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ORLANDO, Fla. -- To place management controls on mobile devicessuch as tablets and smartphones used in business, the enterprise has showed preference foracquiring mobile device management (MDM) software where server and management console components are kept on premises. But that'schanging, as companies are now buying cloud-based MDM, according toGartner. Today, more than 85% of MDM product buys for mobile devices aresoftware where components are retained in-house and on premises,such as management consoles, said Gartner analyst Phillip Redman,in his presentation on the impact of the cloud on mobility at theGartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit herethis week. But there is now a shift taking place where MDM buyersare showing preference for cloud-based MDM offerings, withAirWatch, Fiberlink, MobileIron, Zenprise and Notify Technologyamong top choices there. MORE FROM THE SUMMIT: Gartner: Top 10 infrastructure trends Some companies offer both on premises and cloud options, but oneadvantage in cloud-based services is the speed in getting usersdeployed with MDM, Redman noted, even though it may still requiringinstalling a software agent on the device. "It's getting to thepoint where it takes less than 24 hours to get your users up andgoing," he pointed out. In another session, Redman offered the audience of enterpriseinformation technology managers a look at Gartner's just-completed2012 MDM Magic Quadrant, which sized up today's MDM providers. Gartner considered dozes of MDM companies, and the Magic Quadrant,a format Gartner typically uses to list "leaders," "challengers,""niche players" and "visionaries," narrows these down. The MDM "leaders" are said to be MobileIron, AirWatch, Fiberlink,Zenprise and Good Technology. The "challengers" are said to be SAPand Symantec. The "visionaries" are BoxTone and IBM, while the castof "niche players," the category that usually makes vendors squirm,included McAfee, Sophos, Trend Micro, Tangoe, OpenPeak, Silverback,LANDesk, Smith Micro Software and MyMobileSecurity. There areplenty of other MDM vendors that didn't make it this far to evenget on the Gartner Magic Quadrant. Redman also pointed out that MDM is in flux, fragmented andevolving and that Microsoft , Google and BMC are among vendors looking at what they might do inthis area. He said the market is expected to remain very fragmentedthrough 2015. He also noted that MDM vendors have generally trailedin supporting the Google Android platform in comparison to other mobile operating systems. "Androidsupport is still immature," said Redman, predicting it will beanother year before Android is "well-supported by most MDMvendors." Ellen Messmer is senior editor at Network World, an IDG publicationand website, where she covers news and technology trends related toinformation security. Read more about anti-malware in Network World's Anti-malware section. I am an expert from steelrollcage.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China Roll Storage Rack , Wire Mesh Decking, Wire Mesh Container,and more.
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