Enterasys to demo mobile management software for BYOD

25.04.2012
Enterasys plans to display at next month an appliance for mobile device management (), spurred by the bring-your-own-device () phenomenon at the workplace.

Citing industrywide research, Enterasys says 75% of all devices supported by . And that 75% of the trouble tickets generated are from mobile users.

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THE BYOD STRUGGLE:

With that, Enterasys is introducing the Mobile IAM appliance at Interop. Each 1RU hardware appliance and virtual appliance software supports 3,000 devices, but can scale to 100,000. They perform auto discovery; device profiling; context-based policy management on 45 attributes; authentication; VPN enforcement; identity, access and guest access management; inventory management; and auditing and reporting.

Enterasys is also offering professional services to help enterprises cope with . The company says it can install a 3,000 device management infrastructure in 10 days after a free needs assessment. Any additional time needed will be provided at no charge to the customer, Enterasys says.