HP to help cloud-based mobile device management

HP today announced a solution for wireless and broadband companies to generate new revenue by providing mid-size business customers with cloud-based mobile device management services.

The technology company said that with its HP Cloud Services Enablement for Device Management as a Service (HP CSE for DMaaS), communications service providers (CSPs) can help businesses in managing employee smartphones, notebooks and other mobile devices.

"As work moves outside the office, businesses must support a wide array of mobile devices, networks, operating systems and applications," HP said in a statement.

It said with HP CSE for DMaaS, CSPs can provide businesses with an efficient, flexible, services-on-demand solution through a secure, customisable web portal that allows IT staff to manage mobile devices and PCs through the cloud.

"Using over-the-air technology they can configure devices, distribute applications, diagnose problems, enforce security policies and protect data with full back-up and restore capability," it added.

The benefits for businesses are: reduced cost, complexity and risk; access to state-of-the-art mobile device management technology; reduced capital investment; and the ability to extend high-value productivity applications to mobile workers.