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Mobile device management services



Laptops, PDAs, smart phones, iPods, USB drives … the list of mobile devices accessing today's business networks goes on and on. While these tools may enhance user productivity, they create more work for IT departments tasked with managing them. Solution providers who understand the implications of mobile devices and offer customized solutions for their management can find business opportunities as a result. This Hot Spot Tutorial provides value-added resellers (VARs) and consultants with the information they need to help customers take back control of their networks and the mobile devices connecting to them.

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UNDERSTANDING THE MOBILE DEVICE PROBLEM

Mobile devices run rampant in today's enterprises -- from company-owned laptops to employee-owned smart phones and MP3 players. Keeping track of what enters and leaves the network can be an overwhelming task your customers have come to live with or -- worse -- come to ignore. This chapter of our Hot Spot Tutorial will help you understand the problems associated with unmanaged mobile devices on corporate networks and the business opportunity they create for you.
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MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT

Mobile device management requires acceptable usage policies, patch management, troubleshooting support and asset tracking. Solution providers can learn how to implement a comprehensive mobile device management strategy on business networks with the help of this installment of our Hot Spot Tutorial and by managing the mobile devices in their own IT environment.
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MOBILE DEVICE SECURITY

Security should be a key component of your mobile device management strategy. If a smartphone or PDA is lost or stolen, clients stand to lose more than a small piece of hardware, as increasing amounts of sensitive corporate data are stored on mobile devices. This installment of our Hot Spot Tutorial looks at the security issues associated with mobile devices and strategies for addressing mobile device security.
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