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• What if Apple launched its own EMM platform?

  "What if Apple launched its own EMM platform?"  Continue Reading

• Apple should let iOS devices connect to multiple MDM servers in a “Limited MDM” mode

  For years Apple has been steadily advancing the enterprise mobility management features in iOS. The next steps should be to let devices connect to multiple MDM servers, and to do so in a way that emphasizes app management, not device-wipe policies.  Continue Reading

• iOS 8 and EMM: Yay or just okay?

  iOS 8 is out, so it's time to talk about how it affects enterprise mobility management. Naturally there are many new enterprise and consumer-oriented features, but despite all that I think it's somewhat of a mixed bag.  Continue Reading

• Dell is extending their mobile workspace app by integrating VoIP calling from Vonage

  Earlier this year Dell Software launched their cloud-based enterprise mobility management, which is part of a wide-ranging end user computing suite built from past acquisitions. Today they're announcing an update centered around their mobile ...  Continue Reading

• JAMF Software, long-time Apple management specialists, will now manage Android

  JAMF Software is announcing version 9.4 of its Casper Suite management software, and it has some important new features: There's an improved way to use MDM for BYOD; new self service apps; and for the first time, support for Android.  Continue Reading

• Apple and IBM: Here’s the huge downside that nobody’s talking about.

  As you're no doubt aware, this week Apple and IBM announced an exclusive partnership to create enterprise apps for iOS devices, built on IBM's services.  Continue Reading

• Here’s a big list of all the new enterprise features in Apple iOS 8

  The next version of iOS, iOS 8, was announced this Monday at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference.  Continue Reading

• MobileIron’s spring updates target the enterprise with Splunk, VPN options, and AirPlay Mirroring.

  Today MobileIron announced a round of new features targeting the enterprise, including Splunk integration, new options for per-app VPN in iOS 7, and remote screen sharing for iOS. Their messaging around the announcement is that as mobile device ...  Continue Reading

• Dell Wyse Cloud Connect falls short in many areas, but management is a bright spot

  I've waffled back and forth on Android thin clients over the years. At first I thought they would be the next evolution of thin clients (which, in thin clients, even an evolution is revolutionary), but after I got my hands on an Android mini-PC, I ...  Continue Reading

• What do the recent iOS 7.1 MDM rumors mean for IT?

  There was a lot of buzz this week around a rumor posted at AppleInsider.com that iOS 7.  Continue Reading

• How will Dell’s upcoming EMM suite stack up against the competition?

  Back in December, Dell announced a new mobility product called Dell Enterprise Mobility Management. With the release expected sometime this quarter, now is a good time to walk through what we know about Dell EMM.  Continue Reading

• What happened to Apple’s iOS 7 Enterprise Deployment Guide and streamlined MDM enrollment process?

  It's been five and half months since iOS 7 was announced, and two and a half since it was released, but we're still missing a few things from Apple: the iOS 7 Enterprise Deployment Guide and the streamlined MDM enrollment process.  Continue Reading

• 2014/iOS 7 update now for my book, "EMM: Everything you need to know about MDM, MAM, and BYOD"

  I'm happy to announce that the updated version of my book, "Enterprise Mobility Management: Everything you need to know about MDM, MAM, and BYOD," is now ready! This book is an in-depth examination of the mobility topics I cover here at Brian Madden.  Continue Reading

• Is Citrix's Crystal Palace the next thing in mobility, or just an additional feature of ShareFile?

  Sometimes the campaigns that "try to go viral" actually work, I guess, because this week the chatter seems to be about Citrix's Crystal Palace. Crystal Palace allows you to share documents and clipboard items between OSes and devices.  Continue Reading

• The LA school district kids who hacked their iPads can teach us all about EMM and consumerization

  Last week the LA Times reported that students in the Los Angeles Unified School district were "hacking" school-owned iPads to get around usage restrictions. We don't have many details about the mobile device management techniques the school district...  Continue Reading