{"id":3583,"date":"2017-03-13T11:35:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T15:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/mobile-device-management\/?p=3583"},"modified":"2017-03-13T11:35:22","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T15:35:22","slug":"cisco-updates-mobility-management-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/mobile-device-management\/cisco-updates-mobility-management-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco Updates Mobility Management Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bigstock-Mobile-devices-82236236\"<\/a>Cisco just released updates to its mobility management solution, perhaps making it the most efficient version yet.<\/p>\n

The providers began creating their own internal\u00a0tool for monitoring endpoints, dubbed\u00a0Client Insight<\/em>, years ago. However, without\u00a0full client visibility, they weren\u2019t able to \u201censure reliable performance and connectivity,” Cisco\u2019s Senior Vice President and General Manager Todd Nightingale said in a recent blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nightingale went on to say that their test beds were only taking on a few dozen devices pushing apps at a time, but it was still too much for their teams. So they got to work on making their own device management easier and built their own mobility management solution.<\/p>\n

Other device management providers are offering tools that boast monitoring, security and app management. Still, those solutions often leave the head of an IT department with an enormous amount of features and the job of implementing and managing them.\u00a0Neither of which are easy or cheap.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe complexity of the solutions and the difficult project of setting them up have kept enterprise mobility management from truly reaching its potential,\u201d Nightingale said.<\/p>\n

Cisco changed their tool\u2019s name to Meraki Systems Manager and launched it two years ago. And the updated released this month has added more power to the tool without adding complexity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the Cisco Meraki Systems Manager, IT groups specify the right apps, the right access, and the right configuration for mobile devices. And the Meraki Dashboard takes care of the rest,\u201d Nightingale said.<\/p>\n

It also makes it easier to add the Outlook email and calendar app to devices of everyone on your staff, if they\u2019ve complied with security policies.<\/p>\n

The update also reportedly includes the following features:<\/em><\/p>\n