Radu Scarlat

Radu Scarlat is the Partner, General Manager, and Chairman of the Board of Bento - Intellectually Curious (BVB: BENTO), bringing extensive expertise in software engineering, business strategy, and corporate leadership. He is the driving force behind Bento FSM — the company's flagship Field Service Management solution — a platform that enables real-time management of field teams, optimal planning of work orders, route optimization, and automation of the entire logistics chain underlying field services. Known for his strategic vision and entrepreneurial drive, he has been instrumental in positioning Bento as one of the fastest-growing IT companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

MDM Security & Compliance BYOD privacy: what IT can and cannot see on your phone BYOD privacy is the boundary between the work data an employer manages on a personally owned device and the personal data it cannot reach. On a properly enrolled phone, the operating system enforces that boundary, not a promise from IT.... By Radu Scarlat Oct 26, 2026

MDM Strategy & Implementation MDM Fundamentals Custom OMA-URI vs Settings Catalog in Intune: when should IT use each? In Microsoft Intune, there are two main ways to configure Windows settings that are not exposed as a simple toggle: the Settings Catalog and a custom OMA-URI profile. Both ultimately configure the same underlying Windows Configuration Service Providers (CSPs), the... By Radu Scarlat Sep 28, 2026

MDM Strategy & Implementation MDM migration: how to move devices between MDM platforms MDM migration is the process of moving managed devices from one Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform to another: changing the system that enrolls, configures, secures, and monitors a fleet, without losing control of the devices along the way. Organizations migrate... By Radu Scarlat Sep 27, 2026

MDM Fundamentals MDM Strategy & Implementation Apple Return to Service: remotely reset and re-enroll iOS and iPadOS devices Return to Service is an Apple feature that lets a Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform remotely erase an iOS or iPadOS device and automatically re-enroll it, with no cable, no setup wizard, and no one touching the device. Introduced with... By Radu Scarlat Sep 26, 2026

MDM by Industry Best tablet for construction workers and job sites in 2026 The best tablet for construction is determined by software rather than durability. On a job site, the tablet exists to open the drawings, mark up the plans, file the daily report, and check the model, and the apps a crew... By Radu Scarlat Sep 18, 2026

Uncategorized How to choose a tablet for field work in 2026 (with five picks) A tablet for field work has to do something an office or warehouse tablet never does: keep working far from the desk, the loading dock, and often the nearest Wi-Fi signal. Field crews (inspectors, surveyors, utility technicians, field service engineers,... By Radu Scarlat Sep 10, 2026

MDM Strategy & Implementation Best tablets for business fleets in 2026: what IT teams should buy The best tablet for business is rarely the one with the highest benchmark score. For a team buying a single device, the spec sheet is the deciding factor. For an organization deploying ten, a hundred, or a thousand tablets, the... By Radu Scarlat Aug 10, 2026

MDM Security & Compliance 12 MDM Security Policies that Actually Reduce Risk Mobile Device Management (MDM) exposes hundreds of enforceable settings across the four major operating systems. A well-configured MDM console can push dozens of policies to every managed device. But not all of those policies actually reduce risk. Some prevent real... By Radu Scarlat Jul 29, 2026

MDM Strategy & Implementation MDM Compliance Reporting: What Auditors Actually Need from Device Management The typical MDM console shows dozens of dashboards. The typical auditor asks for a handful of specific artifacts. When those two do not match, the audit slows, the requests for information grow longer, and the exceptions are written into the... By Radu Scarlat Jul 24, 2026

MDM Strategy & Implementation Rugged device management mistakes that break field, warehouse, and utility operations Rugged device deployments break in predictable ways. The failures are almost never hardware surprises because rugged devices are engineered to withstand the abuse they take. The failures come from management decisions made months earlier: the wrong MDM chosen without OEM... By Radu Scarlat Jul 22, 2026

MDM Strategy & Implementation Enterprise App Store Best Practices for IT teams managing Device Fleets An enterprise app store is the curated catalog IT uses to publish approved apps to a managed device fleet. It runs through the Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform and the operating system’s own enterprise app-distribution mechanism, not through a public... By Radu Scarlat Jul 20, 2026

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MDM Fundamentals MDM Strategy & Implementation Windows Autopilot vs Traditional Imaging: Which Provisioning Model should IT use? Windows PC provisioning in 2026 is a three-model decision, not a two-model decision. The first model is Windows Autopilot classic, which has been Microsoft’s zero-touch enrollment story since 2017. The second is Windows Autopilot device preparation, a re-architected next-generation approach... By Vlad Bodea Jul 31, 2026

MDM Fundamentals What MDM remote control can and cannot do across Android, Windows, iOS, and macOS MDM remote control means what an IT admin can do on a managed device from the admin console, without physically holding the device. That capability sounds uniform, but in practice it is deeply asymmetric across operating systems. Windows and macOS... By Vlad Bodea Jul 18, 2026

MDM Strategy & Implementation Device Lifecycle Management for Mobile Fleets: From Procurement to Retirement Every device an organization manages passes through the same six stages: planning, procurement, preparation, in-service management, refresh or repair, and retirement. The stages sound sequential and mostly are, but they overlap in practice, and each one has its own operational... By Vlad Bodea Jul 15, 2026