5 Ways IT Service Providers Can Win With SMB Mobile Security

By Farokh Karani, Director, North America – Sales & Channels, Quick Heal Technologies

When the mobility wave hit, data security got way more complicated for IT services providers and their SMB customers. Indeed, as mobile devices have infiltrated the SMB market in a big way, hackers have kept pace, waging full-blown attacks against the mobile landscape. Studies have shown that mobile malware assaults rose by 58 percent in 2012, making mobile data security one of the biggest threats for businesses today. 

While the attacks have increased, SMBs nevertheless have become increasingly dependent on their mobile devices because they have allowed business productivity to soar, as we do more and more business related work from smartphones and tablets.  

Now, in the face of new competition from the big cloud service providers, who have set their sights on selling direct to end users, the onus is on IT service providers to offer first-class mobile protection while continuing to do what they do best — serve their customers from a position of trust.

Here are five ways the IT channel can keep mobile data safe while competition heats up...

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