Small enterprise owners in the Philippines
are slowly following the trend of allowing their employees to bring their own
devices.
With the workforce becoming more mobile,
documents, images, and videos are being streamed to dozens of mobile devices
that are being held by these employees who may or may not be in the office.
Risk to viruses, malware, and other forms of cyber attack can also rise because
they are not being rigorously monitored.
Globe myBusiness, the micro, small, and
medium-enterprise arm of Globe Telecom, offers business owners a solution which
can protect their company data while boosting their worker productivity. It
partnered with Samsung, the global leader in smart device manufacturing, to
bring Samsung Knox to local SMEs.
Samsung Knox is a very user-friendly,
efficient platform that enables company owners to add restrictions or
precautions to ensure that company devices are secure so as to increase
workforce productivity.
Samsung Knox is a cloud-based device
management solution with an affordable license fee that provides a simple
deployment process to help SMEs address enterprise mobility concerns without
having to invest time and money extensively.
Albert De Larrazabal, Chief Commercial
Officer of Globe, elaborates on the purpose behind the launch of Samsung Knox
Manage.
“Businesses are now looking into device
management to have additional measures to ensure security and increase
productivity with employee devices. Partnering with the leading brand in
consumer electronics made the most sense as more than half of Globe myBusiness
customers are using Samsung. Also, the product was the most relevant and
affordable for the SME market,” he said.
He also explains the vision fueling the
partnership between Globe and Samsung: “Globe myBusiness has always positioned
itself as the Filipino entrepreneur’s partner for growth. Through this
collaboration, we would like to empower all small and medium-sized Filipino
companies to become globally competitive, by ensuring that there are additional
measures for increased security of their information and devices.”
Once Samsung Knox is implemented in the
different company devices, management can easily configure it, particularly
pertaining on data access, such as minimizing use of personal social media
accounts during business hours to reduce employee distraction, as well as
making company-installed apps available only for official purposes and
impervious to deletion. Remote IT management is now possible to push updates
and support when the mobile workforce encounters problems outside of the
office. In case of theft, the company’s IT department can remotely locate a
stolen office device enrolled in Samsung Knox Manage, lock it, and wipe its
contents.
Various features within Samsung Knox Manage
make this transition seamless and user-friendly. First, many devices, such as
smartphones and tablets, can be enrolled in the platform as one bulk
simultaneously. Second, it supports multi Operating Systems, a flexibility that
allows Samsung Knox Manage to be applied to Android , iOS, or Windows 10
devices. Third, support is always present and reliable, from the IT department
applying remediation remotely to device management and assistance that are
provided on-demand upon the company’s trigger. - PR
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