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A growing number of businesses are employing mobile technology as a crucial business tool; however, companies with corporate information on mobile devices are challenged with visibility as far as what is happening with applications, costs, data, and security. MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform is the latest service provided by AT&T for businesses of any size to help secure and better manage smartphones operating on multiple systems within their organization. Installation for MobileIron Smartphone Platform for AT&T is simple, user-friendly, and able to be up and running in a corporate network in no time.
AT&T's MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform provides visibility for incorporated devices across multiple wireless service providers and those running on numerous mobile operating systems. MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform also offers both employee and company owned smartphones over-the-air control and protection. Even on employee-owned smartphones, MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform offers mobile and IT workers enhanced cost control and data security without compromising privacy.
The years of discussions and waiting for the much anticipated mobile enterprise are over it's finally here. Today, smartphones are transforming the way businessmen and women work and perform their daily tasks. A growing number of businesses of all embracing employee and company smartphones, and AT&T hopes to escalate that number even higher with their new MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform.
By 2014, the global mobile device management market is expected to grow to reach $382.7 million in revenue over the subsequent five years equating to a CAGR of 7.6 percent according to a recent IDC market share report.
The senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Enterprise Software program, Stacy Crook, believes that "the increasing acceptance of individual-liable devices in the enterprise will continue to be an important driver of activity for mobile device management throughout the forecast period." She associates this with the added security risks individual-liable devices can present as well as the mounting number of mobile operating systems that IT will be required to support.
In short, AT&T's new MobileIron Virtual Platform service helps businesses to better manage and secure their company and employee owned smartphones that operate on multiple systems within their organization. With the addition of MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform's management service, customers can manage their devices across multiple platforms quickly, simply, and efficiently.
Here at T1Everywhere, we partner with AT&T and other leading providers in telecommunications services to provide our customers with the best solutions at the best prices available in the market today. Contact one of our account managers today to see what AT&T's Smartphone Platform and our other services can do for your business!
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