A More Cost Effecient Choice For MDM: CYOD vs. BYOD

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With mobile devices ruling the business world, you must be getting ready to board the mobile device management (MDM) train. One of the major reasons why you might be considering MDM is for the benefit of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). With BYOD, you know that you will be able to control your data on any employee device, no matter what device they have. There is however a competitive alternative to BYOD that is taking up the mobile business world by storm and that is Choose Your Own Device (CYOD).

Choose Your Own Device (CYOD) allows you to give your employees approved options for their work mobile devices. This has proven to reduce the strain on your IT team when trying to configure all devices on a network. With the unforeseen issues with BYOB, businesses have been adapting the  CYOD method instead so that they have full knowledge of each mobile device, its technology, and how the MDM software will run on the mobile device.

Here are the reasons you may need to switch to the CYOD method:

1. Cost of Adding Different Devices

You will be saving time and precious money when having the CYOD method. The mobile devices will be pre-approved meaning less money spent on developing different platforms for each type of mobile device.

2.  Build Your Own Apps

Maybe you are not sure about adapting mobile device management (MDM) and instead want to do Mobile Application Management (MAM). This technology, MAM, is more cost efficient with CYOD because of cost of developing an app for a type of device. (If you want to learn more about MAM…click here.)

3. Secure your Data and Business

This may be the top reason for most companies to use Mobile Device Management (MDM) since there is sensitive data that can be leaked to hackers with little ease. With a CYOD plan, your IT team will have full control of the mobile devices that your employees use. With BYOD, you might have to have different coding for each mobile device. It may be best for the overall security of your company’s data to choose CYOD.

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