Apple rules the corporate world and it happened in a chain reaction – Part 2

Part of the overall BYOD dilemma isn’t necessarily the ever popular security issues surrounding BYOD but rather the problem of how to manage an array of devices that you could encounter. As much as I’d like to believe that Apple devices are the only ones that individuals will buy for themselves, I know that’s not the case. The largest percentage will be Apple but there will also be a number of Windows-based ones, a few Android entries and, if you can read this without retching, Blackberry will also show its ugliness in your midst. You have to be able to accept and manage them all with confidence and grace.

Leaning on conventional technologies won’t gain you any ground in the Appleization of your business. You’ll have to purchase new mobile device management (MDM) software and other software for managing the innate incompatibility between technologies. Although the Mac OS is now FreeBSD-based, its filetypes and extended permissions create problems when storing files on your Windows-based servers. Fortunately, software exists to handle those file incompatibilities.

Eventually, businesses that allow BYOD will have to come to the realization of user management instead of device management. Device management is the incorrect direction for businesses to focus on. Let the MDM software vendors worry about device support and you worry about user management. That’s what you’re really managing, the user, not the device. And, that’s the way it should be.

Reality, not rose-colored glasses is what you need when you look at BYOD for your company, regardless of size or complexity. I had the pleasure of speaking with Anders Lofgren, GroupLogic’s VP Marketing and Product Management, a few days ago on this very subject. His company’s software integrates with Active Directory and MDM software products from Good Technology and MobileIron. With GroupLogic’s software products, your Apple devices integrate seamlessly and flawlessly with your Windows-based servers and services.

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