Why MDM?

Android endpoints, like POS, Digital signage, and logistic tracking tablets are now an integral part of everyone’s lives. Most companies now depend on using smartphones and tablets to handle day-to-day business tasks ranging from the critical to the mundane. Although It definitely makes life easier for every employee, it can open up new vulnerabilities on a network as devices might have access to sensitive business data. MDM solutions were developed with these needs in mind, providing a scalable, comprehensive management solution, reducing security risk, controlling which apps can be present on the devices, locating devices, and securing devices if lost or stolen.

Before purchasing an MDM solution you must find out which product would best suit your organization’s needs, what are the other options in the market, draw comparisons, etc. Here, We have done all the heavy lifting for you!!  

We reviewed the market for mobile device management software and analyzed tools based on the following criteria:

• An option for bulk devices: An ideal MDM should be able to enroll a large number of devices and efficiently manage them.
• Data privacy: Ensuring the safety of the business data, business content, and devices is a big deciding factor when choosing an MDM. It should ensure proper lockdown or usage restriction of the devices to avoid misuse or theft.
• Device performance monitoring: This feature depends on to what level you want mobile devices to be monitored and controlled i.e whether or not you require features like location tracking, geofencing features or not, single app mode or multi-app mode, whitelisting and blacklisting, etc.
• Options for IoT device management: MDM should be robust and able to handle every aspect of IoT device performance. With IoT device management it becomes possible to push updates to each device on the network easily.
• Device tracking: In case of theft, capturing the identification details like location, time, and device thief is a highly recommended feature for an MDM.
• Device blocking and wiping functions: In case of theft or misuse, a provision for blocking the devices and remotely wiping out all the data is an important feature. 
• Free trial: Free trial period is needed to check hands-on if the MDM caters to your requirements or not.
• Value for money: One should of course look for a full mobile device management system that caters to their requirement at a fair price.

Here are the top 5 Mobile Device Management Solutions that topped our list. We have listed them here along with their best features. Give it a read to pick an ideal package for your organization.