The challenge of managing the inventory of mobile assets

The number of remote or on the job "of workers is increasing significantly. As a result, more and more iPhones, Blackberry, Android and now the new IPAD, and other mobile assets find their way into the high-tech environments.

A recent survey by Forrester Research shows that nearly 22 percent of company employees are currently in the category of "information workers mobile ", using a variety of handheld devices to support their activities at night. In addition, Forrester estimates that about 6 percent of workforce U.S. use your own personal mobile devices for work-related activities, and that number should increase to 25 percent by 2012.

This rapid growth in the number of new active ingredients left unknown companies struggling to effectively manage their inventory through technology. Since many companies lack the proper tools to record and monitor these devices are often not able to:

Inventory of collection and monitoring

Realizing that existing mobile devices, where everyone is physically, and the main user? While some mobile devices such as Blackberry, offers a manage all assets listed in the inventory, which creates the problem of information "silos" that are disconnected from the main organization the IT asset management system.

Facilitate compliance with licensing software

When mobile assets can not be verified, creates an opportunity for illegal use or unauthorized software. Companies need to know which applications software installed on mobile assets, how they were made, and if they conform to the rules for using company contracts with suppliers. At the end of the day, In order to use the software, these mobile devices are like any other PC or laptop in your organization and manage license compliance.

Protect Company Data

Due to the nature of these devices, users are often forced to work offline, then connect and sync information (e-mail to say, calendars, address books, contacts, documents, etc) with back-end systems when the employee has returned to the base. This creates enormous risks, which makes it difficult for staff to know exactly what business related information is stored on these devices (especially sensitive or confidential data), so it can be adequately protected against the loss of the violation of competition, and repeat if necessary.

In light of these issues, and as more and more mobile devices have been added in the infrastructure companies, many experts believe that businesses should use the right management solutions to exploit these assets, and maintain the same level of control over them like other technology components. They must have full visibility of each owner unit, application, function, and more. In fact, Gartner says that by centralizing management of mobile assets, companies can save 10-35 percent of the costs involved.

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