As more employees bring their devices to work, IT departments need to make sure no sensitive data gets stored on them, and then winds up lost or stolen.
So they use a type of software called mobile device management (MDM). One thing MDM software can do is to ban certain apps from being installed on a device (called blacklisting).
But it can also explicitly allow certain apps (called whitelisting).
MDM vendor Fiberlink recently looked at the 2 million+ devices that use its software to see which apps companies loved the most through whitelisting. (It also found the 15 apps that companies hate the most).
Top 10 Whitelisted Apps: iOS Devices
iBooks— buy and read books
Adobe Reader— read PDF files
Google— search engine
Citrix Receiver — allows remote access to a company's network
Numbers— a spreadsheet app for iOS
Dropbox— cloud storage and file sharing
Pages— a word processor for iOS
itunes U— access to complete courses from universities
Keynote— presentation software for iOS
WebEx— online meetings
Top Whitelisted Apps: Android Devices
NITDroid— Turns the Nokia N900 into an Android phone
Adobe Reader— read PDF files
Lookout— a smartphone security app
Google — search engine
Skype— chat and videoconferencing
Citrix Receiver — allows remote access to a company's network
Android Translator— translates languages
Antivirus— a security app
ZXing— a barcode app
Google Maps— maps
SEE ALSO: The Top 15 Smartphone Apps Companies Forbid Their Employees To Use
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