MDM or Mobile Device Management is a software application used to manage endpoints such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc. With more and more employees using one or all these devices, organizations across all sizes are now turning to mobile device management for enhanced data security and improved productivity.
 

Some of the core functions of MDM include:

• Ensuring that diverse user equipment is configured to a consistent standard / supported set of applications, functions, or corporate policies

• Updating equipment, applications, functions, or policies in a scalable manner

• Ensuring that users use applications in a consistent and supportable manner

• Ensuring that equipment performs consistently

• Monitoring and tracking equipment (e.g. location, status, ownership, activity)

• Being able to efficiently diagnose and troubleshoot equipment remotely