The document discusses the implementation of Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions for managing mobile devices used by healthcare workers in Sabarkantha district, Gujarat. It highlights the challenges faced, such as keeping apps updated and ensuring device security, while weighing the pros and cons of building versus buying solutions. The document concludes with insights on creating a barebones MDM solution using Android API and emphasizes the importance of monitoring and support.

1. By @leenasn at #droidconIN2015
LEARNINGS FROM
Building MDM Solutions

2. MDM
Mobile Device Management

3. MDM
Mobile Device Management

4. Centrally Managing Mobile Devices

5. Since we aren’t Tank or Neo…

6. We need something a little
simpler

7. Enterprise Mobility Devices for Field Staff Information Kiosk

8. BYOD

9. WHAT IS MDM ?
BYOD
All android logos and manufacture logos
BYOD

10. Available Solutions
MobileIron
Citrix XenMobile
EMM

11. Our Story

12. Sabarkantha
District in Gujarat

13. Healthcare workers are using devices
to deliver welfare programs

14. Scheduling Immunisation
vaccinations for children and women
Delivering Education
Malnutrition & importance of immunisation
Collecting Data
Health of rural women, and children
Tracking Progress
On rural development work

15. Challenges
• Keeping the apps upto date
• Push content to the devices
• Tracking devices

16. Build Vs Buy?
Issue with going with the enterprise
solutions:
• Hard to customise
• High cost of maintenance as an expert is
needed
• Won’t need 80% of the features
• On-time support is hard

17. Do we Open Source?

18. OneMDM
•Device Tracking
•Manage Apps in the device

19. Yet Another Story

20. Information Kiosks at clinics

21. Challenges
• App to be run in Kiosk mode
• App updates
• Content management
• Remotely configure the sleep time
and off hours

22. Challenges
• Playing Adobe Flash Videos

23. Custom ROM & System
Apps

24. Risks with Custom ROM
• Voiding the manufacturer's
warranty
• Possibility of bricking the device if
something is goofed up while
rooting

25. Devices used by Field Staff Devices as Information Kiosk
What did we cover about MDM?
&

26. Security
• Device Management API
• Android for Work

27. Learnings
• Barebones solution can be built using Android API
and a push technology [GCM]
• Importance of Smooth Enrollment process
• Continuous Delivery Practices
• Importance of monitoring and alerting system

28. Contributions welcome
multunus.github.io/onemdm-server/

29. LEENA SN
Head of Engineering @multunus
multunus
@leenasn leena.sn@multunus.com

30. References
• Our blog on MDM
http://www.multunus.com/blog/category/mobile-device-
management/
• Read more about Sabarkantha
http://sabarkanthadp.gujarat.gov.in/sabarkantha/english/
• The OneMDM Open source Project
http://multunus.github.io/onemdm-server