AT&T Toggle separates business data on employees’ mobile devices apart from personal. AT&T claims to be the first U.S. carrier to announce this type of app. AT&T Toggle is expected to be released before the end of 2011.
according to a July 2011 Forrester Research, Inc. report, nearly 60 percent of companies allow employees to use personal devices for work and provide IT support for some or all of these devices. There should be an app for that....
Here's how AT&T shows the difference between the personal and business modes:
- Personal mode: When not working, send texts to friends, watch TV shows and movies, and play games on your mobile device as you otherwise would. Personal activities remain segregated.
- Work mode: If it’s time to buckle down and focus on business, employees can enter their work environment. In this mode, users can access corporate email, applications, calendars and more, just as they would on a company-provided device.
“Our research shows that approximately 50 million employees in the U.S. alone could benefit from business mobile applications,” said John Stankey, President and CEO, AT&T Business “Mobile applications delivered in a cloud computing environment can transform business operations. AT&T is focused on integrating advanced technologies – like cloud and mobility – to create valuable solutions for our customers.”
AT&T Toggle offers a convenient web portal that allows IT administrators to:
- Manage which employees have access to which company resources.
- Add, update and delete business applications on employees’ personal devices.
- Wipe all corporate information stored in work mode if an employee leaves the company or loses his or her device.
Designed to strip away complexity for both businesses and their employees, AT&T Toggle can be used on devices running Android 2.2 and higher, and with any service provider.