Empowering a Mobile Workforce: An Objective Comparison of Leading Mobile Device Management Platforms

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Steve Brasen

Enterprise Management Associates

Managing Research Director – Enterprise Mobile and Endpoint Management

Empowering a Mobile Workforce An Objective Comparison of Leading Mobile Device Management Platforms

March 3, 2016

Today’s Presenter

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Steve Brasen – Managing Research Director

Steve's career at EMA follows 20 years of “in-the-trenches”

experience in IT systems support, engineering, and

management for high-technology, telecommunications, and

financial institutions. Steve's primary focus area at EMA is on

endpoint management topics including enterprise mobile

management, client lifecycle management, desktop

virtualization, and workspace management

Logistics for Today’s Webinar

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Steve Brasen

Enterprise Management Associates

Managing Research Director – Systems Management

Empowering a Mobile Workforce An Objective Comparison of Leading Mobile Device Management Platforms

March 3, 2016

Agenda

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• Assessing the Enterprise Mobile

Management Market

• The Scope of Mobile Device

Management (MDM)

• Characteristics of a Preferred

Solution

• The EMA RADAR for Mobile

Device Management

• Special Recognition Awards

Assessing the Enterprise Mobile Management Market

• EMA segments Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM)

solutions into four distinct categories:

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• Mobile Device Management (MDM)

• Mobile Security Management (MSM)

• Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) Management

• Mobile Application Management (MAM)

Assessing the Enterprise Mobile Management Market

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• EMA Radar Reports standardizes the evaluation of product sets in

specific management disciplines by comparing vendor and product

review elements in 5 distinct categories:

• Architecture and Integration

• Functionality

• Deployment and Administration

• Cost Advantage

• Vendor Strength

The Scope of Mobile Device Management

• MDM includes the critical

processes necessary to

ensure user devices are

able to optimally and

securely access and run

business resources without

compromising enterprise

requirements

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Characteristics of a Preferred Solution

• Architecture and Integration

• Centralized management console

• Broad heterogeneous support

• Highly scalable

• Internal integration across platform

• External integration with third-party

management solutions

• Unified endpoint management

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Characteristics of a Preferred Solution

• Functionality

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• Key device-centric management

features include:

Asset Management

Device Provisioning

Endpoint Configuration

Problem Remediation

Endpoint Security and Compliance

Characteristics of a Preferred Solution

• Deployment and Administration

• Infrastructure complexity

• Agent deployments

• Intuitive console interface

• Role-based management

• Vendor platform support

• Vendor support for user

community

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Characteristics of a Preferred Solution

• Cost Advantage

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• Pricing models should be easy to

understand

subscription vs. perpetual licenses

“per user” vs. “per device”

• Minimal infrastructure requirements

• Modular and integrated

• Maintenance included or minimal cost

Characteristics of a Preferred Solution

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• Vendor Strength

• Vendor and product set should have long-term viability.

Financially strong

Reinvests in research and

development

• Extensive partnerships

Market channels

Strategic development

• Strong vision and strategy

• Market credibility

The EMA RADAR Report for Mobile Device Management

• EMA MDM RADAR Evaluation Process

• Develop list of critical MDM features and capabilities

• Establish KPIs

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VALUE

• Determine Qualifying capabilities

• Identify candidates

• Submit questionnaire to candidates

• More than 150 points of

comparison

• Vet responses to ensure accuracy

• Conduct customer interviews

• Analyze and score results

The EMA RADAR Report for Mobile Device Management

• Feature Eligibility

• Features must have been generally available with the

solution set at the time of the evaluation

• Features must have been self-contained within the

included package sets

• Features must have been clearly documented in

publically available resources (such as user manuals or

technical papers) for verification

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The EMA RADAR Report for Mobile Device Management

• Financial Evaluation

• Cost elements include:

License or subscription costs

Any additional hardware or software infrastructure costs

Maintenance costs

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Small Business Medium Business Large Business

Short-Term

100 users

(140 devices)

Over 3 years

1,000 users

(1,400 devices)

Over 3 years

10,000 users

(14,000 devices)

Over 3 years

Long-Term

100 users

(140 devices)

Over 7 years

1,000 users

(1,400 devices)

Over 7 years

10,000 users

(14,000 devices)

Over 7 years

The EMA RADAR Report for Mobile Device Management

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• EMA MDM RADAR Report

market landscape chart

• Solution Impact combines

scores for Functionality and

Architecture & Integration

• Deployment Cost Efficiency

combines scores for Cost

Advantage and Deployment

and Administration

• Vendor Strength is

represented by the size of

each bubble

The EMA RADAR Report for Mobile Device Management

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• MDM Value Leaders

• Citrix

• IBM

• MobileIron

• SOTI

• VMware/AirWatch

• MDM Strong Value

• CA Technologies

• HEAT Software

• JAMF Software

• Kaseya

• LANDESK

• ManageEngine (Zoho)

• Sophos

Special Recognition Awards

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• Special recognition awards

identify vendors that deliver

a specific area of strength

and/or unique areas of

innovation

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EMA Radar ™ for MDM Now Available

Learn more & access report at

www.enterprisemanagement.com/research