This interesting story starts from RIM, traditional mobile giant, which announced that the newest Blackberry Fusion can now support and manage Android and iOS devices. Built on the well-known blackberry enterprise server and technologies of the acquired Ubitexx, Fusion seems to be enforcing RIM's MDM capabilities.
Google follows the wave and also drops another bomb just after RIM. This solution sits in the cloud at this moment and is free to its existing apps customers. I am not sure whether this products relates to google's acquisition of motorola mobile, but it is definitely true that google sees the market and moves up.
IBM, the big blue company dives into this emerging area by working with Juniper Networks. Big install base plus good technology will help IBM out from too far away behind this mobility campaign.
Twitter snapped up a two-persion firm mainly for the technology and talent of securing and protecting Android mobile device datas.
Let's go back and see SAP/Sybase's strategy on mobile device management. Afaria, one of the key product in SAP's mobility big picture, supports major devices such as iOS, Android, Blackberry, Symbian, Windows Mobile and Window Phone(early 2012). SAP now has the good technology, exellent product, reference customers, and while the competitors kick off the battle, SAP has some commitment to make in the ever changing market.
