Distributed management with embedded agents in enterprise apps

1. A method, comprising:

retrieving, from a storage location of a mobile device by a first management agent of the mobile device, management-related information provided to the storage location by a second management agent of the mobile device upon interruption of at least one operation of a second managed application, wherein the management-related information at least includes management state information that indicates a current state of the at least one operation and wherein the first management agent is associated with a first managed application;

performing by the first management agent with respect to the first managed application the at least one operation based at least in part on the management-related information;

determining, at the first management agent based at least in part on the management-related information, that the second managed application is active on the mobile device and is a higher priority application; and

transitioning the first management agent to an inactive state.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the storage location comprises a secure storage location accessible to a plurality of managements on the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the management-related information comprises mobile device state information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first management agent retrieves the management-related information at least in part in response to detection of a state-related event.

5. The method of claim 1 , performing the at least one operation includes determining based at least in part on the management-related information that the at least one operation is pending.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first management agent is configured to determine that no other management agent is currently active and to store a second management-related information in the storage location based at least in part on the determination that no other management agent is currently active.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the operation includes storing in the storage location a second management-related information associated with prompting a third managed application to perform a task associated with the operation.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the operation includes connecting to a remote management server.

9. A mobile device, comprising:

a storage device; and

a processor coupled to the storage device and configured to:

retrieve on behalf of a first management agent of the mobile device from a storage location on the storage device, management-related information provided to the storage location by a second management agent of the mobile device upon interruption of at least one operation of a second managed application, wherein the management-related information at least includes management state information that indicates a current state of the at least one operation and wherein the first management agent is associated with a first managed application;

perform with respect to the first managed application the at least one operation based at least in part on the management-related information

determine, at the first management agent based at least in part on the management-related information, that the second managed application is active on the mobile device and is a higher priority application; and

transition the first management agent to an inactive state.

10. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the storage location comprises a secure storage location accessible to a plurality of managements on the mobile device.

11. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the management-related information comprises mobile device state information.

12. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the first management agent retrieves the management-related information at least in part in response to detection of a state-related event.

13. The mobile device of claim 9 , performing the at least one operation includes determining based at least in part on the management-related information that the at least one operation is pending.

14. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein the first management agent is configured to determine that no other management agent is currently active and to store a second management-related information in the storage location based at least in part on the determination that no other management agent is currently active.

15. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein performing the operation includes storing in the storage location a second management-related information associated with prompting a third managed application to perform a task associated with the operation.

16. The mobile device of claim 9 , wherein performing the operation includes connecting to a remote management server.

17. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

retrieving, from a storage location of a mobile device by a first management agent of the mobile device, management-related information provided to the storage location by a second management agent of the mobile device upon interruption of at least one operation of a second managed application, wherein the management-related information at least includes management state information that indicates a current state of the at least one operation and wherein the first management agent is associated with a first manage application;

performing by the first management agent with respect to the first managed application the at least one operation based at least in part on the management-related information;

determining, at the first management agent based at least in part on the management-related information, that the second managed application is active on the mobile device and is a higher priority application; and

transitioning the first management agent to an inactive state.