Vodafone India on Wednesday launched a solution, Secure Device Manager, for its corporate clients which will allow enterprises secure company data on mobile handsets and tablet PCs of their staff.
Vodafone India is the first Indian telecom operator to launch such a service. Its UK parent offers the solution in the UK and Germany and has 18,000 active users. 'With the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) concept picking up pace, increasing number of people prefer smartphones and tablets to access the company's data. Securing these devices, and the data has now become critical,' Vodafone India Director (Business Services) Naveen Chopra told reporters on a video conference.
BYOD is a policy now being followed globally by corporates, where staff are allowed to bring personal mobile devices to work and use them to access company resources like email, file servers, databases and also personal applications and data.
Vodafone Secure Device Manager provides IT managers a management console which allows them to remotely manage security policies, device settings, certificates, applications, operating system etc, he added.
Clients would be charged Rs 175 per device per month and they can scale depending on the requirement. It allows users to remotely lock or wipe all information from their smart devices in case the device is lost. Asked how the company would compete with IT services firms which typically provide such solutions, Chopra said Vodafone's reach and capability would help the company service their clients better.
Earlier IT security was limited to desktops and laptops, making mobile workforces popular. Use of smartphones and tablet PCs is forcing IT administrators to seriously consider securing corporate information and applications used on such mobile devices.
Vodafone India is the first Indian telecom operator to launch such a service. Its UK parent offers the solution in the UK and Germany and has 18,000 active users. 'With the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) concept picking up pace, increasing number of people prefer smartphones and tablets to access the company's data. Securing these devices, and the data has now become critical,' Vodafone India Director (Business Services) Naveen Chopra told reporters on a video conference.
BYOD is a policy now being followed globally by corporates, where staff are allowed to bring personal mobile devices to work and use them to access company resources like email, file servers, databases and also personal applications and data.
Vodafone Secure Device Manager provides IT managers a management console which allows them to remotely manage security policies, device settings, certificates, applications, operating system etc, he added.
Clients would be charged Rs 175 per device per month and they can scale depending on the requirement. It allows users to remotely lock or wipe all information from their smart devices in case the device is lost. Asked how the company would compete with IT services firms which typically provide such solutions, Chopra said Vodafone's reach and capability would help the company service their clients better.
Earlier IT security was limited to desktops and laptops, making mobile workforces popular. Use of smartphones and tablet PCs is forcing IT administrators to seriously consider securing corporate information and applications used on such mobile devices.