Corporate iPhone : What are the implications?

The applications, hardware and security that will make the iPhone so usable needs be set up and maintained, especially as new features are deployed almost on a monthly basis, irrespective of country of location.

Any IT department should also be looking at how they can remotely interrogate, backup and restore an iPhone to ensure that the user is not abusing its use, with potential legal repercussions, and that if lost, stolen or sold, it can be remotely deleted.

Apple could almost achieve this through iTunes, but more sensibly should have worked with Intellisync, mFormation and many others to ensure that existing systems can provide the relevant control.

What’s the betting that’s happened?!

Apart from the usability, the main point of a corporate iPhone is what it could do that it can’t do now.

The iPhone is being seen by corporate customers as a BlackBerry replacement, so it must have BlackBerry type features.

An open application platform as supported by all other smartphones is a pre-requisite.  Apple have indicated that applications will be controlled via iTunes, which for a centralised IT department may not be good news.

Posted by Tim Belfall on 06 March 2008

Condico is a start-up organisation based in London whose purpose is to build a sustainable, profitable business that is attractive to customers, business partners and future investors.  Condico’s focus is on the primary portfolio and to cover the spectrum of MDM solutions, Condico intends offering other device encryption and security products - the combination providing a ‘one-stop-shop’ MDM vendor. 

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