IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Device Management (MDM) allows organizations to manage phones and tablets (both employee-owned and corporate-owned) using the same BigFix platform and infrastructure that manages desktops, laptops, and servers. With this single-pane-of-glass view, organizations can easily manage all their devices without needing to deploy multiple separate systems. Here is more information on the IBM Endpoint Management for Mobile Device Beta.
Devices can be managed using agent functionality on the device that give a wide-range of management and security functionality. For Android/Windows Mobile, the agent is a BigFix Agent variant. For Apple iOS, management is done using Apple's MDM APIs that are natively supported by Apple. Supported devices include:
Devices can also be managed through email systems (Lotus Traveler and Microsoft Exchange) to provide some basic management and security functionality. Supported devices include:
* Not all functionality available on all platforms
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