A crew supervisor's phone slides off a tractor seat in a lettuce field outside Salinas. It has company email on it, the payroll app, and a photo of the shop's gate code. Nobody notices for an hour. With enterprise mobility management, or EMM, you can lock that phone or wipe it from your desk before anyone picks it up. It's how we keep company data on phones and tablets under control for Monterey County businesses, from the field crew to the front office.
When You Need Enterprise Mobility Management
If staff read work email on a phone, you already have mobile devices to manage. Most businesses do. Few have set anything up.
It matters more off the desk. Salinas Valley ag operations and Carmel Valley vineyard managers run their whole day from a phone. Rural sites often have one slow internet provider and patchy cell service, so those devices end up holding a lot of data offline between syncs, sometimes for days.
You'll also want it once a phone has gone missing and nobody could say what was on it. Or when an insurer asks how you protect mobile devices and you don't have an answer. If most of your staff use their own phones, read up on the trade-offs of letting staff bring their own devices.
How Enterprise Mobility Management Works
Each phone or tablet gets enrolled in a management system. Company-owned devices are set up before they're handed out. Personal phones enroll with a link and a few taps.
Once a device is enrolled, we can require a passcode and encryption. Wi-Fi and email settings get pushed out automatically, and work apps stay updated.
Personal phones get a separate work space that holds company email and files. We can see and wipe that space. Texts and photos stay private, and so does browsing history.
A lost device gets locked or wiped remotely. When someone leaves, we pull company data off their personal phone and leave everything else alone. A rugged tablet in a packing shed gets the same rules as the laptop in your office.
Enterprise Mobility Management Cost in Monterey
Cost mostly follows the number of devices and how many are company-owned versus personal. Some Microsoft 365 plans already include mobile management, which can cut what you'd otherwise spend on licenses. Shared tablets used by several workers take extra setup, and so does a big batch of new phones arriving at once. We go through your devices and licenses, then send a written quote before anything gets enrolled.
Why Field-Heavy Businesses Trust Us With Their Phones
We've worked with Monterey County businesses since 2008. More than 250 local companies have relied on us for support, ag operations among them. Lose a phone at 9 PM and the 24/7 emergency line answers, so it can be locked while you're still retracing your steps. Managed clients can bring new hires and seasonal device counts to the quarterly planning meeting we hold with them.
Phones are one way in. Laptops and logins are others, and our cybersecurity services for teams that work out in the field cover them. Call (831) 649-5050 and tell us how many devices touch company email.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you see my employees' personal texts and photos?
No. On a personal phone, management only reaches the separate work space. We can wipe that space, and personal apps, photos and messages stay out of reach.
What happens if a work phone is stolen?
Call us and we'll lock it. If it doesn't turn up, we wipe the company data, or the whole phone if your business owns it. Then we reset any passwords that were saved on it.
Is it worth it for only five or six phones?
Yes, if those phones carry company email. Small offices lose phones too, and enrolling a handful of devices is a small job.