LONDON, November 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
European Frozen food company turns to SOTI MobiControl to
make the most secure and productive use of mobile
devices
apetito, the parent of the UK's number one provider of
home-delivered frozen meals Wiltshire Farm Foods, has partnered
with leading IoT and device management expert, SOTI to protect its
highly sensitive business data across its multi-platform device
estate.
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For almost 60 years the European frozen food company has
supplied nutritious meals to the health and social care sector. The
ability to continue to protect its customer information - often
about vulnerable clients, and keep communication confidential is
therefore pivotal for the business to ensure it complies with new
data protection industry regulations.
apetito has deployed MobiControl to over 250 iPhones, enabling
the IT team to manage devices in the field. It also uses the
solution on 60 ruggedised Zebra TC55 devices which provide its
delivery drivers with the same management, as well as intelligent
route planning and real-time navigation to optimise apetito's daily
deliveries of tens of thousands of frozen meals across the UK,
France, Germany, the
Netherlands and Canada.
Mike Calverley, IT Service
Delivery Manager at apetito, explains, "Both categories of devices
contain highly sensitive and personal customer information. Most
companies only worry about the cost of replacing a device if it's
lost but for us the data is far more important. A data breach,
either through the loss or theft of a device, could be
disastrous."
SOTI's MobiControl provides apetito with a one-stop shop to give
complete peace of mind over data vulnerabilities. The application
is used to easily wipe, track, locate and re-set devices via the
SOTI server.
Richard Smith, regional manager
at SOTI, says, "Enterprises often struggle to manage the chaos of
connected devices, especially where mobility is critical to their
business. apetito's mobility strategy is focused on the security
and protection of data to the highest level, without compromising
daily routines and working processes. SOTI MobiControl has the key
features to eliminate customer data loss; alongside location
services and device management, it provides complete peace of mind
in every way possible.
"apetito, like many firms, is rightly putting a major focus on
cyber security, with new initiatives around data encryption and
data loss prevention. This is not only spurred by the need to
protect clients, but also the need to comply with new regulation on
data protection. A mobility strategy which focuses on security is
therefore a vital component to any mobile business - data
protection doesn't stop at the desktop. Those who fail to do so
could not only face heavy fines but also risk reputational damage
and the potential loss of customer confidence."
Mike Calverley concludes, "SOTI
MobiControl has become critical to our business in ensuring we are
meeting data protection requirements. The maths is simple: it
doesn't come down to the number of lost phones the company has been
able to recover. Instead, it comes down to the ability to continue
to protect our customers and keep communication confidential, which
is priceless. We now have plans across our apetito management
services to add more devices to the business, including iPads. It
will therefore continue to be essential to have a centralised
system and base to manage all of our devices at apetito."
About SOTI Inc.
SOTI is the world's most trusted provider of mobile and IoT
device management solutions, with more than 17,000 enterprise
customers and millions of devices managed worldwide. SOTI's
innovative portfolio of solutions and services provide the tools
organizations need to truly mobilize their operations and optimize
their mobility investments. SOTI extends secure mobility management
to provide a total, flexible solution for comprehensive management
and security of all mobile devices and connected peripherals
deployed in an organization. For more information,
visit http://www.soti.net.