It’s now been a full year since Gartner introduced its inaugural “Magic Quadrant for Unified Endpoint Management.” Before we dig into the newly released 2019 report, let’s quickly review how we arrived at unified endpoint management (UEM) and what drove the need for this new category.
It all began with mobile device management (MDM). MDM has traditionally provided information and operations professionals with the ability to quickly enroll, manage and enforce compliance policy by leveraging APIs on mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads and Androids.
Enterprise mobility management (EMM) was soon introduced to fill these gaps through the addition of secure containers — encrypted sandboxes for data leakage prevention (DLP) installed on an end user device — as well as APIs for laptop management.
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So, why UEM? As Gartner notes, “Adoption of Windows 10, Google Chrome OS and Apple macOS will drive the need for a combined endpoint management console in greater than 70 percent of organizations by 2024.”
Charting a Course to Unification
Various vendors have responded to customers’ need for UEM by combining three major management strategies: high security to mitigate device and user risk, digital workspaces for a consistent user experience across all devices and an open ecosystem to tie into existi ..
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