MDM (Mobile Device Management) is one of the most valuable tools you can implement within your business. Most businesses provide company mobile phones, which are given to staff for use during their employment. However, if you do not lock the phone functionality, staff can use it for purposes other than business.
While you might ask, “Why do we need to limit mobile phone applications?” there are many good reasons, as shown below. However, before we address these, let’s explain how MDM works. Remember, MDM can be applied to any mobile device, including tablets, with either IOS or Android. Even older phones can have MDM applied.
MDM is a method of restricting a mobile device from being used as usual. As a company, you can limit the device by applying your predetermined profile. Restrictions can be anything you wish, from only allowing the mobile to be used for making/receiving calls or only allowing certain websites to be viewed.
Using MDM, you ultimately control the mobile device you give to staff or a Young Person. This prevents wasted time (a staff member sitting on YouTube during working hours) or ensures a Young Person isn’t accessing unsuitable content or in dubious chat rooms. However, MDM offers many more benefits, as shown below.
Benefits of MDM?
So how can Mobile Device Management help your business, and in particular, each children’s home site?
Limitation of websites the user can visit.
Individual restriction profiles for each group of staff, management, head office, carers, etc.
Specific restrictions for applications such as camera, Bluetooth, WIFI, NFC.
Company-wide changes. For example, a new app can be remotely deployed to all devices.
Tracking of each mobile phone plus the ability to remotely lock or wipe.
Ability to stop the user from installing new applications or deleting applications.
MDM profiles can be applied to all Apple and Android OS.
Geo-fence limitations can be applied.
Limit the phone’s WIFI or Bluetooth connectivity to chosen networks/devices.
Data usage can be monitored and capped.
MDM Costs
As you will see from the benefits above, MDM is a valuable tool for any employer who provides mobile phones to their staff. In addition, with the social worker’s authorisation, you can give a mobile phone to a Young Person in your care and ensure inappropriate content, along with chat rooms, etc, is blocked.
MDM, while not expensive, is a subscription product. The monthly cost starts at £4.00 per month per device, depending on the number of devices. This is a small price to ensure the safe usage by your staff and young people and the many benefits above.
As the MDM can be applied to any Android or Apple device, you are not limited to what mobile phones your company supplies. In addition, MDM can be applied to a mobile already in use. By following a few simple procedures, we can apply your company MDM profile to any phone, anywhere in the world. MDM can also be applied to tablets and any device, including personal radios, as long as they run IOS or Android.
