter of hours and then have your own enterprise app store set up. You do not have to worry about licenses or any firewall problems too.

5. Say Goodbye to server machines and switches: The cost of setting up a room or machines with all their switches and cable power sockets will all be nil if you have the third party companies to do the MDM for you through the cloud.

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6. Continuous mobile landscape changes: It is illogical to keep MDM Platform changing with every update in the smartphone technology. But with cloud-based MDM, your worries about making your device compatible with the server is just so easy.

7. Thorough security: You need not worry about the security of the company’s sensitive data in case a mobile gets stolen. The third party service provider would be able to lock or even totally wipe away any data that is sensitive from your devices instantly. You would not have to worry about it at all. They will also be able to offer to lock Bluetooth or other such devices from accessing specific devices.

8. Ease of integrating corporate email: It is easy to integrate corporate email ID with each of the company’s mobile phones. It is equally easy for you to include corporate directory and have only the ones with corporate identity to be able to log into the devices.

9. Very low running expense: Depending on the number of mobile devices, the expense would vary. Right from the time of setting up the environment and the platform, to the time that you pay the bill every month, everything would depend on the number of mobile devices that are connected.

10. Ease of managing employees and editing: If you need to change any details regarding the employees, who have left the company to the ones who have joined, doing so in an on-premise SaaS-based setup would have been a task, but not so in third party run cloud-based mobile device management service.

With time, possibly in a few more days, we will get to see newer changes in the field of mobile technology. MDM today is not just helpful to the companies that do not have the budget to possess in-house server set-up or the know-how to do so. But as of now, the services of Mobile Device Management throcloud–basedased system is very user-friendly and since it takes very little time to get deployed, companies are finding it easy to set up their devices and handle their services across different offices globally.

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