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It's not uncommon for organizations to hire mobility management vendors to save money on their wireless bills, only to see the initial savings disappear after a few years. Without a clear understanding of the reasons why,  frustration can easily build leading to friction between you and your vendor.  By using a benchmark or maturity model to assess your enterprise mobility program, organizations can see continuous improvement, manage expectations properly and develop strong action plans. So, what does this maturity model look like?

In this episode, we talk about the enterprise mobility journey and why it’s important for companies to understand the key management stages and touchpoints. We’ll chat about what you can realistically expect from your internal staff or outside mobility partners, especially after year one, two and three and in crucial areas such as cost savings. We’ll also share strategies to mitigate single-points-of-failure and tips for managing stakeholder expectations, so everybody wins.

Featured Guest:  Ben Crees is Director of Client Experience at vMOX, and has almost two decades of telecom and mobility experience.  Based in the UK, he has over sixteen years of experience leading global teams and multi-disciplinary collaboration, delivering first-class services in dynamic and complex SaaS environments.

When it comes to hiring in the IT field, it's important to look beyond the buzzwords and dig deeper into the candidate's skills and experiences. While technical expertise is undoubtedly vital, the best IT professionals possess a diverse range of qualities that make them stand out from the crowd.

In this episode, we dive into the world of IT hiring, discussing the ins and outs of finding the best mobility management professionals for your business. From technical expertise to problem-solving abilities, we'll explore the key qualities that set apart the crème de la crème of IT and telecom candidates. Additionally, we'll tackle the age-old debate of outsourcing versus insourcing your enterprise mobility management.

Featured Guest: Paul Krauser is Sr. Director of Business Intelligence and Data Management at vMOX, and has almost two decades of telecom and mobility experience. He has a history of developing new and optimizing existing processes to maximize service delivery, cost savings, and net revenue.  Paul also has a Lean Six Sigma process management background.

Reckitt is a British multinational manufacturer and distributor of health, hygiene and home products. They exist to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. With 43,000 employees worldwide, three business units and presence in 60 countries across six continents, managing mobile phones and their contracts is a full-time job. 

In this episode, Teri Fravel, Service Delivery Manager at vMOX, sits down with Marybeth LaMendella, IT&D Product Line Manager for the Americas,  to talk about the mobile journey Reckitt has taken with vMOX and how they found success. Including: 

• Challenges within the Reckitt mobile environment that first brought them to vMOX
• Experience with a "one-size-fits-all" mobile strategy and their perspective on business unlimited plans
• How the Reckitt enterprise mobility program has evolved over the years and where they have seen the most impact
• Marybeth's view on makes a good partnership and advice for other professionals working with a MMS vendor like vMOX
• The major mobility wins for Reckitt and its employees and what the future holds

Featured Guests: Terri Fravel, Service Delivery Manager, at vMOX and Marybeth LaMendella, IT&D Product Line Manager, Americas, at Reckitt. 

Wondering how to handle your old company-owned mobile devices once you're done with them? Or what to do with a device when an employee leaves?

Reverse logistics is simply the process of managing the flow of products from the point of consumption back to the point of origin. In the case of mobile devices, it involves collecting, refurbishing, repairing, and redistributing used smartphones, tablets, and other devices. From its positive impact on the environment to economic benefits and data security, reverse logistics is growing in adoption by businesses of all sizes.

In this episode, we talk about the ins and outs of mobile device forward and reverse logistics. We chat about how companies are using reverse logistics to lessen their overall impact, reduce costs and protect important data. We also dive into the reasons why more and more IT teams are outsourcing this function to a third party to make sure their devices get a second life. 

Featured Guest: Grete Humbert Mortley is Senior Director of Operations at vMOX, and has two decades of experience in telecom and mobility.  She has a strong focus on client experience, and is passionate about driving client value and achieving desired outcomes.

The onboarding stage is just as critical as the selection phase when moving to a new managed mobility services (MMS) vendor. A poor experience and clunky implementation can lead to unhappy, frustrated teams and hidden costs. 

In this episode, we talk about smoothly migrating your enterprise mobility projects to a different vendor and the dos and don’ts of onboarding. We chat about how companies can maximize onboarding efficiency while minimizing wireless costs and risks to your business and any disruptions to end users.

Featured Guest:  Grete Humbert Mortley is Senior Director of Operations at vMOX, and has two decades of experience in telecom and mobility.  She has a strong focus on client experience, and is passionate about driving client value and achieving desired outcomes. 

No matter the industry, every company needs mobile device policies and procedures to operate effectively and successfully. Post-pandemic, the need is even more critical as enterprise mobility grows in complexity, the work from anywhere model becomes the norm and cyber attacks increase.
 
At a basic level, a mobile device management policy creates rules for how mobile devices are used and secured within your company. It plays an important role in making sure that your company is protected against data breaches, ballooning IT costs and a poor employee experience. 

In this episode, we break down the corporate mobile device management policy. Why it’s important for companies to establish mobile device rules to manage spend and reduce risk, and the common mistakes we have seen clients make when drafting policies. We’ll also chat about employee enforcement and how you can successfully globalize and scale when dealing with different country laws and cultures. 

Featured Guests:  Ben Crees is Director of Client Experience at vMOX, and has almost two decades of telecom and mobility experience.  Based in the UK, he has over sixteen years of experience leading global teams and multi-disciplinary collaboration, delivering first-class services in dynamic and complex SaaS environments.

Paul Krauser is Director of Business Intelligence and Data Management at vMOX, and has almost two decades of telecom and mobility experience. He has a history of developing new and optimizing existing processes to maximize service delivery, cost savings, and net revenue.  Paul also has a Lean Six Sigma process management background.

Maintaining data security and privacy is more important than ever. According to an IBM and Ponemon Institute report, the average cost of a data breach reached a new high of $4.35 million in 2022. With the rise in cyber threats, companies are looking for strategies that not only help them build trust with customers and employees, but protect their business and bottom line. However, the growing complexity of IT operations, including managing mobile assets within a "work-from-anywhere" model, and evolving privacy laws, can make it difficult to stay up to date and safe from cyberattacks and data leaks.
 
In this episode, we dig deeper into data protection and how it can bring business value. We explore common data protection challenges within telecom and the impact from recent regulatory changes. We also talk about how IT professionals can better protect privacy and get the balance right within their global corporate mobile environment.

Featured Guests: Ben Crees is Director of Client Experience at vMOX, and has almost two decades of telecom and mobility experience. Based in the UK, he has over sixteen years of experience leading global teams and multi-disciplinary collaboration, delivering first-class services in dynamic and complex SaaS environments. Jordan Gurevich is General Counsel at vMOX and supports the company's legal and strategic growth  initiatives  He has extensive corporate experience in legal departments of some of the world's most prominent global telco and IT companies . 

Inflation continues to run at multi-decade highs and blows in geopolitics, energy and economics have companies spinning. Experts are saying a global recession this year is inevitable, if not already taking shape. Many teams responsible for their company's wireless expenses and mobile devices around the world are looking for creative ways to successfully steer through these turbulent waters.

In this episode, we dive into the biggest global enterprise mobility trends,  such as mobile device leasing and purchasing, impacting companies in 2023 and beyond. You'll hear strategies for success, the biggest mistakes to avoid and the most worthwhile investment businesses can make in 2023 to improve their enterprise mobility management.

Featured Guest: Ben Crees is Director of Client Experience at vMOX, and has almost two decades of telecom and mobility experience. Based in the UK, he has over sixteen years of experience leading global teams and multi-disciplinary collaboration, delivering first-class services in dynamic and complex SaaS environments.

More and more companies are recognizing the need to safeguard their networks, ensure data compliance and balance corporate security with user productivity. Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) can simplify endpoint management and help businesses avoid potential risks.

Management approaches such as Mobile Device Management (MDM), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM), and UEM are mentioned a great deal in the mobility space. These terms are often used interchangeably but in reality they have key differences in terms of scale and control. 

In this episode, vMOX Vice President Mike Saxby talks with UEM expert Mitch Berry about:

• The difference between Mobile Device Management (MDM), Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) / Managed Mobility Services (MMS) and Unified Endpoint Management
• The primary reasons why companies need managed UEM services 
• How the enterprise mobility management market has evolved and what trends to look for 
• Ways the partner community can identify or spot this need in their customer base, key questions to ask and qualifying an opportunity

Featured Guest: Mitch Berry is the Founder and CEO at Peripheral. Mitch has over 15 years of experience in sales and technical leadership, working with IT executives on endpoint device deployments and ongoing management to enable users, increase productivity and improve security.

A typical company processes hundreds, if not thousands of events, each day. Connecting all your events, deciding which ones are the most important and drawing out actionable insights can challenging for teams. IT event correlation automates the process of analyzing events and identifies relationships between them to expose problems and reveal their root cause.

In this episode, we talk with Richard Siebels, vMOX Chief Technology Officer, about why it’s important for modern IT teams to strike a balance between data and storytelling, and how event correlation can be used to identify patterns and relationships in enterprise mobility data for improved decision-making. Learn how to be more proactive and go beyond basic data exchange and APIs.

Featured Guest: Richard Siebels is the Chief Technology Officer at vMOX. Richard has over 27 years of telecommunications, technology, operations and product development experience.