So, how are you managing your mobile devices on your network? Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is the rage at the moment, causing headaches for IT staff everywhere. Tablets, phones and user laptops are being brought on to your network, the challenge you have is how do you manage your company's data on these devices?
Spiceworks recently added Mobile Device Management (MDM) into the app. Such apps have limited control over mobile clients (phones, tablets) right from an administrative console. Some controls that are being implemented are as follows:
The ability to remotely wipe the device of all data
The ability to change the passcode to get into the device
The ability to distribute apps right to the device
The ability to locate the device
To get started with this, just mouse over the Inventory link at the top of any page in the app, and click on Mobile Devices. You will now see the following screenshot:
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