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Yet more data shows the acceleration of Mac adoption in the business world.

Okta’s recent Businesses at Work 2023 report shared numerous insights into the state of enterprise IT. One in particular grabbed my attention: endpoint management and security tools have become the most popular category of security product across the enterprise, with some players achieving really significant growth, partly on the back of their Mac support.

The data: Jamf Pro has seen 428% customer growth across the last four years, while smaller vendor Kandji experienced a 172% increase in its customer base in just the last year.

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Download: UEM vendor comparison chart 2023

February 15, 2023 admin Blackberry, enterprise mobile management, google, IBM, microsoft, Security, Unified Endpoint Management, VMware

Credit to Author: ,| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 03:00:00 -0800

Unified endpoint management (UEM) is a strategic IT approach that consolidates how enterprises secure and manage an array of deployed devices including phones, tablets, PCs, and even IoT devices.

As remote and hybrid work models have become the norm over the past two years, “mobility management” has come to mean management of not just mobile devices, but all devices used by mobile employees wherever they are. UEM tools incorporate existing enterprise mobility management (EMM) technologies, such as mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM), with tools used to manage desktop PCs and laptops.

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Enterprise mobility 2023: UEM meets DEX

February 15, 2023 admin Enterprise Applications, enterprise mobile management, mobile application management, Mobile Device Management, Security, small and medium business, system management, Unified Endpoint Management

If there was ever any doubt about the future of unified endpoint management (UEM) as a key component of enterprise mobility strategies, the now-permanent shift to hybrid and remote work models has sealed the deal. UEM has become a critical part of enterprise efforts to manage this complex environment.

Forrester Research’s 2022 Business Technographics Infrastructure Hardware Survey shows that 28% of infrastructure hardware technology decision makers will be investing in UEM over the next 12 months. “This is in line with previous years, so we continue to see stable growth in the UEM market,” says Andrew Hewitt, senior analyst at Forrester.

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Morgan Stanley fines some employees $1M for WhatsApp, iMessage use

January 26, 2023 admin enterprise mobile management, Financial Services Industry, messaging apps, Mobile, privacy, remote work, Security, small and medium business

Investment banking firm Morgan Stanley has punished some of its employees with fines that topped more than $1 million for breaching compliance rules by using WhatsApp and iMessage for business communications.

The fines were levied by docking previous bonuses or future pay, according to a report in the Financial Times.

While the fines might seem steep, Morgan Stanley itself has had to pay millions of dollars in fines for previous SEC violations related to the use of consumer messaging apps for business purposes.

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Apple pushes out emergency updates to address zero-day exploits

September 1, 2022 admin apple, enterprise mobile management, Mobile, Security, small and medium business

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:46:00 -0700

Apple this week released urgent security updates to address zero-day vulnerabilities on older model iPhones, iPads, and iPods.

The patches, pushed out on Wednesday, address an out-of-bounds write issue that could be exploited by an attacker enabling them to take control of the affected device. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) today encouraged users and IT admins to review Apple’s advisory HT213428 and apply the necessary updates.

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May 3, 2022 admin Blackberry, enterprise mobile management, google, IBM, IDG Insider, microsoft, Security, Unified Endpoint Management, VMware

Credit to Author: Bob Violino, Valerie Potter| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 03:00:00 -0700

Unified endpoint management (UEM) is a strategic IT approach that consolidates how enterprises secure and manage an array of deployed devices including phones, tablets, PCs, and even IoT devices.

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Enterprise mobility 2022: UEM adds user experience, AI, automation

May 3, 2022 admin Enterprise Applications, enterprise mobile management, mobile application management, Mobile Device Management, Security, small and medium business, system management, Unified Endpoint Management

Credit to Author: Bob Violino| Date: Tue, 03 May 2022 03:00:00 -0700

The past two years have seen mobility management take on a greater importance than ever in the enterprise. As remote and hybrid work models take hold at many organizations, “mobility management” has expanded its meaning from management of mobile devices to management of all devices used by mobile employees, wherever they happen to be working from.

Unified endpoint management (UEM) has become a strategic technology at the center of companies’ efforts to control this increasingly complex environment. Essentially combining enterprise mobility management (EMM) tools with PC management tools, UEM platforms help companies manage and protect a range of devices including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers across multiple operating systems — all from a unified interface.

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint brings remote deployment to iOS

February 2, 2022 admin apple, Endpoint Protection, enterprise mobile management, iOS, microsoft, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2022 07:45:00 -0800

With the latest Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) preview for iOS, Microsoft has taken another step that should make life easier for IT administrators who need to secure remote iOS devices at the endpoint.

Endpoint protection without the user friction

The MDE preview includes a new capability to install Defender for Endpoint remotely and automatically on any devices enrolled in the service. The company first announced its intention to deliver the feature last month.

In practice, this seems relatively friction-free.

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