Unisys Intros Mobile Mgmt Platform for CIOs; Larry Dunn Comments

Unisys has rolled out a new version of its mobile environment manager that is designed for chief information officers.

Mobile Environment Management 2.0 is intended as a single platform for information technology directors to maintain, secure and monitor an enterprise’s mobile resources, Unisys said Wednesday.

“Mobile device management and other point solutions alone can’t help CIOs tame the management challenges of widespread mobility,” said Larry Dunn, vice president for solution portfolio management at Unisys Global Managed Services.

“Clients tell us they need a mobile services solution that addresses a full range of technology and business issues, from business process redesign through application management to expense management,” he added.

MEM is built to be deployed either on-premise or in a cloud computing environment.

Unisys says increasing use of employee-owned devices, unapproved or unsupported applications and technologies in the workplace is putting more pressure on IT to secure the infrastructure.