In many businesses these days, it is becoming increasingly common for the every day worker to request access to their email and other company resources on their personal smartphone. In order to secure your company's data if (and when) those phones turn up missing or stolen, you need to have a good mobile device management solution. I know there are a few of these out there....Good Technologies , Odyssey Software and a number of others. Even Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 can do a little more than rudimentary management these days.
Well Research in Motion (RIM) jumped into the fray with their BlackBerry Mobile Fusion suite. We all know that BES + BlackBerry smartphones & devices make your date quite secure, but it is highly unlikely these days that all the phones in your company are BlackBerries. While Mobile Fusion does not replace BES for actual BlackBerry devices, it can be used in conjunction. But what's more important is that Mobile Fusion supports Android phones & tablets as well as Apple's iPhones & iPads.
While I've not used this MDM, it does look worth testing out, and the 60 day trial with a few client licenses included is just what any business would want. And what would pricing be after the trial if you would decide to begin using Mobile Fusion? RIM's initial press release information did not specify pricing, but this article from CNET says that Client Access Licenses will start at $99 per user or $4 per user per month and will allow for volume discounts.
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