Enterprise Mobility Management stories on BrianMadden.com

For most of the last decade, mobility meant email and a corporate-issued BlackBerry. Now it's many more technologies, and we use the umbrella term Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM). EMM includes mobile device management (MDM), mobile application management (MAM), mobile information management (MIM), and BYOD. Also check out mobile device virtualization and app wrapping.

Citrix CEO Mark Templeton says Citrix is not planning to lead with open MAM standards

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Don't expect Citrix to follow VMware in pushing for industry-wide MAM standards. Citrix CEO Mark Templeton discussed the issue of mobile application management (MAM) standards during a Q&A session with media and analysts today at...

by Colin Steele on May 22, 2013 : 4 comments , 1,506 views
Live blog of the Citrix Synergy 2013 LA opening keynote. (It's over now, read this if you missed it.)

Today's opening keynote for Citrix Synergy 2013 LA is over. Here's the live blog I typed during it. It's in reverse order, so read from the bottom-up. Key takeaways are XenDesktop 7, XenMobile, and the Worx stuff. Tune into the live streamed podcast with...

by Brian Madden on May 22, 2013 : 0 comments , 5,335 views
Why hasn't BlackBerry gone all-in for enterprise mobility yet?

Last year at BlackBerry's annual user conference there was a strange unease blanketing the entire affair. The company was transitioning to a new CEO, it was struggling to get the new BlackBerry 10 platform out the door, and it's big answer to its problems...

by James Furbush on May 21, 2013 : 1 comments , 4,209 views
Did you miss BriForum 2013 London? Check out this "State of the Industry" keynote video

As you're hopefully aware, BriForum 2013 London is taking place this week. I kicked off the conference yesterday morning with a 20-minute "State of the Industry" keynote presentation. Check out it: Basically I explained our evolving view of desktop virtualization...

by Brian Madden on May 17, 2013 : 1 comments , 2,007 views
VMware is releasing Horizon Mobile Android virtualization, and your phone might be capable of running it today!

Today VMware announced that Horizon Mobile for Android, their dual-persona mobile virtualization product, is finally available on two phones from Verizon (the LG Intuition and the Motorola RAZR M). We’ve been waiting for this release for a long...

by Jack Madden on May 15, 2013 : 3 comments , 4,764 views
Will the next versions of Android and iOS solve today’s EMM challenges?

Google IO is next week, and Apple WWDC is next month, which means that we’ll soon be learning about all the new features in the next versions of Android and iOS. Today I’m going throw around some ideas about how changes in each of these platforms...

by Jack Madden on May 08, 2013 : 0 comments , 3,020 views
Could Workspot's freemium approach to BYOD shift focus from "access and control" to "big data?"

Over the last several months, I’ve had the opportunity to advise entrepreneurs across several technology segments. What’s common amongst the ones I respect is that they have a deep appreciation of how their target users behave in their lives...

by Harry Labana on May 01, 2013 : 16 comments , 5,673 views
Why is it so difficult to manage Android? Here’s a history of MDM features from 2008-2013.

To follow up on yesterday’s history of Apple iOS management features , today I’m going to do the same thing with Android. A warning, though: there’s just not just not as much here. I’ll explain why and then dig into the history...

by Jack Madden on May 01, 2013 : 4 comments , 3,619 views
Who says Apple isn't enterprise focused? Check out the history of enterprise management improvements in iOS from 2007-2013.

A lot of people criticize Apple for not being an "enterprise focused" company. This consumer focus manifests itself in a myriad of different ways, from how the company markets their products, deals with bulk purchases, and addresses security and enterprise...

by Jack Madden on April 30, 2013 : 1 comments , 4,362 views
Symantec is rolling out improvements to its enterprise mobility management offerings

Over the last year Symantec has been making a big move into the enterprise mobility management (EMM) space. Today they’re continuing that effort by announcing several new EMM improvements at Symantec Vision in Las Vegas. In advance of today’s...

by Jack Madden on April 16, 2013 : 1 comments , 6,369 views
NitroDesk TouchDown is the Android mail app used by many EMM vendors. Here are some cool things you might not know about it.

NitroDesk TouchDown is a third-party Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) app for Android and iOS. Because so many enterprise mobility management vendors support it and use it as their email client of choice, I wanted to learn more about it, and so recently I had...

by Jack Madden on April 12, 2013 : 2 comments , 3,285 views
Mocana just rolled out a ton of new features in its app wrapping product

When Jack last checked in with Mocana's Mobile App Protection (MAP) platform last summer it was a more innocent time in the enterprise mobility management space. MAM was just something that was garnering buzz, vendors like Citrix, Nukona, and AppSense...

by James Furbush on April 11, 2013 : 1 comments , 3,058 views
MobileIron is working on an “Open App Alliance” for mobile app management interoperability. Here’s everything we know so far.

In the last couple of weeks we’ve published several articles discussing the idea of standards for mobile app management (MAM) . It turns out that MobileIron has been thinking about MAM standards as well—recently Noah Wasmer, VP of product...

by Jack Madden on April 10, 2013 : 3 comments , 4,536 views
Watchdox releases "Watchdox Apps," cloud-based Windows app integration with their file syncing product

Last December I wrote that WatchDox bought InstallFree and that I loved the combination of the two companies. If you're not familiar with either company, WatchDox is one of the "corporate Dropbox-like solutions" with a keen focus on DRM and document &...

by Brian Madden on April 09, 2013 : 0 comments , 4,350 views
Mobile App Management standards will just get in the way of progress

MAM and MIM are promising technologies for securing and enabling an on-the-go workforce. The more you look at them, however, the more you see potential problems that could prevent widespread adoption. Jack Madden has done a good job outlining these problems...

by Colin Steele on April 05, 2013 : 5 comments , 2,685 views
Consumerization Nation #21: We talk Samsung SAFE and KNOX, iOS mail clients, and MAM portability

For todays episode of Consumerization Nation, Colin Steele and I were joined by James Furbush and Gabe Knuth for a lively show. Here's what we talked about: Samsung SAFE, Samsung KNOX, and Android fragmentation. Jim's iOS experience, iOS mail clients...

by Jack Madden on April 03, 2013 : 0 comments , 2,575 views
Will it ever be possible to move from mobile app management (MAM) to true mobile information management (MIM)?

Right now, mobile app management (MAM) is one of the enterprise mobility management techniques with the smallest footprint. The next logical step is to manage data itself, regardless of what app is used to manipulate it. However, there will be some difficulties...

by Jack Madden on April 02, 2013 : 1 comments , 3,019 views
BlackBerry earnings: 1 million Z10s sold, 3 million subscribers lost

BlackBerry held its first earnings call of the BlackBerry 10 era today, and the results were decidedly mixed. The beleaguered smartphone maker is making strides to regain respectability but still has a ways to go to right its ship. On the plus side, the...

by Colin Steele on March 28, 2013 : 1 comments , 2,506 views
Citrix's recent mobility report reveals some interesting trends in mobile applications and security

First, all of the numbers I'm about to cite should be taken with a grain of salt as the data is based purely on Citrix customers deploying enterprise mobility management in the cloud during the fourth quarter of 2012. That's a lot of qualifying statements...

by James Furbush on March 28, 2013 : 1 comments , 3,189 views
Why the MAM industry needs to get together to create industry standards for mobile app management

One of the issues that comes up with mobile app management (MAM) is that everyone wants to know where all these manageable apps are supposed to come from . The standard answer is that there are four sources: Basic apps created by MAM vendors, like email...

by Jack Madden on March 22, 2013 : 5 comments , 3,998 views

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Citrix CEO Mark Templeton says Citrix is not planning to lead with open MAM standards

Live blog of the Citrix Synergy 2013 LA opening keynote. (It's over now, read this if you missed it.)

Why hasn't BlackBerry gone all-in for enterprise mobility yet?

Did you miss BriForum 2013 London? Check out this "State of the Industry" keynote video

VMware is releasing Horizon Mobile Android virtualization, and your phone might be capable of running it today!

Will the next versions of Android and iOS solve today’s EMM challenges?

Could Workspot's freemium approach to BYOD shift focus from "access and control" to "big data?"

Why is it so difficult to manage Android? Here’s a history of MDM features from 2008-2013.

Who says Apple isn't enterprise focused? Check out the history of enterprise management improvements in iOS from 2007-2013.

Symantec is rolling out improvements to its enterprise mobility management offerings

NitroDesk TouchDown is the Android mail app used by many EMM vendors. Here are some cool things you might not know about it.

Mocana just rolled out a ton of new features in its app wrapping product

MobileIron is working on an “Open App Alliance” for mobile app management interoperability. Here’s everything we know so far.

Watchdox releases "Watchdox Apps," cloud-based Windows app integration with their file syncing product

Mobile App Management standards will just get in the way of progress

Consumerization Nation #21: We talk Samsung SAFE and KNOX, iOS mail clients, and MAM portability

Will it ever be possible to move from mobile app management (MAM) to true mobile information management (MIM)?

BlackBerry earnings: 1 million Z10s sold, 3 million subscribers lost

Citrix's recent mobility report reveals some interesting trends in mobile applications and security

Why the MAM industry needs to get together to create industry standards for mobile app management