Mobile File Management
Mobile File Management (MFM) is a type of IT software that allows businesses to manage transfers and storage of corporate files and other related items on a mobile device, and allows the business to oversee user access. Mobile File Management software is typically installed on a corporate file server like Windows 2008 as well as on a mobile device like iPad, iPhone or Google Android tablets and phones. Other features include the ability to remotely wipe a lost or stolen device, access, cache and store files on a mobile device and integrate with file permission solutions like those from Microsoft's ACTIVE Directory.
One software provider that supplies mobile file management is GroupLogic (Arlington, VA, USA) who provides a product called mobilEcho. Other software or cloud-based services companies provide similar solutions that try to solve the problem of transferring and accessing corporate files like DropBox, Box.net and Apple’s MobileMe. These solutions can be used as mobile file management, but not managed by IT organizations. Companies that utilize Mobile Device Management solutions can also secure content on mobile devices, but usually cannot provide direct access and connection to a corporate file server.
File management is how the computer operating system keeps data organized through the use of files and folders, how they are arranged, and how they are listed in a hierarchical order. Mobile File Management allows for file management to be utilized on tablet devices such as iPads. By installing it both on the tablet devices and the corporate server, users of the devices can freely access the corporate server from remote locations.