Unified and secured enterprise mobility platform
View Patent ↗Techniques for providing a unified and secured enterprise mobility platform. For example, a method comprises implementing a mobile device management component, a mobile application management component, a file syncing component and a file sharing component on a unified platform, and managing interactions between at least two of the mobile device management component, the mobile application management component, the file syncing component and the file sharing component on the unified platform. The method may further comprise implementing a mobile analytics component, a mobile security component and a mobile application container on the unified platform.
1. A method comprising:
implementing a plurality of components on a unified platform associated with an entity, the plurality of components comprising:
a mobile device management component configured to securely manage one or more mobile devices accessing the unified platform;
a mobile application management component configured to securely manage one or more mobile applications on the one or more mobile devices;
a file sync and share component configured to enable users to access entity data associated with the entity and sync the entity data across multiple devices; and
a mobile security component configured to provide tamper protection for a mobile device;
managing interactions between at least two of the plurality of components via an integration management component implemented on the unified platform, wherein managing the interactions comprises one or more of organizing interfaces between the plurality of components and resolving conflicts associated with implementing the plurality of components on the unified platform; and
implementing at least one configurable integration adapter on the unified platform, wherein the at least one configurable integration adapter supports access by at least one auxiliary content management platform;
wherein the plurality of components and the at least one configurable integration adapter of the unified platform are configured to execute on a virtualization layer executing on a converged infrastructure; and
wherein the implementing and managing steps are executed via at least one processor coupled to a memory.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of components further comprises a mobile analytics component configured to perform at least one of analyze mobile device usage data collected from the one or more mobile devices and analyze auxiliary content management data collected from the at least one auxiliary content management platform via the at least one configurable integration adapter.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of components further comprises a mobile application container component configured to containerize a portion of storage of a given one of the one or more mobile devices.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one auxiliary content management platform comprises at least one of a social network platform and a document management platform.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising loading the unified platform with a rapid mobile development platform.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising loading the unified platform with at least one customizable application template.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one customizable application template is customized to meet at least one industry specific issue in at least one of retail, healthcare, banking, travel, transport and telecommunications.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of components comprises software products including one or more application programs running on a virtualization infrastructure.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the converged infrastructure comprises a plurality of information technology components, and wherein the plurality of information technology components comprise computing, storage and networking components.
10. An article of manufacture comprising a processor-readable storage medium having encoded therein executable code of one or more software programs, wherein the one or more software programs when executed by a processor device implement the steps of:
implementing a plurality of components on a unified platform associated with an entity, the plurality of components comprising:
a mobile device management component configured to securely manage one or more mobile devices accessing the unified platform;
a mobile application management component configured to securely manage administration of one or more mobile applications on the one or more mobile devices;
a file sync and share component configured to enable users to access entity data associated with the entity and sync the entity data across multiple devices; and
a mobile security component configured to provide tamper protection for a mobile device;
managing interactions between at least two of the plurality of components via an integration management component implemented on the unified platform, wherein managing the interactions comprises one or more of organizing interfaces between the plurality of components and resolving conflicts associated with implementing the plurality of components on the unified platform; and
implementing at least one configurable integration adapter on the unified platform, wherein the at least one configurable integration adapter supports access by at least one auxiliary content management platform;
wherein the plurality of components and the at least one configurable integration adapter of the unified platform are configured to execute on a virtualization layer executing on a converged infrastructure.
11. The article of manufacture of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of components further comprises a mobile analytics component configured to perform at least one of analyze mobile device usage data collected from the one or more mobile devices and analyze auxiliary content management data collected from the at least one auxiliary content management platform via the at least one configurable integration adapter.
12. The article of manufacture of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of components further comprises a mobile application container component configured to containerize a portion of storage of a given one of the one or more mobile devices.
13. An apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
a processor operatively coupled to the memory and configured to:
implement a plurality of components on a unified platform associated with an entity, the plurality of components comprising:
a mobile device management component configured to securely manage one or more mobile devices accessing the unified platform;
a mobile application management component configured to securely manage administration of one or more mobile applications on the one or more mobile devices; and
a file sync and share component configured to enable users to access entity data associated with the entity and sync the entity data across multiple devices; and
a mobile security component configured to provide tamper protection for a mobile device;
manage interactions between at least two of the plurality of components via an integration management component implemented on the unified platform, wherein the management of the interactions comprises one or more of an organization of interfaces between the plurality of components and a resolution of conflicts associated with implementing the plurality of components on the unified platform; and
implement at least one configurable integration adapter on the unified platform, wherein the at least one configurable integration adapter supports access by at least one auxiliary content management platform;
wherein the plurality of components and the at least one configurable integration adapter of the unified platform are configured to execute on a virtualization layer executing on a converged infrastructure.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of components further comprises a mobile analytics component configured to perform at least one of analyze mobile device usage data collected from the one or more mobile devices and analyze auxiliary content management data collected from the at least one auxiliary content management platform via the at least one configurable integration adapter.
15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of components further comprises a mobile security component.
16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of components further comprises a mobile application container component configured to containerize a portion of storage of a given one of the one or more mobile devices.
17. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to load the unified platform with a rapid mobile development platform.
18. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to load the unified platform with at least one customizable application template.
19. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of components comprises software products including one or more application programs running on a virtualization infrastructure.
20. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the at least one auxiliary content management platform comprises at least one of a social network platform and a document management platform.