In most small businesses, employees using mobile apps for work will be doing so on their own devices. This raises the issue of how you protect sensitive company data. Android, iOS and Windows all provide a means for managing business data on employees’ devices, but management software is needed.
For devices running version 5 of Android (Lollipop), Google recently introduced work profiles. It creates a dedicated profile for business-related apps, email and browsing, which is encrypted and can be remotely wiped by the IT department, leaving the employee’s personal data intact.
Google has also released an Android for Work app for phones and tablets running earlier versions of the OS. This isolates business mail, calendar, contacts and approved apps into a separate folder on the device’s home screen, with a briefcase icon…
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PC Pro (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2015