Laptop management overview

As we look at the overall portfolio of EMM, we need to ensure that we include laptops as part of these discussions. A lot of organizations have already created BYOD programs that also include laptops. Many more are looking at the opportunities that allow users to select their own laptops for work usage. Users bringing their own laptops for work creates new challenges with the ability to secure them and efficiently manage them. In today's organizations, teams are dedicated to managing and enforcing device configurations and security on corporate-owned devices. With BYOD, this creates different challenges as organizations can't expect to take ownership and control of these devices as they traditionally have.

Additional challenges include the rapid growth of Mac devices in the consumer world that has slowly grown into the enterprise for specific functions. Another challenge includes consumers wanting the latest Windows OS. Enterprises are typically way behind...