Mformation
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Mformation Technologies is a software company that provides a suite of mobile device management
(MDM) software products that helps mobile operators, service providers and enterprises remotely activate, configure, manage, control and secure the mobile devices of their consumer and business customers.
Mformation has been delivering device management solutions since it was founded in 1999. Founder Dr. Rakesh Kushwaha currently serves as the company's CTO. Todd DeLaughter is the current CEO. Mformation is a member of the Open Mobile Alliance
(OMA), which works to support, extend and improve the standards for remote device management.
s, and smartphone
s) and the data on them. The suite includes separate products for GSM configuration management, CDMA configuration management, software/application management, firmware management (FOTA), remote device and service diagnostics, security management, and customer experience monitoring.
The company's original focus was on the management of wireless devices for enterprises, with software solutions that were sold directly to enterprises. Currently, the company offers an enterprise management product as part of the MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER suite that enables mobile operators to provide their enterprise customers with a customized self-care environment via a SaaS (software as a service
) delivery model.
The MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER for WiMAX product, introduced in 2008, provides OMA DM-based WiMAX
device management, enabling operators and service providers to activate, provision and manage WiMAX-capable devices and services remotely, just as they do cellular devices and services. This product is part of Sprint’s
2008 launch of its Xohm
WiMAX service.
Mobile device management
Mobile Device Management software secures, monitors, manages and supports mobile devices deployed across mobile operators, service providers and enterprises...
(MDM) software products that helps mobile operators, service providers and enterprises remotely activate, configure, manage, control and secure the mobile devices of their consumer and business customers.
Mformation has been delivering device management solutions since it was founded in 1999. Founder Dr. Rakesh Kushwaha currently serves as the company's CTO. Todd DeLaughter is the current CEO. Mformation is a member of the Open Mobile Alliance
Open Mobile Alliance
The Open Mobile Alliance is a standards body which develops open standards for the mobile phone industry.- Principles :Mission: To provide interoperable service enablers working across countries, operators and mobile terminals....
(OMA), which works to support, extend and improve the standards for remote device management.
Locations
Mformation is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey, USA, with offices and subsidiaries around the globe, including Windsor, UK; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Bangalore, India; Beijing, China; Tokyo, Japan; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Victoria, Australia.Products
Mformation's flagship product line, MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER, is a comprehensive suite of mobile device management (MDM) software that is designed to help mobile operators remotely manage and control a variety of mobile devices (including cellular phones, PDAPDA
A PDA is most commonly a Personal digital assistant, also known as a Personal data assistant, a mobile electronic device.PDA may also refer to:In science, medicine and technology:...
s, and smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
s) and the data on them. The suite includes separate products for GSM configuration management, CDMA configuration management, software/application management, firmware management (FOTA), remote device and service diagnostics, security management, and customer experience monitoring.
The company's original focus was on the management of wireless devices for enterprises, with software solutions that were sold directly to enterprises. Currently, the company offers an enterprise management product as part of the MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER suite that enables mobile operators to provide their enterprise customers with a customized self-care environment via a SaaS (software as a service
Software as a Service
Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
) delivery model.
The MFORMATION SERVICE MANAGER for WiMAX product, introduced in 2008, provides OMA DM-based WiMAX
WiMAX
WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
device management, enabling operators and service providers to activate, provision and manage WiMAX-capable devices and services remotely, just as they do cellular devices and services. This product is part of Sprint’s
Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel Corporation is an American telecommunications company based in Overland Park, Kansas. The company owns and operates Sprint, the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States, with 53.4 million customers, behind Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility...
2008 launch of its Xohm
Xohm
XOHM was the brand name Sprint Nextel Corporation was using to promote its WiMAX services, currently labelled by Sprint Nextel simply as 4G. Sprint was the first service provider in the United States, with its partner Clearwire, to announce the building of a mobile WiMAX network...
WiMAX service.