Enterprise Mobility Management

Manage both company-issued and employee-owned devices

What is Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)?

An Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution offers a suite of policy and configuration tools for managing content and applications on enterprises devices. Business leaders foresee the short-term and long-term benefits of adopting an EMM strategy to leverage mobility for growing organizations amid rapid market changes. 42Gears EMM suite helps companies mobilize their workforce to gain competitive advantage, while adhering to their security frameworks and technology life cycles.

Organizations are increasingly adopting EMM solutions to reduce costs, increase productivity, and ensure a better work-life balance for employees. As EMM has proven to be a critical IT requirement, organizations are using it to create and streamline a blended work environment where employees work across different locations and time zones.

42Gears EMM suite helps companies mobilize their workforce to gain competitive advantage, while adhering to their security frameworks and technology life cycles. With 42Gears’ EMM solution, SureMDM, organizations can manage access to corporate data, manage OS updates, remotely troubleshoot devices, track device location, achieve location-based compliance, and pre-configure corporate email. In addition, businesses can also distribute business-critical content to devices securely, manage enterprise apps without user involvement, and apply policies to secure data in use, in transit, and at rest.

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Enterprise Mobility Management has multiple components, namely Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Application Management (MAM), Mobile Content Management (MCM) and Mobile Identity Management (MIM). Organizations may use one or all of these features, depending on their business requirements:

Mobile Device Management (MDM)

A device management solution that configures devices to enterprise specifications, optimizes their functionality for business use and simultaneously secures the corporate data and network. It offers device and app provisioning, OS configuration, remote wipe and remote viewing. MDM also facilitates remote troubleshooting of technical issues. An MDM solution should include application management, file synchronization and sharing, data security tools and support for corporate-owned and personally owned device. Read More...

Mobile Application Management (MAM)

A solution that helps IT admin manage applications on enrolled devices to maintain enterprise mobile infrastructure integrity. The admin can blocklist or allowlist applications and control their access permissions. MAM also offers policy control functionality to manage enterprise applications that can be distributed to devices via enterprise app stores and managed through an MDM console. An MAM solution offers flexibility to be used in conjunction with MDM and offers analytical capabilities to help IT admins understand application usage patterns. It also provides application extensions that use software development kit (SDK) or wrapping to apply company policies for additional security at app level. Read More...

Mobile Content Management (MCM)

An MCM solution allows users to securely access business content on their mobile devices. It allows users to view and store data securely on mobile devices by using authentication, file sharing and copy/paste restriction policies. MCM offers push-based file distribution, replacement and deleting capabilities.
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Mobile Identity Management (MIM)

Mobile Identity Management (MIM) is a solution offered by SureMDM which allows enterprises to authenticate the identity of users and manage user activity on company network and devices. MIM offers the following features- Single Sign-on, Certificate Management and Device Enrolment. Businesses can leverage the benefits of Single sign-on feature which increases user productivity, enriches user experience and reduces the maintenance burden.
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FAQs

Key questions and answers to understand EMM better:

What operating systems does an EMM solution support?

42Gears EMM solution supports all types of operating systems and can be used to properly manage and secure all your enterprise’s mobile devices.

How does an EMM solution help maintain security?

42Gears EMM solution enables your business to implement strict security guidelines and mandates for devices and applications from a centralized console.

What is an enterprise mobility management solution?

An enterprise mobility management solution refers to a set of tools used to manage and secure corporate mobile devices and business applications.

What are the components included in the enterprise mobility management solution?

Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Application Management (MAM), Mobile Content Management (MCM), and Mobile Identity Management (MIM) are some of the components of an enterprise mobility management solution. Depending on their business needs, organizations may use one or all of these features.

Why is EMM important?

Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) is important for enterprises and businesses in mobilizing their workforce, improving operational efficiency and complying with industry regulations. By leveraging an EMM solution, like SureMDM, businesses can secure, monitor and manage their fleet of devices, manage enterprise applications on workforce devices, remotely troubleshoot faulty devices, and securely grant access to sensitive data.

How does an EMM software work?

A feature-rich EMM software provides businesses a platform to centrally secure and manage their fleet of devices. IT admins can configure and provision updates at scale, without disrupting existing operations. For employees, EMM software provides the flexibility and security to work from their own devices, and access sensitive information securely.

What are the Benefits of Enterprise Mobility Management?

Leveraging a robust, secure EMM solution, like SureMDM, can provide benefits for both IT admins and employees. For IT admins, an EMM solution can provide a central platform for monitoring and managing their fleet of devices. An EMM solution also enables IT teams to securely deploy permitted applications and content on company devices. For employees, an EMM solution provides the platform to securely access important data, offering flexibility and improving productivity.

What is the difference between MDM and EMM?

The primary difference between MDM and EMM solutions is that MDM focuses mostly on the management of mobile devices, laptops and tablets, and EMM covers the management of devices, along with content and applications.

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) vs. Company-owned devices: How does EMM differ?

While EMM can be used to manage both BYOD and company-owned devices, the implementation of security and management functionalities can differ. For instance, IT enforces stricter security policies on employee-owned devices for accessing company data, but may not have control over the applications that are installed on these devices.

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