Mobility in the enterprise -- and our daily lives -- is here to stay, and its footprint and influence is expanding. What does the broader mobile environment look like? What are the drivers, benefits and challenges of the BYOD/COPE craze? There are numerous enterprise mobility management approaches available (and still emerging!) for handling BYOD, COPE and other challenges. All, of course, have their advantages and tradeoffs. Generally, how do they stack up against one another?

 

To get a handle on the increasingly diverse mobility requirements of its employees, Classified Ventures developed an articulate plan to scope the issue, align resources, develop policy and execute in a way that offers flexibility yet mitigates risk and security vulnerabilities. The company’s mobile initiative – designed to give its online businesses a competitive edge in operations as well as recruiting talent – includes laptops, tablets smart phones, and data plans. On the agenda next: provisioning virtual desktops, building an internal app store and deploying an MDM platform. In this session, get a behind-the-scenes look at how Classified Ventures integrated key tools and services so far, and hear what’s in store for the company’s mobile future.

Sometimes the best enterprise advice comes from those who’ve aggressively adopted diverse mobile device management policies, or those who haven’t for important reasons, or those who’ve bumped into a few walls along the way — and especially those who can share what went right and wrong that can benefit others. Don’t miss this revealing discussion chock full of inside stories and critical tips.

When organizations choose client management tools for desktops and laptops, they don't typically need to re-evaluate them for three or four years. So why is it that the MDM solution you chose six months ago already seems outdated?  Is it even possible to choose a tool that can keep up with all the changes?  Join us for this session as we explore best practices in this fast-moving area.

Every organization’s mobile requirements are different. How do you determine the right set of mobile policies for your situation? Are BYOD programs worth the trouble, and how can IT incorporate them while still maintaining control?

In this session, you’ll learn the differences between managed devices and managed environments, and how you can implement a framework to identify the right policies for your organization.

Securing any part of IT first involves a collaborative assessment of the organization’s risk tolerance -- not only from a risk perspective, but to also understand what the business is trying to accomplish.  For the effort to be successful, this requires a proactive approach of engaging the business early and often, and a willingness to engage constituents you may not have been working with traditionally.  From there, organizations can better understand the resources they need to move forward in building policies, establishing budgets, creating user agreements, identifying sanctioned mobile platforms, and more.

 

With new mobile form factors come the cries for corporate apps that are mobile-friendly. But how do you securely provision and maintain them?

Join this session to understand the notion of enterprise app stores and how to tackle a few important deployment decisions up front that will save pain and aggravation down the road.