Issues to consider include ease of deployment, managing backup and data access, support, security, network complexity, device management, operating system diversity, total cost of ownership and integration of various tablet platforms at the application, mobile device management process and system level.

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Apple has some enterprise hooks, but just as with the Android platform, most Chief Information Officers resort to third-party solutions that raise the complexity of device management and the total cost of ownership of the mobile solutions.

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As a result, enterprises can significantly lower the total cost of ownership for their Identity and Access Management initiatives.

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Add investment management fees and the total annual cost could be as high as 2% to 3%, sometimes more.

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"Now that products like NAL are out, people can really see how they cut the total cost of ownership dramatically, " says Brian Legare, NT administrator for Lutherans Capital Management in Appleton, Wis.

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GuardianEdge products offer a breadth of encryption, port, device and file type control technologies while establishing a market-leading position in solving the operational issues of deployment, management, scalability, reporting, auditing and user productivity at the lowest possible total cost.

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By doing so, companies can provide full business context across Identity and Access Management systems, connect to the full set of key applications and data resources, significantly lower the total cost of ownership and scale to modern enterprise environments.

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