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Mobile management must be a key component of any enterprise mobile strategy if it is to succeed. Failure to include adequate levels of mobile management will substantially increase TCO, prevent the most efficient deployment and degrade the end user experience.

Mobile management is different than desktop management and specific tools must be deployed to make it work properly. A tool that provides the most flexibility to include a growing set of device types and connection types will be the most productive tool for the organization in the long term, as the mobile market will continue to shift for at least the next 3-5 years. Companies who have mobile applications already deployed and who do not currently have a mobile management suite should act quickly to implement such technology, or risk being overwhelmed with high cost of ownership and increased support burdens.

Finally, security and management go hand in hand, and a coordinated approach to mobile security and mobile management should be implemented as soon as possible. No matter how good the mobile technology deployed at a company may be, mobile management can be the difference between a solution succeeding and failing.