Radu Scarlat
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Read MoreBest tablets for business fleets in 2026: what IT teams should buy
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...

Read More12 MDM Security Policies that Actually Reduce Risk
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...

Read MoreMDM Compliance Reporting: What Auditors Actually Need from Device Management
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...

Read MoreRugged device management mistakes that break field, warehouse, and utility operations
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...

Read MoreEnterprise App Store Best Practices for IT teams managing Device Fleets
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...

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Read MoreWindows Autopilot vs Traditional Imaging: Which Provisioning Model should IT use?
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...

Read MoreWhat MDM remote control can and cannot do across Android, Windows, iOS, and macOS
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...

Read MoreDevice Lifecycle Management for Mobile Fleets: From Procurement to Retirement
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...

