Launched: System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008

As Jason wrote about recently, at CTIA Wireless on 23rd October, Microsoft announced System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008

What is Mobile Device Manager 2008?

Mobile Device Manager 2008 is a solution that gives organizations enhanced on-device security and over-the-air policy enforcement. It allows IT professionals to more easily manage phones within the organization, and gives mobile employees access to confidential information on corporate networks with firewalls.

What does Mobile Device Manager 2008 do?

• Helps protect sensitive information if the device is lost or stolen

• Performs instant* remote device wipe to help reduce security risks

• Provides security enhanced behind-the-firewall access to mobile users

• Helps lower maintenance and troubleshooting costs and management complexity

• Provides greater scalability with support for thousands of users on a server

• Gives IT professionals a robust development platform, improved reliability, and better application access and control for Windows Mobile devices

You can find out more on the official new snazzy website or there is a recording of a Live Meeting that Jason did the day it was launched