For most companies, a Device Management system means better control and safety as well as increased efficiency for their fleet of mobile devices, decreasing the possibility of device downtime. As the number of smart devices increases in many companies today, there is a demand for managing, controlling and updating these devices in an effective way. As mobile devices have become true computers over the years, they also need the same tools as laptops and other enterprise computers in order to manage them effectively.

Without proper management and security policies, mobile devices pose threats to security: they may contain lots of information, and may easily get into the wrong hands. Normally an employee would need to visit the IT / Telecom department in order to carry out an update on the device. With a Device Management system, that is no longer required. Updates can easily be carried out "over the air". The content on a lost or stolen device can also easily be removed by "wipe" operations. In that way sensitive documents or data on a lost or a stolen device need not arrive in the hands of others.