So, Zenprise is saying that most of their clients are buying Mobile Device Management (MDM) tools to block stuff such as Angry Birds and Facebook, due to productivity issues, instead of doing real security work. If you ever had to manage Web content filtering tools you know how it works. Some manager gets mad because he sees an employee browsing his Facebook or Twitter timeline at work and decide that Security has to block those productivity killing nightmares. Security is always blocking stuff, right? Why wouldn’t they block that too?
You don't have to always be the bad guy
You don't have to always be the bad guy
You don't have to always be the bad guy
So, Zenprise is saying that most of their clients are buying Mobile Device Management (MDM) tools to block stuff such as Angry Birds and Facebook, due to productivity issues, instead of doing real security work. If you ever had to manage Web content filtering tools you know how it works. Some manager gets mad because he sees an employee browsing his Facebook or Twitter timeline at work and decide that Security has to block those productivity killing nightmares. Security is always blocking stuff, right? Why wouldn’t they block that too?