Wireless Device Management: Controlling the Wireless Enterprise and Reducing TCO

Wireless Device Management:
Controlling The Wireless Enterprise And Reducing Total Cost of Ownership By Keith Boyle, Sr. Director, Wireless Services










PEAK Technologies: Wireless Device Management: Controlling the Wireless Enterprise And reducing Total Cost of Ownership
Today's Wireless Environment based digital age, network security remains a paramount concern. The technology platform of today's enterprise has a rapidly growing component: Recently, a major US auto manufacturer had wireless systems. From field operations, to their global network compromised via a logistics and supply chain, a host of crucial wireless link into one of their facilities business activities and applications are now located in Europe. Additionally, a major US conducted, even driven, by wireless mobile electronics chain learned that people in their devices. parking lot were plucking customer's credit card information from their wireless Wireless technology makes today's global network. These types of breaches, sniffing supply chain enterprise more flexible and and network hi-jacking have raised the better able to respond to changing markets overall awareness around Wireless Security and aggressive competition. In the past and caused the initiation of several wireless decade, these devices and their applications compliance-based standards. have transformed supply chain management - making it leaner, more productive and And, given today's business environment, more in tune with customer preferences and enterprise mergers and acquisitions are a expectations. constant fact of business life. Potentially, that means managing and migrating multiple However, the fundamental value of wireless wireless platforms, with potential legacy devices - their mobility, which translates technologies and protocols. into ease of use and efficiency - is also their greatest challenge from an IT management Managing Complexity and Change perspective. Many businesses now recognize that comprehensive management of their The use of wireless technology in supply wireless device infrastructure is a crucial chain management has exploded- far faster component of a total IT enterprise than expected by some. Wireless management solution. Technology is becoming pervasive and a given component of today's supply chain The Challenge of Mobility systems. It's a classic dilemma: Budget, time and skilled resources are not available, A mobile device is not locked down - it's an or have not been allocated, to manage these enterprise asset that is potentially always on fast-growing platforms. the move. It contains valuable software and firmware that needs to be configured, In addition, wireless platforms generate tracked and managed as your business unique challenges: grows, in lockstep with the other . They are distributed over many components of your enterprise IT remote locations, or on mobile environment. vehicles; . As an active digital device, it is a point of There is an evolving mix of
entry, and thus a point of vulnerability for proprietary and standard operating
the wireless-enabled enterprise. In this Web- systems and applications;
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. They involve radio frequency- ensure your business has the latest, most specific technology, operating effective tools to remain competitive. requirements, and protocols; and . There are multiple compliance issues Just as with other information technologies, that need to be addressed with wireless devices should be managed as part wireless information movement and of a plan that includes goals, milestones, and distribution (such as PCI, Sarbanes- metrics. Oxley, HIPPA, etc.). Core Issues of Wireless Device And the challenge is growing fast. Management Proprietary wireless protocols and operating systems have evolved to standards-based An independent research group recently products and platforms (MS Windows, estimated that the average annual total cost 802.11, etc.). This has stimulated much of ownership (TCO) ... [download for more]