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By the year 2015, connected mobile devices will overtake desktop usage and Wi-Fi access traffic will surpass wired access traffic. From 2012 to 2017, mobile data will grow 13-fold. Looking at statistics like these, it’s clear that mobility isn’t just another trend or hot topic – it’s a fundamental transformation of how businesses and their employees access information and accomplish work. And it’s creating more opportunities for Cisco partners to engage with customers than ever before.
But the mobility opportunity is more than just a discussion of one or two technologies. A true mobility conversation includes examining your customers’ mobile workforce strategies and taking a solutions-based approach to increasing worker productivity.
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Tags: BYOD Smart Solution, Cisco, edison peres, jabber, mobility, partner, vxi
As some of you already know, we’ve teamed up with the popular wireless networking podcast “No Strings Attached” to release a mobility podcast series. We’ve recorded 6 podcasts, and counting!
Stay tuned for future podcasts!
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Tags: 11ac, 802.11ac, access point, Cisco, Cisco Unified Access, controller, Converged Access, gigabit, gigabit ethernet, gigabit Wi-Fi, LAN, management, mobile, mobility, network, security, wi-fi, wifi, wired, wireless, wlan
MDM Today and the Future
Mobile devices have quickly become a mainstay in enterprise environments and continue to be consumer driven, and yet they find their way into our day-to-day business lives. As these new devices are being brought into the work environment by employees, enterprise IT is increasingly being forced to accommodate for business use. This is not new news. We observe this pattern through our customers today and live this phenomenon within our own everyday work environment at Cisco. Here at Cisco, employees have the flexibility to choose their device and to securely connect to voice, video and data services from anywhere under an Any Device policy. Cisco manages over 64,000 mobile devices today.
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Tags: AirWatch, byod, citrix, good, MDM, meraki, Mobile Device Management, mobile security, MobileIron, mobility, SAP Fiberlink, security
April 4, 2013 at 9:00 am PST
When Cisco integrated our Identity Services Engine (ISE) platform with leading mobile device management (MDM) systems, it was clear from the start that we had struck a chord among IT administrators trying to wrestle with the onslaught of employee-owned mobile devices accessing their networks. First and foremost for IT organizations was gaining visibility to all mobile devices — rogue or authorized — that were present on the wireless network. Cisco ISE delivered that capability, providing IT staff with a detailed view of what types of mobile devices were on the network. Coupling that with ISE’s native BYOD enrollment capabilities or the active management capabilities of MDM platforms — as well as network intelligence from the Cisco Wireless Network — was key to gaining full control over this Wild West of mobile devices
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Tags: AirWatch, byod, Citrix (Zenprise), Fiberlink, Good technology, Identify Service Engine, ISE, MAM, MCMS, MDM, MobileIron, mobility, SAP Afaria, secure BYOD, security
