Good Technology Delivers Lower Mobile Cost of Ownership and Higher Quality of Service

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Good Technology™, the leader in secure mobility, today introduced a new Mobile Cost of Ownership (MCO) Analyzer, enabling organizations to learn and understand the key drivers of their mobile cost, benchmark against peers and identify areas for improvement. The new tool allows enterprises to reduce the cost of mobility deployments by addressing device, carrier, labor and infrastructure costs. It also provides each organization with a custom blueprint for lowering their overall costs.

Whether a business decides to roll out BYOD, COPE or a combination, there's cost and complexity involved. Between devices, phone contracts, infrastructure as well as operational and support costs, the TCO for mobile can quickly escalate. Few organizations accurately track the total cost of their mobile investments, or even identify all the cost components within their mobile deployments. In fact, a recent survey revealed that over two-thirds of organizations underestimate their own enterprise mobile costs.¹

"Cost containment is a hot topic in IT today. Attempts to limit mobile costs have led organizations to adopt policies such as BYOD," said Brian Reed, chief mobility evangelist, Good Technology. "But many organizations find that BYOD doesn't save them what they expected. And that's because approximately 40 percent of all mobile costs relate to support and operations rather than device costs. By failing to identify and optimize key mobile cost drivers, they are effectively wasting money."

The new MCO Analyzer complements Good's substantial investment in capabilities to enable organizations to control their mobile costs including Good Mobile Service Management (MSM). MSM monitors mobile transactions end-to-end to optimize the performance of the mobile infrastructure and to troubleshoot mobile issues faster – reducing support and operating costs for the business and making the mobile experience faster and easier for every employee. IT departments can also manage multiple platforms and mobile operating systems through a single console, enabling them to gain increased operational efficiencies and lower help desk costs.

Reed added, "An organization with 1,000 mobilized employees with an average cost structure could save over half a million dollars annually with MSM. At the same time, they can ensure a smooth user experience and a consistent, resilient quality of service."

To get your own personal assessment of your mobile costs, please visit: http://www.good.com/mco

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About Good Technology

Good Technology is the innovation leader in secure mobility solutions, providing the leading secure mobility solution for enterprises and governments worldwide, across all stages of the mobility lifecycle. Good's comprehensive, end-to-end secure mobility solutions portfolio consists of a suite of collaboration applications, a secure mobility platform, mobile device management, unified monitoring, management and analytics, and a third-party application and partner ecosystem. More than 5,000 organizations in over 180 countries use Good Technology solutions, including FORTUNE 100™ leaders in commercial banking, insurance, healthcare, and aerospace and defense. Learn more at www.good.com.

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Good Technology
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¹ Good Technology Webinar Survey, 'Understanding Your Mobile Cost of Ownership,' July 10, 2014

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