Directory: Mobile Device Management vendors in EMEA

The consumerization and increasing mobility of IT has brought about widespread Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) adoption in businesses. To guard against security breaches, and also to bring these devices into the IT management fold, Mobile Device Management (MDM) suites are available from a wide range of vendors. These companies range from 'pure-play' MDM startups to software-and-services giants like Microsoft and IBM.

This is not a paid listing, nor is it an exhaustive list. It covers a selection of key vendors in the EMEA region that offer MDM suites -- deployed either on-premise or as cloud services -- with the aim of providing a starting point for your investigations. We've divided the vendor population into two groups, identified by our analysis of several recent research reports: 'leading' vendors on page 1 and 'other' vendors on page 2.

This is a fast-developing field, so expect to see plenty of activity -- particularly acquisitions and strategic partnerships -- from these companies in the coming months.

LEADING VENDORS

AirWatch
Company profile A leading pure-play MDM vendor with a large installed base, AirWatch offers a feature-rich but competitively priced suite that can be deployed as an on-premise solution, as a cloud-based service or as a dedicated appliance.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services Mobile Security, Mobile Device Management, Mobile Application Management, Mobile Content Management, Mobile Email Management
Contact AirWatch, Phoenix House, 202 Elder Gate, Central Milton Keynes MK9 1BE, UK • +44 (0)1908 557700
Key links White papers, Case studies, Pricing

BoxTone
Company profile BoxTone offers modular solutions ranging from basic MDM to Mobile Application Management to full-scale end-to-end Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM). BoxTone offers low entry-level pricing, supports a good range of mobile OSs and integrates well with other EMM vendors (including Good Technology).
Geographical region Global (but US biased)
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services BoxTone Mobile Device Management, BoxTone Mobile App Management, BoxTone Mobile Support Mansagement, BoxTone Mobile Operations Management, BoxTone Enterprise Mobility Management
Contact BoxTone, 8825 Stanford Boulevard, Suite 200, Columbia, MD 21045, USA • +1 410-910-3300
Key links Third-party integrations, The BoxTone Difference, Resources, Blog

Fiberlink
Company profile Fiberlink is the only pure-play MDM vendor offering exclusively cloud-based solutions, its MaaS360 product embracing Mac OS- and Windows-based notebooks as well as a range of mobile OS platforms. MaaS360 has a broad reach, covering mobile device and application management, document sharing and expense management.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services MaaS360 (Mobile Device Management, Mobile App Management, Secure Document Sharing, Mobile Expense Management, Laptop Management)
Contact Fiberlink, 90 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9RZ, UK • +44 (0)207 849 3027
Key links Solutions, Why MaaS360, Trials and Tools, Resources

Good Technology
Company profile A pioneer of the 'containerization' approach to separating corporate and personal data on mobile devices, Good Technology's core Good for Enterprise suite majors on security and collaboration. The more recent Good Mobile Manager is a simpler standalone MDM product.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services Good for Enterprise, Good Mobile Manager
Contact Good Technology, Brettenham House, 4th Floor, Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7EN, UK • +44 (0)20 7845 5300
Key links Product overview, Solutions overview, Industries overview, Resources

MobileIron
Company profile A leading pure-play MDM vendor, MobileIron offers a feature-rich suite that can be deployed as an on-premise solution or as a cloud-based service. Multiple mobile OSs, including Windows Phone 8, are supported, along with the establishment of secure enterprise app 'personas'.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services MobileIron VSP, MobileIron Connected Cloud, Advanced Mobile Management, MobileIron Atlas, MobileIron AppConnect & AppTunnel
Contact MobileIron EMEA, 1213 PH Hilversum, The Netherlands • +31 35 5288 170
Key links FAQ, Case studies, White papers

BlackBerry
Company profile The BlackBerry was the original managed mobile device, courtesy of BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES). The new BES 10 will, when fully rolled out, bring the management of devices running multiple mobile OSs (BlackBerry OS, Playbook OS, iOS, Android) under one system: currently a mixture of BES 5 and Mobile Fusion is required.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services BlackBerry Enterprise Server, BlackBerry Fusion
Contact BlackBerry, 200 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 3XE, UK • +44 (0)1753 667000
Key links Inside BlackBerry, Consumerisation of IT, BlackBerry Balance

SAP
Company profile Afaria, which SAP acquired when it bought Sybase in 2010, is a scalable mobile device/application management solution that can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud (via Amazon Web Services). One of Afaria's strengths is sophisticated analytics and reporting, thanks to its integration with SAP's BusinessObjects BI solution.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise
Featured MDM products & services SAP Afaria
Contact SAP AG, Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16 (früher: Neurottstraße), 69190 Walldorf, Germany • +49 (0)6227 / 7-47474
Key links BYOD, Cloud, Free trial

SOTI
Company profile Founded in 1995, Ontario-based SOTI has a lengthy track record in IT management, which now encompasses a range of mobile OSs -- with a particular emphasis on Android. The company's MobiControl solution offers mobile device, application, security, content and email management, with excellent helpdesk functionality including remote control of Android devices.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services MobiControl, MobiAssist
Contact SOTI Europe, Pinewood Business Park, Building TS2, Coleshill Road, Solihull, Birmingham B37 7HG, UK • +44 (0)121 368 0675
Key links Solutions, Why SOTI?, Services

Symantec
Company profile Best known as a security vendor, Symantec's 2012 purchases of Odyssey and Nukona have strengthened its position in mobile device and application management. Symantec Mobile Management Suite offers a good set of modular features, with mostly on-premises deployment.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services Symantec Mobile Management Suite (Symantec Mobile Management, Symantec App Center, Symantec Mobile Security)
Contact Symantec, Ballycoolin Business Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, Ireland • +353 1 803 5400
Key links Data sheets & white papers, Trialware: Symantec Mobile Management 7.2

Zenprise
Company profile Acquired by Citrix in December 2012, leading pure-play MDM vendor Zenprise offers both on-premise and cloud-based solutions. The company has recently added mobile content management to its portfolio with the announcement of Zensuite.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services Zenprise MobileManager, Zencloud, Zensuite
Contact Zenprise, 32 Rue des Jeûneurs, 75002 Paris, France • +33 1 5325 0640
Key links Enterprise Mobility Solutions, Demos and product videos, Solution briefs and datasheets, Webinars, White papers

OTHER VENDORS

Absolute Software
Company profile Absolute Software is the company behind the widely-used Computrace mobile device tracking product. The combination of its Absolute Manage endpoint management product and Absolute Manage MDM extension provides a single console for managing PCs, Macs and mobile (iOS, Android and Windows Phone) devices.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services Absolute Manage, Absolute Manage MDM
Contact Absolute Software, Aquis House, 49-51 Blagrave Street, Reading, Berkshire RG1 1PL, UK • +44 (0)118 902 2000
Key links Resources, Community

Antenna Software
Company profile Antenna Software's AMPchroma suite majors on mobile app development and management, backed up with good analytics and reporting tools. A hosted version, AMP Mobile Cloud, is also available.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise
Featured MDM products & services AMPchroma, AMP Mobile Cloud
Contact Antenna Software, 111 Town Square Place, Jersey City, NJ 07310, USA • +1 (201) 239-7980
Key links Why Antenna, Blog, Community, Resources

IBM
Company profile IBM entered the MDM market with its 2010 aquisition of BigFix, whose technology was absorbed into the Tivoli stable of systems/network management tools as IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise
Featured MDM products & services IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices
Contact IBM, P.O. Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU, UK • +44 (0)1475 898073 • 0870 542 6426
Key links IBM Endpoint Manager: 30-day trial, Customer case studies

Kony
Company profile Kony majors on mobile app development with its KonyOne platform, but also offers the Kony Enterprise Mobile Management suite for monitoring, controlling, securing and analysing mobile app usage.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise
Featured MDM products & services Kony Enterprise Mobile Management
Contact Kony, Kings House, Home Park, Station Road, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire WD4 8DH, UK • +44 192 327 7983
Key links Why Kony?, Resources, Kony Developer Portal

LANDesk
Company profile Best known for its enterprise PC and server management suite, LANDesk also offers an MDM module that can plug into an integrated systems management console.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise
Featured MDM products & services LANDesk Mobility Manager
Contact LANDesk, 3 Arlington Square, Downshire Way, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1WA, UK • +44 (0)1344 442100
Key links Why LANDesk?, Blog, Resources

McAfee
Company profile Intel-owned security specialist McAfee's Enterprise Mobility Management suite supports a good range of recent and older mobile OSs, and can integrate with the company's security and IT management products via McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management
Contact McAfee, 227 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 5PP, UK • 00800 122 55624
Key links Demos & videos, Customer stories, Resources

Microsoft
Company profile Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) protocol underpins many basic MDM implementations, while the latest version of its cloud-based Windows Intune management tool now uses agents for Windows Phone 8, iOS and Windows RT support (Android and Windows Phone 7 still use EAS). Intune 4 also integrates tightly with Microsoft's enterprise-class System Center Configuration Manager.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services Exchange ActiveSync, Windows Intune, System Center Configuration Manager
Contact Microsoft, Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading, Berkshire RG6 1WG, UK • +44 (0)844 800 2400
Key links Windows Intune 30-day trial, Windows Intune blog

Motorola Solutions
Company profile Motorola's Mobility Services Platform lets you manage devices running a range of older mobile OSs (WinCE, Windows Mobile, iOS 4/5, Android 2.2+), as well as peripherals such as card readers and fingerprint readers. Motorola's own rugged, security-hardened Android tablet is, naturally, supported.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise
Featured MDM products & services Motorola Mobility Services Platform
Contact Motorola Solutions, Jays Close, Viables Industrial Estate, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4PD, UK • +44 (0)1256 358 211
Key links Mobility Software, Videos

Smith Micro Software
Company profile Smith Micro's core business is providing mobile and cable operators with traffic managment, connection management and mobile comms software, but it also has a capable MDM solution in the shape of Enterprise Device Management, and also a Device Management Suite aimed at mobile operators.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise
Featured MDM products & services Enterprise Device Management (EDM), Device Management Suite (DM Suite)
Contact Smith Micro Software, 8 Lincolns Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BP, UK • +44 (0)1252 302369
Key links News room, Blog

Sophos
Company profile Security specialist Sophos's 2012 acquisition of MDM vendor DIALOGS has strengthened its portfolio, which currently comprises mobile device management (on-premise or SaaS), mobile encryption and mobile security products.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services Sophos Mobile Control, Sophos Mobile Encryption, Sophos Mobile Security Free Edition, Sophos Complete Security Suite
Contact Sophos, The Pentagon, Abingdon Science Park, Abingdon OX14 3YP, UK • +44 (0)8447 671131
Key links Mobile Device Management Buyers Guide, Mobile Security Toolkit

Tangoe
Company profile Tangoe offers a comprehensive lifecycle management solution for mobile devices, including not only MDM but also TEM (Telecom Expense Management) and device containerisation (separating personal and corporate data).
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services Tangoe Mobile Device Management
Contact Tangoe, 10 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4RR, UK • +44 (0)1235 829444
Key links Webinars, White papers, Podcasts

Trend Micro
Company profile Security specialist Trend Micro's Mobile Security product offers mobile device, security and application management for iOS, Android, Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Mobile platforms. It's a plug-in module for Trend Micro's OfficeScan endpoint security suite.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services Trend Micro Mobile Security
Contact Trend Micro, Pacific House, Third Avenue, Globe Business Park, Marlow, Buckinghamshire SL7 1YL, UK • +44 (0)1628 400500
Key links Why Trend Micro?, Endpoint and Mobile Device Security

Wavelink
Company profile Wavelink's Avalanche is an (on-premise or hosted) mobile device and infrastructure management solution that includes the wireless network. An add-on product provides support for iOS and Android devices.
Geographical region Global
Target markets Enterprise, SMB
Featured MDM products & services Wavelink Avalanche, Avalanche Smartphone Management
Contact Wavelink, 3 Arlington Square, Downshire Way, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1WA, UK • +44 (0)1344 442100
Key links Blog