IT Policy Management...

With MSM the implementation of IT Policy Rules can be automated, allowing organizations to:
  • Reduce cost e.g. prevent international calls, disable MMS or disable browser and much more...
  • Enhance Security e.g. disable camera, enforce passwords or disable video recorder

Unlocking the full value of IT Policy Rules is almost impossible because it is too costly and time consuming. Consequently to make it manageable and cost effective enterprises implement a "one size fits all" IT Policy. This does succeed in keeping the cost down, but it doesn't unlock the value in IT Policy Rules because one size NEVER fits all.

IT Policies in Brief


There is a difference between 'IT Policies' and 'IT Policy Rules'. An IT Policy is a collection of IT Policy rules. A user can have only one IT Policy. This is  a combination of any number of IT Policy Rules.

Five IT Policy Rules, one IT Policy

The Problem


Problem 1: From the 400+ IT Policy Rules available in BES a firm may create say, 10 IT Policies to start with. With a lot of users it will quickly realise that 10 IT Policies does not give enough flexibility for the various user needs. The BES administrator then has a choice, either spend time and money creating and managing many more IT Policies and give a high level of service to users or, do not spend the additional time and money creating IT Policies and give a lower level of service to your users.

Problem 2: Many BlackBerry applications require a custom IT policy be applied to the users who will use the application. If an enterprise has 10 IT policies and wants to roll out 5 applications each with a custom IT policy, the following occurs:

 

IT Policies required increases exponentially

Clearly this is unmanageable and far too costly, and the total cost of an applications increases significantly.

The Solution: MSM IT Policy Management


MSM solves the above problems allowing the user to have flexible IT Policy Rules with minimum effort and cost from the BES Administrator. The solution is in two steps:

Solution 1: A BES administrator creates, say, 5 base IT Policies. MSM allows these policies to be deployed to a user or a group of users. Using groups to manage IT policies simplifies the process, new users can simply be put in the appropriate group and will automatically get the correct IT Policy. Different business units may have different groups and subsequently have different IT Policies. Using groups to manage IT Policies makes it easier, less time consuming and less costly. Using groups makes managing IT Policies easier

Solution 2: If a new application with a custom IT Policy Rule is been implemented, MSM allows IT Policy rules to be deployed to an Application, to a user group or to a user. Deploy IT Policy Rules to users, user groups, or applications

Allowing IT Policy Rules to be applied to applications greatly reduces the cost of applications and subsequently enhances further the ROI on the application been implemented. MSM ensures that all users who get the application will subsequently get the IT Policy Rule added to their existing IT Policy. Similar cost savings are achieved by applying IT Policy Rules to users and to user groups.