Zenprise is announcing the launch of Device Manager, a new module for Zenprise MobileManager that enables organizations to remotely manage BlackBerry devices. The system will pinpoint the exact location of a missing BlackBerry, while also enabling remote management of BlackBerry devices.

This announcement from Zenprise represents a significant jump in empowering enterprise to mobilize their business. MobileManager will help desk personnel and BlackBerry administrators to find lost or stolen devices, proactively monitor and diagnose device issues and audit devices for third party applications – all leading to significant cost savings, improved service levels and corporate compliance.

Zenprise can collect a host of information in an agentless mode (i.e. no agent is installed on the device). For real time, more detailed information, the help desk administrator can simply click on the “Connect to Device” tab in the screenshot above. This launches the Zenprise Device Manager.

Zenprise Device Manager’s device auditor capabilities identify all third party applications installed on the device. In the example above, the user has violated corporate security policies by installing non-approved applications from ESPN, Google, & Magmic Games.

Zenprise Device Manager’s device locator capabilities are a great added feature. Zenprise retrieves the GPS coordinates from the BlackBerry device and automatically plots the coordinates on Google Maps.

Consider the following facts when thinking about locating a device via GPS:

• NY’s LaGuardia airport has 70,000 unclaimed laptops and PDAs in lost and found
• Phones are lost 15x more frequently than PCs
• In the UK, phone theft is the #1 personal crime

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