OCTOBER 201919other perks, including food and bev-erage, beautiful office space, and office amenities.In addition, mobility capabilities tend to be a direct reflection on IT leadership and its ability to imple-ment the technology.How do you achieve enter-prise mobility quick wins?Many companies already have the platforms implemented to have ro-bust mobility capability. Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) plat-forms were initially implemented to enable secure email, calendar, and contact access on mobile de-vices. The problem is that many organizations stopped there and never took advantage of the addi-tional robust capabilities that these platforms provide. You can achieve quick wins by deploying the following capabili-ties that you already have in your EMM platform:· Deploy the Corporate App Store ­ Quickly build a healthy portfolio of apps by taking advantage of apps for systems that you have already imple-mented, deploy containerized apps that are built by app vendors for your specific EMM platform, and then publish apps that are available on the public app stores that you think will provide value to your employees. This is a great opportunity to engage your employees and find out the apps that they already use to do their jobs.· Enable Secure Browsing ­ This is an easy way to allow access to your intranet and internal web-based applications. Some intranets may not be responsive or mobile friendly, so a long-term roadmap must be established to mobile en-able key capabilities within those in-tranets. Many companies start with a people directory.· Activate Mobile Instant Messag-ing ­ If your EMM or collaboration platform is mobile enabled, install the app and allow your employees to in-stant message as they currently do on their computers.· Document Sync or Sharing ­ Most EMM platforms allow you to share personal or group networks by ex-posing internal documents within the secure EMM environment. Once this is enabled, many employees feel that they finally have something similar to a cloud drive for their files.How is this applied at a law firm?Technology is becoming increas-ingly more important as we rely on it to connect lawyers across the globe and be ever available to serve clients. EMM platforms are a crucial way to provide access to secure client files, especially when lawyers are traveling. At Morgan Lewis, we have per-sonnel spread across 30 locations in 11 countries. Our personnel are very mobile and need to be always on for our clients. This means mobile ac-cess to our firm information is criti-cal. Three years ago, we implemented our corporate app store that included the native EMM productivity apps and apps that extended our current systems, including timekeeping, ex-pense management, and phone con-ferencing. We then extended those capabilities to include payroll, Webex, legal research, healthcare, travel, and other apps that we thought would be helpful. Within six months, our app store included more than 30 apps. This rapid expansion of capabili-ties was not very difficult and trans-formed our mobile capabilities, mak-ing us more effective for clients.Build upon your Mobility Success!Once you have executed these quick wins you will be in a great position to advance your mobile strategy through building your mobile app center of excellence, developing cus-tomer apps for employees and cus-tomers, and use IoT and other mo-bile technologies to help transform your business.Michael Shea leads a dynamic team that provides technology ser-vices to Morgan Lewis staff and cli-ents around the world. Mobility capabilities tend to be a direct reflection on IT leadership and its ability to implement the technologyMichael Shea, CIO
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