du launches Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution

Abu Dhabi, Feb 13, 2013 (WAM) - As part of its rapidly expanding managed services offerings, du - the UAE's integrated telecommunications service provider, yesterday announced the launch of Mobile Device Management (MDM), offering both on-premise and cloud based solutions for businesses to manage corporate data on personal mobile devices of their employees built on MobileIron, the leading platform for securing and managing mobile apps, documents, and devices. du's MDM solution provides a secure gateway that connects the end-user to the organisation to retrieve and share corporate data, to back-end enterprise resources like Exchange, app and web servers and SharePoint. It permits employees to securely view email attachments, secure access to SharePoint docs and secure on-device storage. In addition, there is no Open in access for rogue apps and organisational data can be deleted in the case of a lost device. du MDM provides a one stop, highly configurable, cross-platform solution that is compatible with any mobile device used by any employee. Offered in collaboration with MobileIron, the MDM solution provided by du is purpose-built for Mobile IT providing end-to-end integrated security for multiple operating systems, data loss prevention (DLP) controls for email attachments, certificate-based identity, app and document containerisation, Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) privacy protection, and automated closed-loop compliance. - Emirates News Agency, WAM