Chris Pepin: Integration of Lotus Notes Traveler with Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices

June 24 2012

On Tuesday this week (June 26), we will ship Lotus Notes Traveler 8.5.3 Upgrade Pack 1, which includes the new high availability option I described earlier this month. That addresses one common Traveler request.

Another that I hear often is, how can I make Traveler as secure as something like Blackberry Enterprise Server, with full control over the mobile devices? The answer isn't in Traveler; it isn't our design objective for the Traveler server to mature into a full mobile device management solution. However, IBM does offer Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices, in addition to several third-party options.

As Chris Pepin, an architect in our mobile enterprise solutions team writes:

When integrated with Lotus Notes Traveler, Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices enables organizations to continue taking advantage of Lotus Notes Traveler's agentless device management functionality, while also achieving advanced management capabilities on iOS and Android devices all from a single console and management server.
Chris also mentions a new IBM solution brief on mobile device management and security.

Link: Chris Pepin: Integration of Lotus Notes Traveler with Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices >
Link: ibm.com: An integrated approach to managing and securing your mobile environment >

Ed Brill | Highland Park, IL USA Category:  mobility  Add/View Comments [9]

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  1. 1  Kendall  | 6/25/2012 1:09:47 AM

    The last link there (FTP to submit.boulder.ibm.com) is bad doesn't work (for me, anyway). FYI!

  1. 2  David  | 6/25/2012 2:39:23 AM

    Yep that last link to Datasheet: IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices (484KB)does not work!

  1. 3  Bruno CARTIGNY  | 6/25/2012 3:55:11 AM

    These are the correct links :

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  1. 4  Chris Miller http://Http;//www.idonotes.com | 6/25/2012 9:23:34 PM

    We talked briefly about this and the rest of the new Traveler features found in upgrade pack 1 on the webcast you can replay here. { Link }

  1. 5  Peter Meuser http://www.itlab.de | 6/26/2012 11:23:15 AM

    Ed, I don't think that you can set the Mobile Device Management capabilities of Tivoli Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices on the same security level as those ones found in the Blackberry Enterprise Solution. For iOS and Android devices a more appropriate solution in means of security can be found in Good for Enterprise. This solution does not need Lotus Notes Traveler for serving Lotus Domino.

  1. 6  Ed Brill http://www.edbrill.com | 6/26/2012 5:35:06 PM

    Good Technology is an approach, though it is definitely higher end in terms of cost and overhead. What I hear from customers who have implemented Good is that their users find the client to be somewhat less-functional than the native mail clients or what we provide with Traveler. However, if you truly need a sandbox or zero footprint option, and don't want to use the browser, Good is definitely an option (as are other solutions).

  1. 7  Craig Dalton  | 6/28/2012 1:34:20 AM

    Good Tech ... Good not great :-) The user experience for mail is quite poor. I'm sure Apple/Android will address the corporate/personal data separation in upcoming releases. The IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices solution works well, plus it can manage PC's/servers too.

    Craig

  1. 8  Peter Meuser http://itlab.de | 6/28/2012 8:12:47 AM

    Ed, you may be right about Good in terms of user experience, but the Domino shops you mentioned seem to look after security "as something like BlackBerry"...