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• satellite

  A satellite is any object that orbits something else, as, for example, the Earth orbits the sun. Continue Reading

• Global Positioning System (GPS)

  The GPS (Global Positioning System) is a 'constellation' of approximately 30 well-spaced satellites that orbit the Earth and make it possible for people with ground receivers to pinpoint their geographic location. Continue Reading

• personal digital assistant (PDA)

  Personal digital assistant is a term for a small, mobile, handheld device that provides computing and information storage and retrieval capabilities for personal or business use, often for keeping schedules, calendars and address book information ... Continue Reading

• Bluetooth

  Bluetooth is a telecommunications industry specification that describes how mobile devices, computers and other devices can easily communicate with each other using a short-range wireless connection. Continue Reading

• iPhone

  The iPhone is a smartphone made by Apple that combines a computer, iPod, digital camera and cellular phone into one device with a touchscreen interface. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • satellite
  • Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • personal digital assistant (PDA)
  • Bluetooth

  • iPhone
  • COPE (corporate-owned, personally enabled)
  • fixed wireless
  • Mobile Threat Defense (MTD)

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• Mobile application management tools balance service and cost

  Finding the right mobile application management tool can be challenging. Discover whether it's best to choose a standalone MAM tool over an integrated EMM suite.Continue Reading

• How to enroll iOS devices with Apple User Enrollment

  A recently added Apple feature, iPadOS and iOS User Enrollment, helps organizations manage devices with personal data without sacrificing end users' privacy.Continue Reading

• How to deploy a mobile threat defense app in 3 scenarios

  The mobile threat defense integration and application deployment process differ depending on whether an organization uses MDM, MAM or neither.Continue Reading

• COPE (corporate-owned, personally enabled)

  COPE (corporate-owned personally-enabled) is a business model in which an organization provides its employees with mobile computing devices and allows the employees to use them as if they were personally-owned notebook computers, tablets or ...Continue Reading

• fixed wireless

  Fixed wireless networking refers to the operation of wireless devices in fixed locations such as homes and offices.Continue Reading

• Mobile Threat Defense (MTD)

  Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) software is meant to protect organizations and individual users from security threats on mobile platforms.Continue Reading

• Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

  Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a security standard for computing devices equipped with wireless internet connections.Continue Reading

• spectrum efficiency

  Spectrum efficiency describes the amount of data transmitted over a given spectrum or bandwidth with minimum transmission errors.Continue Reading

• 7 mobile device security best practices for businesses

  Organizations can't deploy mobile devices without accounting for their security. IT admins should follow these 7 best practices to manage mobile device and data security.Continue Reading

• LTE (Long-Term Evolution)

  LTE (Long-Term Evolution) is a standard for 4G wireless technology that offers increased network capacity and speed for cellphones and other cellular devices compared with 3G.Continue Reading

• How to deploy configuration profiles on iOS 14 and later

  While mobile IT admins can deploy iOS configuration profiles manually or ask users to handle that task, they should learn how to handle mass profile deployments as well.Continue Reading

• Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

  Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is a specification for a set of communication protocols to standardize the way that wireless devices, such as cellular telephones and radio transceivers, can be used for internet access, including email, the web, ...Continue Reading

• 4G (fourth-generation wireless)

  4G is the short name for fourth-generation wireless, the stage of broadband mobile communications that supersedes 3G (third-generation wireless) and is the predecessor of 5G (fifth-generation wireless).Continue Reading

• GSM (Global System for Mobile communication)

  GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) is a digital mobile network that is widely used by mobile phone users in Europe and other parts of the world.Continue Reading

• MIMO (multiple input, multiple output)

  MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) is an antenna technology for wireless communications in which multiple antennas are used at both the source (transmitter) and the destination (receiver).Continue Reading

• wireless backhaul

  Wireless backhaul is the use of wireless communication systems to transport data between the internet and subnetworks.Continue Reading

• wireless ad hoc network (WANET)

  A wireless ad hoc network (WANET) is a type of local area network (LAN) that is built spontaneously to enable two or more wireless devices to be connected to each other without requiring typical network infrastructure equipment, such as a wireless ...Continue Reading

• wireless broadband (WiBB)

  Wireless broadband (WiBB) is high-speed internet and data service delivered through a wireless local area network (WLAN) or wireless wide area network (WWAN).Continue Reading

• GPRS (General Packet Radio Services)

  General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) is a best-effort packet-switching protocol for wireless and cellular network communication services.Continue Reading

• wireless

  Wireless is a term used to define telecommunication and data transmission without wires.Continue Reading

• Google Hangouts

  Google Hangouts is a unified communications service that allows members to initiate and participate in text, voice or video chats, either one-on-one or in a group.Continue Reading

• OTA update (over-the-air update)

  An over-the-air (OTA) update is the wireless delivery of new software, firmware, or other data to mobile devices.Continue Reading

• New iOS 14 features that mobile admins should be excited for

  With the impending release of iOS 14, mobile admins should learn the advancements that iOS 14 can offer and how the features can make a major difference in the enterprise.Continue Reading

• Microsoft OneDrive

  OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) is an online cloud storage service from Microsoft.Continue Reading

• enterprise mobility management (EMM)

  Enterprise mobility management (EMM) is software that allows organizations to securely enable employee use of mobile devices and applications.Continue Reading

• Android OS

  Android OS is a Linux-based mobile operating system that primarily runs on smartphones and tablets.Continue Reading

• mobile device management (MDM)

  Mobile device management (MDM) is software that allows IT administrators to control, secure and enforce policies on smartphones, tablets and other endpoints.Continue Reading

• Mobile Application Management (MAM)

  Mobile application management (MAM) is software that secures and enables IT control over enterprise applications on end users' corporate and personal smartphones and tablets.Continue Reading

• Apple iOS

  Apple iOS is a proprietary mobile operating system that runs on mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.Continue Reading

• telecommuting

  Telecommuting is an arrangement to work outside the traditional office or workplace, usually at home or in a mobile situation.Continue Reading

• mobile operating system

  A mobile operating system (OS) is software that allows smartphones, tablet PCs (personal computers) and other devices to run applications and programs.Continue Reading

• What IT needs to know about FIDO2 iOS and Android standards

  The FIDO2 standard can help organizations go passwordless, but IT should understand how exactly an application or website offers this possibility through the WebAuthn API.Continue Reading

• How can IT manage Android Things devices in the enterprise?

  The Android Things program provides APIs that link atypical Android devices to Android smartphone management tools, so mobile admins must learn to manage Android Things devices.Continue Reading

• What Android security threats should IT know about?

  Mobile admins must understand the nature of the most recent Android security threats so they can protect users, but it's crucial to know where these verified threats are listed.Continue Reading

• Ownership scenario should dictate mobile device policies

  The policies organizations should deploy for BYOD devices compared to kiosk devices are very different. Learn how organizations should approach these policy decisions.Continue Reading

• tvOS

  TvOS is the operating system that runs on the 4th and 5th generation Apple TV digital media player.Continue Reading

• remote wipe

  Remote wipe is a security feature that allows a network administrator or device owner to send a command that deletes data to a computing device.Continue Reading

• LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)

  LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a software protocol for enabling anyone to locate data such as organizations, individuals and other resources such as files and devices in a network -- whether on the public internet or on a corporate ...Continue Reading

• New Apple MDM terms iOS admins should know

  Apple introduced a new BYOD-friendly management mode for iOS and macOS and renamed the existing Apple MDM modes. Get up to speed with the three new terms.Continue Reading

• How can the Samsung Knox Service Plugin help mobile admins?

  The Knox Service Plugin helps Samsung smartphone admins roll out security features through EMM tools more quickly. The program lowers the programming burden for EMM vendors as well.Continue Reading

• smartphone

  A smartphone is a cellular telephone with an integrated computer and other features not originally associated with telephones, such as an operating system, web browsing and the ability to run software applications.Continue Reading

• consumerization of IT

  IT consumerization is the blending of personal and business use of technology devices and applications. Gartner traced the trend to the dot-com collapse, when enterprise IT budgets shrank and many IT vendors shifted focus to the potentially bigger ...Continue Reading

• Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)

  Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) - sometimes called Multimedia Messaging System - is a communications technology developed by 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project) that allows users to exchange multimedia communications between capable ...Continue Reading

• Enterprise mobility management software offerings and use cases

  IT professionals can use enterprise mobility management software to deploy mobile policies across a fleet of endpoints, so they should get to know the EMM tools in the market.Continue Reading

• Clear up the confusion about end-user computing

  Today's end-user computing industry is the culmination of a decade of changes in mobility, desktops, virtualization and more. Dive in to what really qualifies as EUC.Continue Reading

• What are the benefits of Apple Business Manager?

  IT should learn the benefits of Apple Business Manager to decide if the program's configuration and monitoring services are a worthwhile supplement to existing MDM or EMM tools.Continue Reading

• Top 3 emerging mobile app development trends for 2019

  These three emerging mobile app development strategies could change the way apps are developed in the future. Discover which of these methods is right for your organization.Continue Reading

• Intro to iPhone encryption features for Apple admins

  Encryption for iOS devices comes baked into the device itself, but iOS devices also have some significant enterprise-level protections that IT must enable and deploy policies for.Continue Reading

• How the Intune App Wrapping Tool works for Android

  Mobile application wrapping is an effective way to deploy policies that can't normally interact with an app. Learn how IT can use Intune's wrapping tool on Android apps.Continue Reading

• SIM card

  A SIM card, also known as a subscriber identity module, is a smart card that stores identification information that pinpoints a smartphone to a specific mobile network.Continue Reading

• wireless access point

  A wireless access point (wireless AP) is a network device that transmits and receives data over a wireless local area network (WLAN). Typically, wireless routers are used in homes and small businesses where all users can be supported by one combined...Continue Reading

• Transition to Android Enterprise management before Android Q

  With the upcoming deprecation of Device Admin APIs, IT should look at the possibility of migration to Android Enterprise, Google's endorsed API program, for device management.Continue Reading

• Best smartphone for business use relies on many key factors

  Operating systems and security protection are among the key considerations when companies select smartphones for business use. Learn more about device options and decision points.Continue Reading

• Considerations for choosing enterprise mobility tools

  Mobile device management may be long gone, but IT pros still have many options to enroll, secure and manage their organization's fleet of mobile devices. Discover what the options are.Continue Reading

• m-commerce (mobile commerce)

  M-commerce (mobile commerce) is the buying and selling of goods and services through wireless handheld devices such as smartphones and tablets.Continue Reading

• Benefits of direct autonomous authentication for mobile

  Direct autonomous authentication, a new mobile technology, authenticates users with mobile carrier technology faster than typical two-factor authentication methods.Continue Reading

• Pros, cons of cloud-based IAM from Google, IBM, Amazon

  Amazon, Google and IBM all provide IAM tools with a cloud subscription. But before IT commits, it's important to evaluate the pros and cons of these free services.Continue Reading

• The end of hybrid Intune MDM and what IT needs to know

  Some Microsoft Intune admins are unsure of what to do after the death of Intune hybrid MDM. IT should consider Azure or other MDM platforms to maintain key functions.Continue Reading

• Google Play (Android Market)

  Google Play, formerly known as Android Market, is the official distribution storefront for Android applications and other digital media, such a music, movies and books, from Google.Continue Reading

• Does enterprise file sync and share work on mobile devices?

  Users who work with file sync-and-share apps on their mobile devices should be aware that auto-syncing works differently and that there are more security risks.Continue Reading

• mobile malware

  Mobile malware is malicious software specifically written to attack mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches.Continue Reading

• What is Project Verify and how will it affect IT?

  Project Verify will enable mobile users to sign into apps and websites without login credentials. Discover what this might mean for IT and how it will work.Continue Reading

• Mobile application developer skills to know for an interview

  One of the best ways to succeed in your mobile app dev career is to master the art of the interview. Review need-to-know technical skills and how to communicate them effectively.Continue Reading

• How can IT address mobile device security risks?

  Mobile threat defense, when paired with EMM, can enhance a security strategy. Here's why an on-device security platform is necessary for today's mobile threat landscape.Continue Reading

• How mobile threat defense can complement EMM

  MTD adoption isn't widespread yet, but IT admins would do well to stay ahead of the game. Here's how MTD can work in conjunction with EMM to secure devices.Continue Reading

• How can organizations implement mobile app personalization?

  Organizations that want to boost user engagement on a mobile app should use personalization. They can follow these steps to implement personalization effectively.Continue Reading

• Evernote mobile app helps fill productivity gaps

  Taking and organizing notes is an important part of many employees' jobs. Evernote can help business users manage notes, which can be even more critical on mobile devices.Continue Reading

• What are the benefits of QR code enrollment?

  IT can enroll devices into MDM using a QR code, which is a more attainable option as support expands. Discover the benefits of this process, including improved workflow and ease of use.Continue Reading

• The complete Apple iOS guide for IT administrators

  Apple iOS has become a legitimate enterprise option. IT admins must know about its security capabilities and how to manage devices. Developers should also learn the ins and outs of iOS app development.Continue Reading

• instant app (Google Android instant app)

  A Google Android instant app is a small software program that enables end users to test out a portion of a native Android app without installing it on a device.Continue Reading

• Stay updated on the Android Enterprise Recommended program

  Google made a few updates to Android Enterprise Recommended. Explore recent offerings from the proprietary Android enterprise device program, including support for rugged devices.Continue Reading

• How to implement a mobile app blacklist

  Mobile apps aren't always safe, but IT can ensure that end users err of the side of caution with a blacklist. It's simple to create and maintain one with these steps.Continue Reading

• How to develop a mobile incident response plan

  Mobile devices are often overlooked when it comes to an incident response plan, but they shouldn't be. Here's how to integrate mobile devices into an essential security system.Continue Reading

• Mobile app testing tools embrace automation, open source

  Organizations should think about mobile app testing from the beginning. Discover other best practices from the CTO of Sauce Labs, a mobile app testing company.Continue Reading

• What mobile device analytics can do for you

  The hype around analytics is real. When it comes to mobile, this technology can help IT administrators glean more information about users, business processes and more.Continue Reading

• Pros of dedicated API services for cross-platform mobile apps

  One API can rule them all -- but developers shouldn't be surprised if problems occur. Delve into the pros and cons of dedicated API services for cross-platform apps.Continue Reading

• What are the benefits of mobile app A/B testing?

  Mobile app A/B testing is the best way to prevent buggy features from reaching your users. Learn the benefits and discover how to get started with the process.Continue Reading

• Pros and cons of a low-code platform for mobile

  Low-code platforms for mobile app development come with plenty of controversy. Discover why developers hate them and how organizations can use them to empower end users.Continue Reading

• How to create an inclusive endpoint management strategy

  Smartwatches, IoT devices and sensors -- oh my! Endpoint management can get confusing quickly, but you can figure it out by answering these questions.Continue Reading

• How virtual assistant technology will affect the enterprise

  Mobile devices with AI and virtual assistants will affect the enterprise, as well as consumers. Learn how to prep your organization for the future.Continue Reading

• How to implement tablets for enterprise use

  To integrate tablets into the enterprise, IT needs to know more than just which tablet is the best fit. Discover the tools that can help IT enroll and maintain the new devices.Continue Reading

• How Apple DEP works and why it's important

  Apple's DEP was the groundbreaking template for the future of endpoint provisioning. The program helps businesses and educators simplify enrollment and management.Continue Reading

• Unpack the role of Google's Flutter app dev framework

  Google's new cross-platform framework, Flutter, could threaten Android's existence. Explore three theories about why the company developed its new tool.Continue Reading

• Ruggedized devices face a mobile-fueled transition

  The next generation of smartphones is more rugged than ever, and this trend will change the ruggedized device market. Learn how and know what to expect in the next few years.Continue Reading

• push notification

  Push notification, also called server push notification, is the delivery of information from a software application to a computing device without a specific request from the client.Continue Reading

• Developers reap benefits of iOS app modules with Swift

  Many developers recognize the benefits of app modularization. Historically, it's been difficult to begin the process, but now changes from Apple provide more opportunity.Continue Reading

• Test your knowledge of mobile app programming languages

  Do you know the difference between native, web-based and hybrid mobile apps? Test your knowledge of mobile app development and languages with this quiz.Continue Reading

• On-device machine learning offers security, reduced latency

  Where should IT process machine learning data? Mobile devices can now process machine learning, but it's important to evaluate all the options -- including the cloud.Continue Reading

• Develop an IAM strategy for the mobile enterprise

  As the role of IAM evolves, it's important to be aware of current and future technologies. IT teams should review their needs, as well as the pros and cons of IAM, before deciding.Continue Reading

• Three questions to fuel a mobile app development project

  It's not cheap to build a mobile app, so IT pros should do their research first. Here's how to determine the cost and discover which tools and trends your organization should adopt.Continue Reading

• cross-platform mobile development

  Cross-platform mobile development is the creation of software applications that are compatible with multiple mobile operating systems.Continue Reading

• Mobility strategies shift toward UEM, IAM in 2018

  IT is changing priorities when it comes to fitting mobile management into end-user computing strategies. Learn what some recent stats show about the new age of mobile.Continue Reading

• What to know before implementing an IAM system

  IT administrators have many features to choose from and requirements to meet when looking for an IAM tool. Check these boxes before committing to IAM.Continue Reading

• How well do you know EMM platforms?

  Enterprise mobility management is made up of many different facets, including MDM and MCM. Do you know the difference between them? Test your knowledge with this quiz.Continue Reading

• How to track mobile app performance metrics

  Developers that don't track mobile app health will get little insight into the user experience. Learn these effective strategies to track and understand mobile app performance metrics.Continue Reading