Creating a consumer-like experience for remote workers, outside the corporate office, has become more and more complex for organizations that continue to use multiple disconnected tools to manage various rugged deployments. To address these challenges, enterprise IT is shifting towards a unified endpoint management (UEM) approach. This approach for purpose-built deployments gives IT greater visibility, simplified management, increased security, and improved operational efficiency through combined management tools and processes.
This whitepaper will delve into the evolution of rugged devices, the management challenges associated with such deployments, and how a UEM solution can address these challenges to enable a fully connected environment that is both manageable and secure.
Since Blackberry’s decision to end-of-life Good for Enterprise, customers of that legacy platform have to make a very difficult choice: migrate to the new Good Work email app and the Good Dynamics platform, or select a more productive, lower TCO and identity-integrated solution designed for the long term.
Download this Tech Target white paper to learn how your organization can realize the benefits of financial cost savings, increased organizational productivity, and comprehensive security capabilities by using VMware AirWatch as your EMM solution.
IT organizations are largely siloed between the desktop and mobile management worlds. IT has addressed management of mobile devices with modern enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions. However, Windows desktops have been managed separately using older PC lifecycle management (PCLM) technologies, which have fallen short of basic IT and end user expectations of today’s evolved, mobile-cloud workforce.
The VMware AirWatch® Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) solution is a single, platform-independent approach for managing every device and every operating system across any organizational use case. The solution combines traditional client management requirements with modern EMM efficiencies enabling IT to deliver OS policies, patches, and apps over-the-air. Cloud-first management with instant push technologies and self-service capabilities ensure lower cost management, better security, and peak user experience regardless of the device being used to access the corporate environment.
Read this IDG whitepaper to learn how VMware AirWatch® UEM supports a modern approach to Windows 10 management and security.
Workspace ONE is VMware’s digital workspace solution, designed to provide access to any app from any device. VMware was one of the first adopters of Workspace ONE, successfully deploying the solution across our full user population in 2016. Download this white paper to learn about the objectives that drove the decisions for how and when to deploy, in addition to an overview of the business value we’ve achieved so far.
As organizations explore Windows 10, IT departments are being tasked to show the potential return on investment they could realize with enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions for Windows 10 coupled with other productivity and collaboration solutions. VMware commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a Total Economic Impact (TEI) study to uncover the advantages of this approach. Read the full story to see how one global airline benefited from their implementation of VMware AirWatch.
Apple began aligning management profiles in Mac and iOS software years ago so that Macs could be managed alongside iOS devices with mobile device management (MDM). Each macOS update has delivered additional MDM controls, enabling IT to manage more endpoints together. Unified endpoint management brings together traditional client management with a modern enterprise mobility management framework to simplify the management process for IT. This whitepaper summarizes the key challenges of Mac management and outlines considerations and product features to help ensure a successful deployment.
Smart card authentication has been the de facto standard within the US Federal Government since the early 2000’s, speci cally with the issuance of FIPS 201 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Both the Department of Defense (DoD) as well as all Federal Civilian agencies must utilize smart cards for physical, logical, and network access. The DoD utilizes a Common Access Card where as their civilian counterparts utilize a Personal Identi cation Veri cation (PIV) card.
In today’s workplace, employees and businesses deal with a vast variety of devices with different operating systems and form factors, from PCs and laptops, to tablets and smartphones, and now, increasingly wearables and Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints. IT has to integrate this heterogeneous mix of devices into critical business operations, secure them from unauthorized use, and manage them so end users enjoy a consistent, productive experience no matter how or where they access the digital workspace. The answer is unified endpoint management (UEM), which enables organizations to take a consistent approach to manage and secure every endpoint, any app and content, and across deployment use cases from a single holistic platform.
VMware AirWatch follows the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) FIPS-recommended procedures for utilizing FIPS Validated Modules also known as FIPS 140-2 Inside Validated. This signed attestation letter from Booz Allen Hamilton validates AirWatch properly uses FIPS 140-2 validated modules for all its cryptographic functionality. This includes the core AirWatch platform architecture for data at rest and data in transit, AirWatch Apple iOS, Android, and Windows 10 Software Development Kits (SDKs).
Businesses are finally committing to hybrid cloud strategies on a large scale, partly because CIOs and CEOs are convinced of their benefits, and partly because they have become a business imperative, especially with the consumerization of IT. Today’s employees no longer consume information on one company-issued device, but instead they do so from a variety of endpoint devices. Additionally, a wide range of application delivery models have evolved—including software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web-based, Windows, and mobile applications—largely because of their convenience, flexibility, and ability to scale on demand.
Retailers need a comprehensive integrated mobile security strategy. Data and transactions must be secure given increased threats to mobile devices. By integrating enterprise mobility management with threat security and network security retailers can deliver an optimal secure digital experience. This IDC infographic summarizes key challenges and considerations for retailers developing an integrated enterprise strategy for secure mobile deployments in retail.
Employees increasingly use smartphones and tablets to access their work data. While this practice is easy and convenient for them, IT managers fear insufficient security puts corporate data at risk. Download this infographic to learn how AirWatch Content Locker meets the requirements of both employees and IT managers by providing seamless access to corporate data on the go while also ensuring sensitive information and documents are secured at all times.
Windows 10 is Microsoft’s first truly mobile operating system designed to work seamlessly across the unified desktop and mobile devices’ platform. This mobile first, cloud first platform redefines how organizations treat desktop and device management by allowing IT to take full advantage of the new enterprise mobility management (EMM) capabilities. Download the infographic to learn how VMware(r) AirWatch(r) provides the most comprehensive solution to get your organization Windows 10 ready.
Microsoft Office 365 apps available on desktops, mobile, web are opening up new collaboration and productivity use cases. Yet for all its promise of anytime-anywhere collaboration, Office 365 poses meaningful adoption and security challenges for any IT organization. This IDC infographic summarizes key challenges and considerations to deploying and securing Office 365 across your organization.
The VMware® WorkspaceTM ONETM apps suite empowers mobile productivity by engaging business apps to solve for mobile micro-moments and drive digital transformation. As part of the Workspace ONE suite of apps, VMware Boxer combines consumer simplicity with enterprise security. The app provides frictionless access to enterprise email, calendar and contacts across both corporate-owned and employee-owned devices. The containerization of business data from personal data enables IT organizations to exceed their enterprise security, compliance, data leakage prevention (DLP) and user privacy requirements.
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs are as popular as ever. Companies are seeing a marked increase in productivity and reduction in costs by allowing employees to use their own personal devices to access company resources. However, keeping company data secure while maintaining employee privacy is challenging, and there are many policy requirements, for both the company and the end user.
Is your organization ready to take advantage of BYOD, but aren’t sure where to start? This simple 3-part strategy guide will walk you through specific device- and user-based policy considerations, outline critical areas for content access, security practices, and compliance rules, and provide suggestions for how to design a comprehensive rollout schedule.
With Windows 10, Microsoft introduces a consolidated operating system (OS) platform that changes how organizations treat the management of End-User Computing (EUC) environments. This new way of managing Windows is more closely aligned to the enterprise mobile management (EMM) based approaches found in mobile management tools today.
This whitepaper provides an overview of how Windows management evolved from a rigid and disruptive PC-centric approach to one offering a flexible and light-touch model. It will also delve into the specific management technologies that Windows 10 introduces, as well as leveraging conventional Windows management tools that are in use today.
As enterprises embrace adoption of Microsoft Office 365 to drive business and alleviate the complexity and costs associated with on-premise Exchange environments, achieving a balance between identity management and user experience is often difficult. In this white paper discover how AirWatch® Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) easily integrates with both Office 365 APIs and VMware Identity Manager or an enterprise’s existing cloud or on-premise identity management solution to optimize user experience and ensure data is secure across all devices and platforms.
Cloud datacenter security is becoming imperative in the new age of malware attacks. To stay competitive and secure, organizations are turning to smart networking in an effort to close the datacenter security gap. The combination of VMware NSX, AirWatch Tunnel and Horizon View helps close this gap and simplifies security management for IT professionals. With the upcoming prevalence of authentication and identity management in an organization’s infrastructure, the need to delegate and define network access continues to highlight the important role of hybrid cloud security that addresses all end-user devices.
Leverage the greatest potential gains of your device while providing security and protecting corporate assets. In lieu of having your own specific set of mobile policy settings, AirWatch provides the recommended settings in this document and incorporates the most common controls implemented by the aviation industry. In addition to security controls, AirWatch also takes into consideration best practices that concern the use of the device in the corporate environment.
Mobility is changing every aspect of retail, from the corporate office to the field; from warehouse operations to customer engagement. Most large chain retailers now rely on mobile devices, which are used for everything from inventory count and ordering in the back office to checking out customers and printing receipts in the cash wrap. But these traditional uses only scratch the surface of mobility’s potential in retail. By harnessing the latest mobile capabilities in stores, retailers can create a customer experience that is as information-rich as online shopping, but with all the benefits of brick and mortar.
Working closely with stakeholders across departments, the Adventist Health System IT department is deploying a variety of mobile technologies that make it easier for caregivers to access clinical data, while ensuring the organization maintains compliance. These efforts ultimately result in improved workflows that facilitate better patient care. Read more about Adventist Health System’s mobility best practices in this white paper.
Download this white paper to learn how universities can leverage mobility to empower students and faculty with remote access to educational content and university resources, creating a limitless learning environment and transforming today’s campus experience.
The benefits of a mobile-enabled workforce are undeniable and far-reaching. For business owners, increasing operational and business velocity is no longer tethered by time and place. The untethering benefits of mobility extend to employees in their personal productivity and in balancing their personal and work lives. For IT, however, equitably facilitating workforce mobility across all of an organization’s factions is challenging. In this paper, we discuss why a BYOD approach to workforce mobility can be a compromise-free reality.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140 Publication Series to provide federal organizations with standards for protecting sensitive electronic data. The series specifies the requirements and standards for cryptography modules for both hardware and software components that house data in federal organizations, providing minimum requirements for protecting sensitive electronic data. FIPS 140-2 provides security requirements for cryptographic modules specifically in mobile devices. NIST provides a list of approved cryptographic modules and certifies specific implementations of those modules within various platforms and solutions. This white paper addresses how AirWatch leverages existing approved cryptographic modules when integrated with security systems and platforms.
It’s common today for law enforcement officers in the field to receive dispatch calls or access a subject’s arrest record via mobile technology. But to leverage mobility’s full potential, law enforcement officials must adhere to a strict set of standards. To keep Criminal Justice Information (CJI) safe and adhere with federal information and criminal protection laws, officers accessing CJI on mobile devices must comply with the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy. This whitepaper outlines the latest CJIS Policy, released in August 2014.
In today’s mobile world, the classroom is no longer an environment where students sit and listen to the sage on the stage. With mobility, education becomes an interactive experience. Books and lectures are no longer the sole means to an effective education. A student with a mobile device in hand has access to an endless supply of information. However, for all of mobility’s benefits, introducing mobile devices into the classroom also presents risks. With AirWatch®, IT administrators can track and manage mobile devices, configure security policies, distribute apps and content, secure access to networks and equip teachers with enhanced device controls, so educators can focus on teaching and students can focus on learning.
Mobility is changing every aspect of hospitality, from improving customer service to streamlining back-end operations. A mobile device management (MDM) platform such as AirWatch® by VMware® is central to the mobility strategy of many hospitality organizations, enabling IT administrators track assets and ensure organizations maintain compliance with industry regulations, streamline processes such as training, updating materials, managing workflows and ensuring guests enjoy their stays. The following whitepaper outlines best practices for mobile device implementation in a hospitality environment, from the board room to the guest room.
Today’s savviest enterprises are leveraging BYOD as a tool to drive mobile accessibility, increase IT oversight and enable employees to complete a business task at a moment’s notice, on whichever device is nearby. This whitepaper will outline the basic measures business leaders and IT professionals are taking to turn their BYOD programs into major productivity gains.
In healthcare, mobility initiatives must strike a delicate balance of security, access and ease of use. In fast paced clinical environments, caregivers need a simple way to access data at the point of care. Mobile access to data has the power to provide caregivers with the information they need sooner and change patient outcomes for the better. IT departments, on the other hand, must adhere to healthcare’s strict regulatory environment when designing a mobility strategy. This whitepaper outlines best practices for designing and implementing a mobility strategy that facilitates mobile access to real-time clinical data while ensuring compliance, efficiency and productivity.
In the strictly regulated healthcare industry, it is necessary to take a proactive approach. Today’s healthcare IT departments are charged with identifying breach risks and plugging potential data leaks before they occur. Implementing basic security measures, such as installing and enabling encryption, is a good first line of defense. But securing mobile devices that touch electronic protected health information (ePHI) requires more than basic security, according to the HIPAA Security Rule’s mobile device privacy and security recommendations. This whitepaper is designed to explain how AirWatch can help healthcare organizations meet these recommendations, remain HIPAA compliant and ensure patient information is protected.
Instead of having the MDM vs. containerization debate, enterprises should define device use cases and security requirements within the organization, and then decide which solutions best suit their needs. Organizations with all kinds of deployments – corporate-owned devices, BYOD or a combination of the two – are finding that MDM and containerization together provide flexibility, user enablement and enhanced security. Many organizations are choosing to deploy MDM and containerization together on the same devices, for a layered approach to security. In this whitepaper, we discuss common enterprise use cases and define the advantages of MDM, containerization and the layered approach to security that both can provide.
BlackBerry’s uncertain future has highlighted a fundamental challenge that all IT professionals must eventually face: becoming integrators, rather than people who roll out and manage a single technology for everyone in their organization. Companies should begin mapping out how to implement a multi-OS strategy as soon as possible. The following migration guide is designed to aid planning for business leaders and IT professionals who are considering transitioning corporate users from BlackBerry to a secure, multi-OS environment with AirWatch. Create a migration strategy that will guide a smooth transition for users with a minimal burden on IT, follow these 6 steps.
The mobile office is a reality in today’s world. According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, telecommuting has increased more than 73 percent since 2005, meaning a burgeoning number of employees are accessing corporate documents and data on their mobile devices. In a recent IDG Enterprise survey, 82 percent of respondents reported that at least some colleagues have completed tasks from mobile devices, whether those devices are managed or not.
Creating complex, highly functional apps can take a number of highly skilled developers, hundreds of hours and/or thousands of dollars. AirWatch provides a solution to organizations looking to quickly create and deploy highly-functional, custom applications to managed devices with the AirWatch Software Development Kit.
Apple Configurator, available in the App Store, is provided by Apple and enables bulk provisioning of iOS devices. AirWatch integration with Apple Configurator is a quick and easy, three-step process and allows administrators to easily configure devices before deployment.
Apple Configurator, available in the App Store, is provided by Apple and enables bulk provisioning of iOS devices. AirWatch integration with Apple Configurator is a quick and easy, three-step process and allows administrators to easily configure devices before deployment.
