Absolute Manage

Submitted by Aaron Freimark on September 24, 2011 - 11:29pm
Provider Info
Web Site: 
http://www.absolute.com

Marketing Info

Absolute® Manage Mobile Device Management (Absolute Manage MDM) provides remote management capabilities for Apple® iOS devices (iPhone®, iPad touch®, iPad™). Customers can remotely engage with their deployment within the administrator console and perform standard maintenance routines as well as take strategic and responsive measures based upon the requirements of each device.

Absolute Manage MDM is authentically cross platform and can be installed within a Mac or a Windows environment, so there’s no need to invest in additional infrastructure or hardware components.

Resources

Absolute Manage website
Absolute Manage MDM website
Absolute Manage MDM data sheet

Absolute Manage MDM is available as a component within Absolute Manage or as a stand-alone product.

Absolute Manage MDM does not require an agent to be installed on the device for basic management functions, such as device enrollment, device querying, deploying configuration profiles, or locking and wiping devices. However, there is an app provided called Absolute Apps that serves a number of particularly compelling functions:

  • Self-serve portal for recommended App Store apps
  • Distribution of ASVPP app redemption codes
  • Device geotracking
  • Deployment of in-house apps
  • Self-service, on-demand configuration profiles
  • Detection of jailbroken devices

Other unique features include the ability to build profiles with variable data inputs. For example, a standard Exchange profile for all users could include the symbolic “email address”, “username,” and other necessary fields. The actual data, customized per user, is inserted to the profile when it is deployed.

Packaging
SaaS: 
no
Appliance: 
no
Windows Software: 
yes
Mac Software: 
yes
Unix Software: 
no
Virtual Machine: 
yes
Reseller Theming: 
no
Licensing
Recurring License: 
yes
Perpetual License: 
yes
Maintenance
Purchase: 
Optional
Includes Dot Releases: 
yes
Includes Major Releases: 
yes
Includes Support: 
yes
Support
12 x 5: 
yes
12 x 7: 
no
24 x 7: 
no
Scalability
Locations: 
yes
Location-Specific Admins: 
yes
Role-Based Admins: 
yes
Fault Tolerance
Standalone Server: 
yes
Fail-Over Capability: 
no
Load Balancing: 
no
Enrollment
Web Portal: 
yes
iOS App: 
no
Bulk Upload: 
no
API: 
no
Enrollment Authentication
Active Directory: 
yes
Open Directory: 
yes
Other LDAP: 
no
User Upload: 
yes
Mobileconfig Features
Require Passcode: 
yes
Device Restrictions: 
yes
Exchange Account Seeding: 
yes
WiFi Configuration: 
yes
VPN - L2TP: 
yes
VPN - Cisco AnyConnect: 
yes
VPN - Juniper: 
yes
VPN - F5: 
yes
iOS 5 Mobileconfig
"Push" Retail Apps: 
yes
Encrypted Mail: 
yes
Sandbox Mail: 
yes
Prevent iCloud: 
yes
Wi-Fi Auto-Join: 
yes
On Demand Features
Remove Passcode: 
yes
Remote Lock: 
yes
Remote Wipe: 
yes
Push Text Message: 
yes
Profile Features
Start On Date: 
yes
End On Date: 
yes
Versioning: 
yes
Rollback: 
yes
Triggered by Inventory: 
yes
App Management
Push Web Apps: 
yes
Catalog of In-House Apps: 
yes
Recommended Retail Apps: 
yes
VPP Integration: 
yes
Vendor-provided iOS App(s)
AbsoluteFind
AbsoluteSafe
AbsoluteApps
Admin Notifications
Alert When Roaming: 
yes
Alert When No Response: 
yes
Alert on Forbidden App: 
yes
Administration Console
Web: 
yes
API or SDK: 
no
Desktop App: 
yes
Data Export
Device Status: 
yes
App Inventory: 
yes
Device History: 
yes
Integration
Apple GSX: 
yes
Microsoft BPOS: 
no
Good: 
no
Other Helpdesk: 
yes
Certificate Features
Enterprise SCEP Integration: 
yes
Local CA with SCEP: 
yes
Apply Certs to Exchange: 
yes
Apply Certs to WiFi: 
yes
Apply Certs to VPN: 
yes
LDAP Features
Dynamic Policies by LDAP group: 
yes
Dynamic Policies by LDAP OU: 
yes
Dynamic Policies by LDAP Attribute: 
yes
Custom Message by LDAP Attribute: 
yes
Other Devices
Android: 
yes
Blackberry: 
no
Symbian: 
no
Windows Mobile: 
no
Windows Phone 7: 
yes
Windows Desktops: 
yes
Mac Desktops: 
yes
Linux Desktops: 
no