Mobility is crucial for the 3,700 employees of BearingPoint, a European firm delivering IT and business consulting. Located across 20 countries, the company’s consultants travel the world to meet clients from major companies of the public and private sector.
Vattenfall, in business for over 100 years, is one of Europe’s largest generators of electricity and the largest producer of heat. With over 32,000 employees, they produce heat and electricity from six energy sources; wind, hydro, biomass, nuclear power, coal and gas.
Edison, now part of the EDF Group, is the oldest European company in the energy sector and for more than 130 years has combined tradition and pioneering spirit with innovation and new technologies. Recently, the company decided to adopt a systematic approach to the use of mobile devices to address their spread within the enterprise. With representative offices in many countries and thousands of employees around the world, Edison needed to manage and control devices containing business critical information that could be lost.
This IDC Buyer Case Study is based on a conversation IDC had with Darin Adcock, chief information officer (CIO) for Dowling Aaron Inc., a privately held full-service legal firm located in California. The discussion centered on how Dowling Aaron has spent the past 10 years evolving its access, control, and security policies when deploying mobile devices for its 50 attorneys. This is of particular note since the firm operates in a non-IT-intensive industry and has always been a 100% bring–your-own-device (BYOD) shop.
Safexpress is India’s leading logistics and supply chain management company. With offices in more than 610 locations and a fleet of 4,000 trucks, Safexpress provides high-speed, door-to-door delivery services for commercial goods and cargo throughout India. The innovative supply chain company partners with and provides customized, value-added services to a variety of Fortune 500 and top Indian brands across various industry sectors in the country.
Satmex is a Mexico-based satellite operator, known for the exclusive orbital positions of its satellites and the ongoing support and service it provides to customers. With more than 25 years of experience, the company’s mission is to connect the world through innovative satellite services. After a thorough analysis of the leading EMM solutions, Satmex selected AirWatch by VMware to manage its mobile device deployment and bring your own device (BYOD) program. The keys to Satmex’s successful mobility initiative are due to comprehensive AirWatch professional services and support available in Spanish and the fact that AirWatch meets the satellite company’s strict security standards.
Rotho Blaas is a leading, multinational developer and provider of technology solutions in the wood building sector. To increase efficiency and to deploy an internal app across all major operating systems, Rotho Blaas’ leadership team transitioned its mobile fleet of Blackberry® devices to Apple® iOS smartphones and tablets. The company’s IT team turned to AirWatch to make the transition as seamless as possible.
Headquartered in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, Sumig specializes in professional solutions for welding and cutting developed with in-house technology. Founded in 1980, the company is continually expanding and is the segment leader in the Brazilian market. After researching a number of EMM providers, Sumig selected AirWatch® to manage its growing mobile fleet. “I explored a few other suppliers, but the AirWatch team offered an immediate solution and cared about the needs of our company,” explained Schaefer. “I ultimately selected AirWatch because of the customer service I received from the beginning. The AirWatch sales team and the technical team have the expertise and commitment to provide a seamless deployment.” Sumig Invests in Mobile Innovation with AirWatch.
reed.co.uk is a leading recruitment website in the UK. The firm highlights vacancies from more than 10,000 recruiters and 4.5 million job seekers rely on reed.co.uk in their search for employment. The company uses AirWatch to manage a fleet of employee-owned and corporate-owned devices that includes a range of operating systems. Implementing AirWatch was easy and employees are grateful for the ability to protect corporate and personal information, especially in the event that a device is lost or stolen.
With more than 150,000 employees around the world, many of this company’s executives and client advisors travel extensively and require mobile access to email, contacts, calendar and corporate documents. When the company issued more than 14,000 smartphones and tablets to employees, the leadership team needed a technology partner to simplify mobility for the entire organization. The company chose AirWatch to institute a BYOD policy, secure email and manage content with AirWatch Content Locker.
GA Communication Group is a marketing and advertising agency serving the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. The company chose AirWatch to manage a hybrid fleet of corporate and employee-owned smartphones and tablets. One of the most valuable benefits of AirWatch has been the ability to centrally manage all devices, which has resulted in significant time savings for the IT department. GA Communication Group also uses the AirWatch App Catalog to push apps to employees.
Managing mobility on a global level is critical for Big Picture, the UK’s premier field marketing agency with more than 200 staff members in 16 countries. The company’s main challenge was to provide all employees with up-to-date information in their respective languages, whether they used a company-owned device or an employee-owned device. With AirWatch Content Locker, Big Picture can securely distribute content for mobile access to employees, based on their location and language preferences. Big Picture uses advanced analytics to create reports on what content is accessed most, and uses continuous compliance monitoring to keep resources secure.
As a large company comprised of multiple brands and six office locations, Ideal Stelrad Limited faced a number of challenges when it made the decision to embrace mobility. More than 300 Stelrad employees including executives, engineers and sales people required mobile access to corporate information – wherever and whenever. AirWatch’s multi-tenant architecture offers a streamlined way to manage hundreds of devices based on user role, device type and organization group. In addition to remote mobile access to email, Ideal Stelrad engineers now have the ability to digitally complete various forms from their mobile device.
With more than 4,450 professionals, Lockton has become the largest privately held insurance broker in the world, providing risk management, insurance and employee benefits consulting services to more than 40,000 clients around the world. AirWatch EMM enables Lockton to support a variety of devices without having to worry about the security of corporate data. Associates benefit from Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies that allow corporate information to be accessed on personal devices, while privacy policies protect personal information.
ALBOA is the second largest social housing provider in Aarhus, Denmark. The company employs 180 and provides more than 7500 apartments. AirWatch allows ALBOA to quickly and easily set up policies and profiles, configure devices, distribute content with AirWatch Content LockerTM and deploy webclips for secure, online form submissions.
Skanska, a global construction company, benefits from AirWatch Mobile Device Management and Mobile Application Management. The company utilizes Secure Email Gateway to keep their networks secure, ensuring corporate data is never breached. Skanska has a 2,000-count device fleet, and the scalability of AirWatch keeps operations running smoothly.
Cuatrecasas, Gonҫalves Pereira is an international corporate law firm that needed device management for their multi-OS fleet. The firm chose AirWatch for their BYOD policies and network security features such as VPN and Secure Email Gateway. Because legal documents must be safeguarded to protect client-attorney privilege, AirWatch is critical for the firm’s mobile security.
Sunbelt Rentals, a leading supplier of industrial equipment, supplies their sales team with mobile devices to streamline business processes. AirWatch’s Mobile Enterprise Management software giving the sales team information on stock availability and price sheets while allowing for point of sale order entry.
Dowling Aaron is a 50 person full service law firm that utilizes AirWatch’s BYOD program. Because of AirWatch, Dowling Aaron saved $20,000 on devices. AirWatch also ensures that the client-attorney privileged information is kept secure.
