Google Mobile Apps Go Enterprise for iPhone Nokia WinMo with Wipe-Outs, Lock-Out & Security

google mobile.jpgGoogle has launched new controls that enable enterprise administrators to help ensure corporate policy enforcement across a range of mobile devices for Google Sync for iPhone, Nokia E series, and Windows Mobile devices. Google Sync enables Google Apps users to access and sync mail, calendar, and contacts from their mobile device to the Google cloud.

With this change, Google Apps Premier and Education Edition administrators will be able to manage their users' iPhone, Nokia E series and Windows Mobile devices right from the Google Apps administrative control panel, without deploying any additional software or having to manage dedicated enterprise mobile servers.

These new mobile device management capabilities will allow administrators to:
  • Remotely wipe all data from lost or stolen mobile devices.
  • Lock idle devices after a period of inactivity.
  • Require a device password on each phone.
  • Set minimum lengths for more secure passwords.
  • Require passwords to include letters, numbers and punctuation.
  • These features will be accessible from the 'Mobile' tab under 'Service Settings' in the Google Apps control panel. Once a user starts syncing their devices with Google Apps, the domain administrator will be able to remotely wipe device data, right from the user settings page.

    Other Google mobile features for enterprise include, Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server. For Android phones there are web versions of Gmail and Google Calendar, as well as updates to Google Docs.

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