Blog Post
Project: Blog post for Upjourney
Objective: To help viewers develop a growth mindset in their life
Accept that no one has a perfect life
With the buzz of the internet, social media, and peer pressure, it is easy to fall into comparison with other people. The pictures on the screen tell the story of a stronger and smarter person out there. Next comes jealousy, envy, and low-self esteem. It is important to stop this cycle by accepting that no one has a perfect life. Everyone is going through a battle; some are able to mask it better than others.
The first step is to focus on your own growth
A gratitude journal is essential to celebrate the small things in life that we take for granted. It could be as simple as having a roof over your head, food, clothing, a stream of income, a family, a child, etc. Shifting your focus to yourself is the first step to recognizing the beauty in your life. Additionally, creating an accountability structure helps to track wins and focus on growth. Seeing where you started, and your present situation brings back your focus on progress and not perfection.
The second step is to celebrate small wins
Don’t wait for a grand event to give yourself a tap on the back. Perhaps you are prepping for a marathon, award your efforts while training – for getting up early and showing up daily – a night out in the restaurant, going to the movies, or taking an art class.
Lastly, manage your time on social media
Don’t spend endless times scrolling past pics after pics. Use a timer anytime you are on social media. It has been suggested to restrict to only one hour a day.
The next time, you are feeling down, and it might seem easier to look at your phone or a computer to justify that people are better off than you. Shut off that small voice and celebrate the progress and the beauty in your life.
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Project: Top of funnel post for National IT Services and Solutions Provider
Objective: To help readers understand the benefits of moving to BYOD, and how an EMM solution will help them achieve a BYOD workplace.
Fortify your Business Security with Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
Technological advancement created a new trend of work lifestyle – mobile workers. The feasibility of signing into an email, an electronic transfer, and the desire for remote work has created a new trend of mobile employers.
However, this has also carved a new risk; cloud breaches on these mobile devices. In the first half of 2020, there was a staggering report of data breaches exposing about 36 billion records. There is a new demand to protect and control corporate and personal data on such devices.
What is Enterprise Mobility Management?
Enterprise mobility management (EMM) is a set of policies, processes, and technologies that secures and manages the use of employee- and corporate-owned mobile devices within an organization. Such systems ensure secure data storage within an organization against situations where devices are stolen or in the case of a data breach.
The Birth of Bring Your Own Device
In the 1980s, the larger sized computers were compressed into smaller sizes to be portable. This initiated bring your own device (BYOD). Production increased and a new work lifestyle in front of screens paved the ways in business operations. Computers over time became individually owned as laptops. Cellphone technology followed suit. Computers were now condensed to fit into pockets. By the 2000s, personal devices became the norm. The public could afford mobile phones and laptops.
Mobile Device Management
The BYOD shift made technology accessible to many. However, it came with potential risks. The thought of what happens to a cell phone when abandoned and the susceptible threats of a virus in the device; became detrimental to organizations.
Mobile Device Management (MDM) is when IT professionals actively manage the mobile devices of employees. The functionality comes from depending on an MDM agent and MDM server found in a data centre. This can be stored on the company’s premises or in a cloud database. The IT sector is responsible for creating policies through the console of the MDM server that pushes over the air to the MDM agent on the device. The application programming interfaces (APIs), built into the device's operating system allows communication between the server and agent.
This allows a secure experience where employees browse the internet and access documents with data encryption. And also, they have the power to wipe out information, if the device gets lost.
Mobile Application Management (MAM)
IT professionals can access corporate data stored, and also control transferred or transmitted information via Mobile application Management (MAM).
The difference between MAM and MDM can be illustrated with an analogy. When MDM is utilized, IT can clear out or lock an employee’s phone. With MAM, the employee can be kicked out of the corporate email without any access to their personal data. In the case of MAM, the focus is on applications and operating systems on the device, while with MAM, there is a target on the hardware alone.
Benefits of BYOD
The new work lifestyle has an emphasis of consistent connection regardless of an office work environment or a virtual team.
>> Boost in Productivity
Using different devices means learning distinct operation styles. If one is accustomed to a certain laptop or software, the individual accomplishes work faster due to the familiarity of devices.
>> Decrease in company expenses
When portable devices are allocated to employees, that means the organization does not have to spend on additional devices.
>> Work anywhere
The flexibility of working anywhere allow employees to finish projects at home. There is freedom with the ability to sign in to work email anywhere and cut down on the commute time to an office.
Benefits of Enterprise Mobility Management
The benefits of BYOD created the need for EMM.
>> Protect the data of your employees
Regardless of the location of your employee with work, there are many loopholes for their data to be compromised. EMM ensures that the workforce’s data are shielded.
>> Integral data can be erased
In the case that a mobile device gets lost, the company and personal data on those devices can be wiped easily.
>> Protect the data of your organization
You can avoid your organization’s data from being used other by you. EMM solutions provide security measures like device authentication, device enrollment, data wiping and website blacklisting.
>> Compliance verification
According to HIPAA, you’re required by law to protect data safety for the client and customer. The end-to-end infrastructure allows your organization to remain compliant at all times.
How to Get Help with EMM for Your Organization
Deploying EMM tools within your organization means asking questions about your company’s needs. To evaluate EMM solutions, you need to figure out what operating systems are offered on an EMM software, what management solutions are needed in your EMM suite, if there’s an option to upgrade your MDM solution, and how security is sustained within the software.
It is common for organizations to seek assistance in making decisions for EMM vendors. This is where we come in.
>> Create an EMM platform training guide for new employees
>> Educate employees on the next step in cases of data breaches and lost devices
>> Regular EMM tests
>> Verification that security-related recurring tasks are executed properly and so much more
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