Hosted MDM from Sophos

INDIA: Sophos, IT security and data protection firm announced the hosted version of its mobile device management (MDM) solution, Sophos Mobile Control, enabling partners to offer clients a choice of delivery models.

As per the company: Based on the recently released Sophos Mobile Control 2.5, Sophos Mobile Control as a Service allows businesses to quickly and easily deploy an MDM solution without any changes to their existing IT infrastructures, alleviating any further management burden on IT. In addition to Sophos Mobile Control as a Service, the company is planning to introduce a full range of hosted security applications, says a release.

Peter Küssner, Managing Director, Picture Management at AG said "We provide a hosted Marketing Resource Management product ourselves, which is what made us start looking for a SaaS MDM offering. As we've allowed our employees to start using their personal smartphone at work, we felt increasing pressure to get better control of the devices to protect our data. After discussions started with Sophos, we were impressed by how fast we had the service up and running."

Stacy Crook, Senior Analyst, Mobile Enterprise Research at IDC said "The expansion of BYOD programs and the prevalence of mobile devices on business networks means mobile device management is an issue with which companies of all sizes are grappling. This presents a great opportunity for resellers and other solution providers, as many companies are looking to their IT consultants for help managing mobile devices. Sophos' new SaaS-based MDM solution provides businesses with a sound option for securing mobile devices without creating more work for the IT department. Additionally, Sophos partners can increase their revenue by offering services that meet the growing demand for mobile device management."

Matthias Pankert, Vice President, Product Management at Sophos said "Our SaaS-based solution ensures that these devices are controlled and managed, even for small groups of users within a company."