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Absolute Manage Mobile Device Management FOR ENDPOINT MANAGEMENT

If you’re responsible for managing the mobile devices in your deployment, then you probably have one of the most difficult jobs in your organization. Odds are you’re charged with managing a diverse group of smartphones and other devices on a variety of operating systems – creating order out of chaos.

The challenge with mobile devices and smartphones is navigating within an ever-changing landscape of devices, technology, and user demand. And even if you’re able to create a set of rules that can be applied across your deployment, there’s always one exception – Apple mobile devices (iPhone®, iPod touch®, and iPad™).

So how do you ensure these devices (and the data they contain) are properly maintained and secured?

Absolute® Manage Mobile Device Management for iOS4 (Absolute Manage MDM) can provide you with the technology to remotely manage the Apple mobile devices in your deployment. Through our integration with the Apple iOS4 platform, you can wirelessly (over 3G or Wi-Fi) configure, query, and even wipe or lock managed devices.

IT Administration – Consolidating Skill SetsFor most organizations, Apple devices tend to fall outside standard IT processes. The result is a silo of domain knowledge with only one or two IT administrators designated as the Apple experts on the team. This is further compounded when you consider that most IT administrators prefer to perform their work using a PC interface while most Apple management applications must be hosted and driven with Mac hardware.

With Absolute Manage MDM, all of your IT administrators can be iOS device experts. This is because Absolute Manage technology is designed to work within a Windows or Mac infrastructure. IT administrators can use a Mac or a PC to manage Apple devices so you can have a single, consolidated skill set across the team.

IntelligentTrack installed applications and device warranties. Locate unauthorized apps. Maintain warranty status.

AutomatedEfficiently manage all of your in-house custom applications by automating time-consuming configuration and profile work.

Cross-PlatformProvide IT administrators with a choice of a Mac or PC interface to manage Apple devices.

Security, Change & Configuration

Automated Patch

Application Management

Power Management

Asset Inventory

Computer Imaging

Fig 1 – IT administrators can manage Apple devices from a Mac or a PC

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Absolute Manage Mobile Device Management FOR ENDPOINT MANAGEMENT

System Requirements for MDMServer – Windows:• Absolute Manage Server: Windows® 2000 SP4

or newer†

• MDM Server: Windows Server 2003 or 2008• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)

6.0 or newer• ASP.NET 2.0• NET 3.5

Server – Mac:• Absolute Manage Server: Mac® OS X 10.5 or

newer‡

• MDM Server: Property List Editor utility (included with Mac OSX developer software as an optional installation package)

System Requirements for Absolute ManageIf you intend to manage other Mac or PC devices with Absolute Manage, additional system requirements include:

Client• Windows® 2000 SP4 or newer†

• Mac® OS X 10.3.9 or newer‡

• Mac® OS X 10.2(support is available via Agent version 4.0.4)

• Mac® OS X 10.3-10.3.8(support is available via Agent version 4.5.x)

Absolute Manage MDM allows you to wirelessly configure, query and even wipe or lock managed iOS4 devices. Features include:

Application Management Track installed applications. Build device records using custom data fields that support the unique requirements of your business. Apple Apps: Publish a list of approved apps onto each device and provide a single-click download and installation process for users. Absolute® Apps: Securely host, remotely deploy, and distribute in-house applications.

Security, Change & Configuration Management Set longer, more complex passwords for enterprise level security. Lock a device, clear a password, and wipe a device clean to factory settings (without an Exchange or MobileMe account). Manage and deploy profiles to configure email, restrict applications, set up VPN, disable the camera, and deploy web clips. Send customized messages and communicate with the end user wirelessly to avoid the costs associated with SMS messaging. Locate and track a device on an internet map.

Asset Inventory Gather over 67 hardware and software information items including device serial numbers, MAC addresses, installed applications, telephone numbers, and more. Integrate your iOS device data with third party applications such as Microsoft SCCM.

Absolute Manage MDM includes support for Volume Purchase Programs for schools and other educational organizations that buy Apple® Apps in volume using purchase orders.

Absolute Manage MDM is available as a stand-alone product or as a component of our computer lifecycle management solution: Absolute Manage.

Absolute ManageAbsolute Manage provides the same intelligent, automated, and cross-platform capabilities, allowing our customers to manage all of the PC and Mac devices in their deployment from a single interface. And just like MDM, IT administrators can drive our technology with a Mac or a PC, depending on their preference.

Absolute Manage includes the following feature categories:

• Applications & Licenses• Security, Change & Configuration• Automated Patch Management• Computer Imaging• Asset Inventory• Power Management

For more information about Absolute Manage or to view a pre-recorded demonstration – visit our website at www.absolute.com

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† including Windows® 2008 Server & Windows 7®

‡ including Mac® OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard™

Customer view of assets within the Absolute Manage console.