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Here's all our related to Mobile Information Management (MIM). MIM is also used to refer to mobile file syncing products.

  • 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 , 4,294 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 , 2,652 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 , 2,987 views
  • VMware launches Horizon Suite, but it still has a ways to go to meet expectations. Here's our complete analysis:

    Today, VMware is launching Horizon Suite , which we first learned about at VMworld last fall. Coming out of VMworld, I remember having the impression that despite being let down in the past by announcements that were never seen through to releases, VMware...
    by Gabe Knuth on February 20, 2013 : 5 comments , 11,227 views
  • Let’s take a look at the VMware Horizon Workspace mobile apps

    VMware is launching Horizon Suite today , which includes updates to View and Mirage as well as a new product to tie together all of the pieces together, Horizon Workspace. Gabe wrote an overview of the whole suite and gave details about the new features...
    by Jack Madden on February 20, 2013 : 0 comments , 4,124 views
  • Did Citrix overpay for Zenprise?

    Citrix hasn't exactly been gung-ho about mobile device management, so its decision to buy Zenprise for $355 million is a little puzzling. Back in June, Citrix executive Jesse Lipson told me the company was considering adding mobile device management ...
    by Colin Steele on December 07, 2012 : 10 comments , 2,256 views
  • It's time for a mobile management reality check

    It's easy to get caught up in the hoopla around enterprise mobility. It seems like mobile device management (MDM) has been around forever, so everyone must do it by now. And with all the talk around mobile application management (MAM), there's got to...
    by Colin Steele on October 09, 2012 : 2 comments , 417 views
  • Consumerization Nation #13: Enterprise file syncing, iPhone 5, and iOS 6

    Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3 The biggest mobile news of this week was none other than all of the recent enterprise file syncing announcements . That and of course the iPhone 5. Here's what Colin...
    by Jack Madden on September 13, 2012 : 0 comments , 243 views
  • This month in enterprise Dropbox alternatives news

    While it may seem like the cloud storage and file syncing market has become a fairly settled one – Dropbox is the king with a few other vendors filling out the royal court – it seems like every day there is news about new players entering...
    by James Furbush on September 12, 2012 : 2 comments , 582 views
  • Zenprise 7.0 adds more features for device management and broader support

    Zenprise version 7.0 was released today , adding more mobile device management features, Android support for their file syncing client, and one-click device enrollment. Zenprise has at its core a standard mobile device management product for iOS, Android...
    by Jack Madden on September 10, 2012 : 0 comments , 399 views
  • Good Technology acquires file syncing company Copiun

    Yesterday Good Technology acquired Copiun , a mobile file syncing and collaboration company . Good Technology has long been established as a dominant third-party mobile email client provider, and they also have a foothold in the mobile application management...
    by Jack Madden on September 06, 2012 : 1 comments , 256 views
  • Mokafive shows a new direction with Mokafive for iOS and Trickleback with Cloud Sync (with video from VMworld 2012)

    We all know Mokafive as the layering and client hypervisor company, focused on managing Windows desktops, so when they released Mokafive for iOS , I was initially dismissive. Frankly, I thought it would be some sort of RDP-based solution so that people...
    by Gabe Knuth on August 28, 2012 : 0 comments , 6,922 views
  • AppSense has been busy with StrataApps and DataNow, plus, Harry Labana no longer CTO

    AppSense has made a few announcements in the last week or so, not to mention a development that hasn't been officially announced. Via twitter on Monday, CTO Harry Labana announced that it was his last day at AppSense, saying: " Time for a new adventure...
    by Gabe Knuth on August 22, 2012 : 0 comments , 6,146 views
  • Consumerization Nation #10: Live from BriForum with guest Brian Katz

    Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3 This episode of Consumerization Nation was recorded live on the expo hall floor at BriForum 2012 in Chicago . Colin and I were joined by Brian Katz. ( Twitter | blog...
    by Jack Madden on July 27, 2012 : 0 comments , 690 views
  • What is MDM, MAM, and MIM? (And what's the difference?)

    As you start to dig into the mobile device space, you're undoubtedly going to hear three acronyms thrown around: MDM, MAM, and MIM. So in this post I want to simply explain what each of these is and how they're different from each other. MDM (Mobile Device...
    by Brian Madden on May 29, 2012 : 6 comments , 4,290 views
  • VMware puts its EUC money where its mouth is

    When the VMware View iPad client hit the App Store last year, I argued it was a lesson in contradiction : On one hand, VMware says Windows is on its way out, and on the other hand, VMware keeps Windows alive on the hottest non-Windows device on the market...
    by Colin Steele on May 17, 2012 : 0 comments , 138 views
  • Cortado adds MDM to Corporate Server. What, another MDM solution?

    Cortado announced today that Corporate Server 6 will include mobile device management capabilities. There are two possible reactions to this: “What, another MDM vendor?” and “Great, now we can get our complete mobility solution in one...
    by Jack Madden on May 14, 2012 : 1 comments , 532 views
  • Citrix Synergy 2012 video: Citrix Receiver with ShareFile integration

    In this video, Bharath Rangarajan shows us around a few features of Citrix receiver with ShareFile.
    by Jack Madden on May 11, 2012 : 0 comments , 165 views
  • VMware Project Octopus is now available in beta

    VMware announced the beta release of Octopus today. Octopus is VMware’s Dropbox-like file syncing service. It was first announced last August at VMworld , and about a month ago it surfaced in the Apple App Store . (VMware also made announcements...
    by Jack Madden on May 02, 2012 : 1 comments , 263 views
  • BYOD Smackdown 2012: AirWatch

    This week we’re looking at another one of the most prominent mobile device management vendors out there, AirWatch . Their solution not only includes MDM, but also mobile application management, an SDK, and a mobile information management solution...
    by Jack Madden on April 20, 2012 : 0 comments , 407 views