Funambol: Solutions: Device Management

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Mobile Device Management Framework

One billion mobile devices will ship this year, including hundreds of new models from dozens of manufacturers. New devices are introduced weekly, and software updates can be frequent. All of these phones need to be activated, configured and updated remotely, across a wide range of networks.

The combinatorial explosion of hardware and software configurations makes the management of mobile devices an expensive and daunting proposition. Among the challenges, how do you know which phones need to be reconfigured in a particular way? Furthermore, users make mistakes, erase settings, misconfigure devices, lose phones, etc., resulting in expensive calls to the helpdesk.

The Funambol Mobile Device Management (DM) Framework enables you to manage these situations with ease. It provides the core services and protocols to support efficient, centralized, automated device management. Implementing the full suite of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management (DM) 1.2 features, the Funambol DM Framework makes comprehensive multi-vendor device management possible.

Funambol's DM Framework enables developers to create custom applications that leverage the DM features in the latest mobile devices. Because the OMA DM client features are standardized, a single DM application can manage dozens of different mobile devices. These applications can significantly improve ease-of-use while reducing the most common helpdesk calls: misconfigured devices and user error.

Centralizing device configuration and administration lowers costs, increases quality of service and improves security across your fleet of devices.

Funambol is the low-risk choice — it lowers risk in several ways:

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