MobiDM provides managed mobility in the cloud. Like the electricity grid that is delivering electricity. Making managed mobility simple has been the starting point for developing MobiDM uniting the fragmented challenges faced by IT.
This whitepaper describes why enterprises will migrate to managed mobility services, that offer strategic, not simply operational benefits.
Authors: Alex Bausch & Nathan Kotek
Sources: Forrester Research & Yankee Group
Introduction
MobiDM is uniquely offered as an online cloud service, called Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS®). Enterprise subscribers pay per device per month without having to invest in hardware, software, manpower or research & development. The benefits for clients and partners to work with MobiDM is a clear total cost of ownership (TCO), a fast return on investment (ROI) and a big reduction in mobile risk (such as meeting compliancy standards and regulations). MobiDM offers a full suit of operational, tactical and strategic mobile functionalities:
- Mobile Enterprise Devices
- Mobile Enterprise Connectivity
- Mobile Enterprise Security
- Mobile Enterprise Media
- Mobile Enterprise App Store
- Software Development Kits (SDKs) for Third Party Development and Integration
- Plug-ins, such as for Telecom Expense Management
The Managed Mobility Landscape is Fragmented
The managed mobility vendor community servicing the enterprise market has been in between hope and fear over the last decade. Each year has been anticipated as the big breakthrough year. Conventional wisdom suggested that enterprise managed mobility adoption would keep up with consumer mobile device adoption. Although some vendors had quite some success, such as Sybase, the real enterprise mass market breakthrough is yet to come. This delay has ushered consolidations amongst different vendors. So far, the enterprise managed mobility market has often been characterized as a supply-driven market although a soon breakthrough is inevitable since today’s challenges demand it.
Taking a deeper look at the market dynamics explains why. Players on the supply and demand side struggle to grasp this complex playing field. The enterprise mobility market is characterized by fragmentation in five key areas:
1 Lifestyle Fragmentation -
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