Glossary

Business phone glossary

Our glossary explains basic terms and abbreviations relating to mobile working, the use of smartphones and tablets in the corporate environment (Enterprise Mobility) and security aspects in the use of mobile devices.

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IBM MaaS360 (MDM)

IBM MaaS360

MDM software

MaaS360 is the Mobile Device Management software solution from the US technology group IBM (International Business Machines Corporation). MaaS360 stands for “Mobility as a Service”.

In this sense, IBM is also an MDM provider or provider of a solution for Unified Endpoint Management. There are various MaaS360 suites, each with a different scope of services.

The standard features include the actual mobile device management, Mobile Application Management for Android and iOS, patch management and a container app. Other features include mobile content management, security solutions for browsing, messaging and network connections.