Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 12 | Page 38

FEATURE: MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Intelligent CIO Africa caught up with VMware Southern Africa’s Ian Jansen van Rensburg to discuss the company’s mobile device management platform, designed to promote and protect today’s mobile workforce. A ccording to a Citrix study, 61% of workers spend part of the time outside of the office and use more than three devices each day as part of their daily work activities. End users are expecting to be able to work anywhere, at any time, and from any device. In addition, they expect a similar experience for accessing work apps and data across all their devices: desktop, laptop, tablet and smartphone. Meeting these expectations is becoming more and more complex for IT teams that continue to use multiple disconnected tools to manage mobile and desktop devices. Given this, it is now essential that businesses find a mobile management system that supports their mobile workforce and also supports the business’ broader goals. Nebula describes the aims of a MDM system as deploying, securing, integrating and monitoring the mobile devices being used within your business. Not only is it about managing these new technologies, it’s about promoting their functionality while keeping corporate data safe. MDM entails the management of all the underlying technologies that handle the life cycle of mobile devices and their respective platforms. Ian Jansen van Rensburg, Senior Manager: Systems Engineering, VMware Southern Africa, offers insight into VMware’s mobile device management platform. Q Outline the features of VMware AirWatch. VMware’s enterprise mobility management solution is VMware AirWatch, a system which has been positioned as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Management for seven consecutive years. A A unified endpoint management (UEM) solution provides a holistic and user-centric approach to managing all endpoints. UEM combines traditional client management of desktop and PC systems with a modern enterprise mobility management (EMM) framework to manage any endpoint, from desktop and mobile to IoT. VMware AirWatch Unified Endpoint Management provides IT with a comprehensive view of asset inventory and full life cycle management for BYOD and corporate-owned use cases. With AirWatch UEM, the IT department can: • Manage users across all endpoints • Provide a consistent user experience • Secure and manage the full device life cycle • Unify management into a single platform With AirWatch, organisations can unify the management of every endpoint – Managing your mobile workforce 38 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com