Novell Announces ZENworks Mobile Management

Novell has announced the availability of Novell ZENworks Mobile Management. ZENworks Mobile Management (ZMM) addresses the pain points device administrators and managers face today, including BYOD, security, application and file sharing, asset and inventory management and compliance issues. With this new solution, Novell extends its existing management and security capabilities to mobile devices. Novell now gives enterprises the ability to control and secure a large and diverse set of mobile devices in the workforce, including iOS, Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile and other ActiveSync enabled devices, with minimal impact to IT overhead.

“The workforce is demanding mobile devices at work, whether they are company issued or personal, leaving administrators scrambling to catch up and solve the security and management challenges this brings. With this release, we’re specifically addressing our customers’ needs,” said Eric Varness, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for Novell. “The release of ZENworks Mobile Management provides enterprises with an easy-to-install solution to oversee mobile devices while ensuring security and fostering workplace productivity. Employees get what they need to be productive from anywhere without undue risk and expense to the enterprise. Adding mobile device management to organisations endpoint management capabilities is the next logical step to ensure the security and integrity of enterprise data and applications.”

Novell ZENworks Mobile Management makes it easy for organisations to provide BYOD support, ensuring users have the right credentials and access to applications and files on their mobile devices, where and when they need it. Reporting and auditing functionality aids in compliance as ZMM provides visibility into who controls actions and processes while showing how activities are done making sure any necessary security actions are taken and documented to make proving compliance more efficient.