Smartphone rental: Does my business need it?

Remote working is more prominent than ever. Whatever the size of your business, your employees working remotely require smartphones, tablets, and laptops to complete tasks and communicate with each other. It may be convenient for your business and employees to use their personal mobile devices, but this arrangement may come with many potential security risks. A smartphone rental agreement with a provider like Everphone is a more affordable and secure option for your business. In today’s economic times, it’s not financially viable for your company to procure expensive top-of-the-range smartphones for every employee. In addition, it costs money to have smartphones configured to avoid security breaches. If you intend to save some money on that, you could employ your IT department to configure the procured smartphones. Unfortunately, this could overload the IT department as there may be resources that could be used elsewhere. At the same time, you want your remote employees to be as productive and motivated as possible. You can save money and get the best productivity out of your remote workers and IT team if you borrow a smartphone for each employee. You can rent the most recent smartphones at a fraction of the cost. The added benefit is keeping your employees motivated by allowing them to choose between iOS and Android devices and providing them with the latest technology to do their work. The devices can also be used privately, as personal and business data is strictly separated on the phones. Everphone mobile phone rental will ensure that every company device is enrolled in a mobile device management software (MDM) – either the MDM you might already be using, or an MDM from one of our technology partners. Thanks to the MDM software, all devices from Everphone are compliant with privacy acts of various US states, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the Data Protection Act in the UK.

What’s mobile device management (MDM)?

MDM software allows business to separate the workspace on a device between work and personal. This means that all data on the device is separated and can’t be copied from one workspace to the other. This secures business data while also protecting the employees privacy. MDM also allows the IT department to remotely access the devices to install software and updates or to wipe the data in case the device is stolen or lost.. MDM is done through the implementation of specialized software and can be installed and configured before the devices are given to your employees.

How does borrowing a smartphone and MDM work?

Mobile Device Management (MDM) software sets up easier device deployment and rollout of in-house business applications without much intervention needed by IT. Everphone includes MDM software for your business with the ‘phone as a service’ borrow a smartphone rental model. All employees and future new employees will receive an email link to register. MDM is automatically installed on the company mobile phone. The software will create a secure workspace for all IT-approved productivity applications. IT will be provided with an application whitelist by Everphone. Only applications on the whitelist can be installed in company workspace areas on the device. Employees may install all other applications in the personal area. They can install Google, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok, among others. Data can’t be transferred between the secure workspace and non-secure private area making the setup more secure.

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