InformationWeek Analytics has announced the release of a new survey report titled Mobile Device Management & Security Research. The resource includes a guide to 14 mobile device management and security systems. The report analysts include Grant Moerschel, Co-Founder, and Richard Dreger, President of WaveGard, a vendor-neutral technology consulting firm.
When it comes to setting policies for end users' smartphones and other portable gear, IT groups have largely gotten away with being on cruise control, according to observers. According to 300 business technology professionals responding to the InformationWeek Analytics Mobile Device Management & Security Survey, security is the primary reason companies deploy, or plan to deploy, mobile device management. The report examines platform trends, applications and their importance and risks unique to mobile platforms. It also seeks to lay out a roadmap to security.
Four out of five business technology professionals say smartphones will become more predominant in their environments, according to the survey. Forty-six percent of respondents report smartphones will significantly increase in importance in relation to productivity. Companies continue to roll out productivity applications, with more than a third pushing productivity apps out to mobile devices, compared to just 27 percent in the previous survey.
More than half of business technology professionals report having written policies and procedures for the treatment of mobile data, and an additional quarter have either policies or procedures; the remaining 25 percent do not address the issue. The research data is available for download at http://analytics.informationweek.com/abstract/18/2993/Mobile-Wireless/research-mobile-device-management-security.html.
InformationWeek Analytics seeks to provide business technology professionals with real-world analysis and perspective to help them run better, smarter IT organisations. It is a subscription-based service offering peer-based technology research. Its site currently houses more than 900 reports and briefs, and includes a dedicated area where technology professionals can access complete issues of InformationWeek Magazine. More than one hundred new reports are slated for release in 2010.
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