iOS 6 offers Improved Mobile Device Management
1With American multinational technology company Apple’s introduction to new operating system IOS6 for iPhones and iPads there are now much improved mobile device management feature available that can assist IT departments who are responsible for managing mobile devices under a mobile device management (MDM) policy or under a Bring Your Own Device policy. MDM and BYOD are an increasing reality for many major organizations as employees seek to gain access to corporate information via their favorite and familiar devices either on the move or at their regular place of work; and as corporations seek to leverage this trend to improve employee productivity and creativity, and to cut IT operating costs.
New Opportunities to the Mobile Device Management Space
All the MDM vendors are responding to these Apple operating system updates with enhancements to their own software to take advantage of the ios6 improvements with additional application programming interface (APIs) and better integration. This will open up new opportunities in the MDM space, particularly increasing corporate demand for iPhones and iPads as enterprise-level security features are significantly improved.
IT departments will be able to manage Apple Devices remotely with improved lock-down facilities, such as date-driven removal of files and profiles, prevention of the installation of unauthorized profiles that are not under their control and the disabling of certain apps and features that might compromise the security of corporate information.
Rapid Development of New Applications Bring Improvement in Business Process
Since a few years and now, the interest of entrepreneurs is increasing in Apple devices. With new ios6, IT departments are offered the potential to rapidly develop small apps that will allow regular improvements to business processes, with security features they need for mobile device management.
In large companies, the requirement to respond quickly to a changing marketplace with modified and improved applications and procedures has often been impossible as large legacy systems developed over many years rarely lend themselves to rapid, or easy modification. Even when the actual change is quick and simple, the process of approving and implementing the change in a large library of software components can cause delays that are often frustrating for the users. While quickly developed applications may not be a long-term solution, they can offer businesses the opportunity to take advantage of a changing marketplace.
New Mobile Device Management Features in iOS6
- Global Corporate Proxy – All internet communications go through a single proxy server for enhanced monitoring of activity on the managed device.
- Single Application mode – Restricts an iPad user to a specific application which is useful where the device is available to customers in a retail location.
- Time-restricted profiles – Automatic expiry dates would now be able to be set for profiles, which is valuable for allowing transitory access.
- iMessage blocking – iOS 6 supports an approach that impairs iOS's iMessage messaging administration for sending messages free of charge, which will permit better guideline of communications from a gadget.
- Improved profile management – Prevents unauthorized profiles from being transferred to managed gadgets. Blocking of Passbook, Game Center, iBookstore, and shared Photo Stream – Removes applications and tools that could compromise security.
- Forced wallpapers – Home screen and lock screen images can be preset to an organization logo, which is again helpful for retail environments.
However, another important change in ios6 could make the BYOD trend less popular as it gives an organization more control tan before over an employee’s own mobile device. Under the new Supervisor Mode that will give an association the security command over a gadget, they have to ensure their corporate data, the proprietor and user of the gadget will then again lose
some control, especially as for evacuating Supervisor Mode as this must be done on a similar Mac on which it was activated.
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