As we recently have seen with Juniper Pulse, LANDesk Mobility Manager and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM 2012) the larger management solutions are slowly coming around to also support multi-platform mobile devices. This clearly shows the mainstream of mobile devices in the large enterprise environments.
They tend not to have all the bell and whistles in the beginning, but I wonder what the current MDM market leaders think long term..
http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20120127/app-corner/ibm-rolling-out-byod-management-service/
You can sign up for the beta here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/solutions/endpoint/mdmbeta/
Marco..
A quick plug for an article on this topic that was published yesterday at the Enterprise Systems Journal and in their newsletter..
I wrote about 4 simple, yet strong predictions, that for many are already underway, but for others perhaps only starting and needs to be highlighted:
2012 Mobile Prediction #1: The era of BYOD begins
2012 Mobile Prediction #2: The media tablet gains prominence
2012 Mobile Prediction #3: The array of mobile device applications grows more diverse
2012 Mobile Prediction #4: Mobile devices and MDM evolve
http://esj.com/Articles/2012/01/16/Mobile-Device-Management-Challenges-Opportunities.aspx
What are your opinions about what is occurring today and in the near future?
Marco..