Recorded:    February 21 | 2013      Play

69% of organizations have employees using mobile devices to connect to their corporate network, and Gartner predicts that through 2017, 90% of enterprises will have two or more mobile operating systems to support. This brings not only security concerns, but practical problems with managing a variety of devices that can contain both personal and corporate data. As a result, mobile device management (MDM) and bring your own device (BYOD) solutions for the enterprise are exploding into the market. Choosing the right solution will increase enterprise efficiency, while maintaining security and regulatory compliance, without a massive burden on IT.

However, selecting a solution has never been more difficult. The explosive growth of the market has created a glut of new and relatively unknown vendors, and the industry is far from mature with costs all over the board. According to Forrester Research, there are over 40 vendors in the market, offering software with core features such as configuration management, troubleshooting and support, inventory, remote control and reporting capabilities. There are many methods of delivery, such as premise-based, hosted, SaaS, managed services, on demand, cloud computing and outsourced. With each term used in different ways, it can often be confusing and hard to compare, and every organization will have different reasons for selecting a particular method of delivery. Join our panel as they discuss ways to select the right MDM and BYOD solution for your organization.

Speakers

Brandon Dunlap is the Managing Director of research at Brightfly and the Moderator of this event. He has more than 15 years of experience managing business technology risk in large and small organizations. He has served in a variety of roles across heavily regulated industries, successfully leading all aspects of IT security programs, including policy and procedure management, oversight and control, strategy, architecture, development, and training. Currently, he is the Managing Director of Research of Brightfly, an independent, advisory and research firm that focuses on building a collaborative IT practitioner communities and bridging the gaps within information technology, security, risk, compliance, and audit disciplines.

Tyler Lessard is the Chief Marketing Officer at Fixmo, the mobile risk management company. As CMO, Tyler leads the marketing and product strategy efforts for Fixmo's suite of Mobile Risk Management solutions that target government agencies, private enterprise, wireless operators and professional consumers. Tyler is currently focused on expanding Fixmo's product offerings to encompass device and data integrity assurance, context-aware data protection and policy enforcement, device and data loss prevention, compliance assurance and enterprise auditability. Prior to joining Fixmo, Tyler was Vice President of BlackBerry Global Alliances and Developer Relations at Research In Motion (RIM).

Chenxi Wang, Ph.D. is Vice President, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. Chenxi serves Security & Risk Professionals, and is a leading expert on mobile security, endpoint security, application security, and cloud security. Chenxi leads the effort at Forrester to build the research portfolio that addresses how enterprise mobility, consumerization, and emerging threats affect security strategy, policy, architecture, application development, and operations. Chenxi's research builds on her in-depth technical insights and her years of research experience. Chenxi has also written extensively about global data privacy laws and the China technology market and closely follows the technology adoption trends in that market.

Pankaj Gupta (PJ), is the CEO and Chief Architect at Amtel, a 10 year old company that offers an integrated Mobile Device Management and Telecom Expense Management platform for enterprises. PJ defines the company strategy, product vision, and user experience. Since it's founding, PJ has been able to organically grow Amtel into a profitable company. Amtel launched the first free MDM service as a result of PJ's vision to make mobile device security accessible to all size of businesses.

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