Device Management

Red Bend's vDirect Mobile™ is an OMA-DM compliant and interoperable device management client for mobile phones and wireless devices in the mobile, WiMAX and machine-to-machine (M2M) markets. It is used to provision new subscribers, configure applications and network settings, manage software and retrieve device information over the air. vDirect Mobile has been licensed by more than 25 leading device manufacturers, including Kyocera, Sierra Wireless, Telit Wireless Solutions and ZTE for mobile handsets, PC cards, WiMAX modems and M2M modules.

vDirect Mobile allows manufacturers and operators to remotely manage mobile devices in the field. It is standards-based software that works with any Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) device management (DM) server. As the leading independent DM client, vDirect Mobile enables manufacturers and operators to break the dependency of closed DM systems.

It offers full compliance with OMA standards and an innovative framework that streamlines the creation of DM client applications. As a result, manufacturers need less time and fewer resources to implement device management using vDirect Mobile. vDirect Mobile is Red Bend's next-generation DM client that offers enhanced functionality and is available as a stand-alone product or with Red Bend's other mobile software management client solutions—vRapid Mobile™ FOTA and vRapid Mobile™ SCOTA.

Device manufacturers can benefit from Red Bend's vast experience and large installed based. vDirect Mobile offers minimal integration effort to improve time to market and provides the flexibility to comply to any use case or standards requirement from operators.

Operators can instantly manage deployed devices with DM applications built on vDirect Mobile including: FOTA, configuration management, diagnostics, provisioning, security profiles and more.

vDirect Mobile's innovative framework streamlines the creation of DM client applications and, as a result, manufacturers need less time and fewer resources to implement device management. Integration is easier and faster because vDirect Mobile:

• Includes a built-in porting layer to the Windows and Linux operating systems with customizable support for any mobile platform including Android and BREW,
• Incorporates two OMA management objects—Software Component Management Object (SCOMO) and Firmware Update Management Object (FUMO)—directly into the client software, providing the flexibility to perform individual software updates or full firmware improvements, and
• Provides business logic rules that can be easily adapted to meet specific operator requirements, further reducing time to market for new mobile devices.

With vDirect Mobile integrated as part of an overall device management solution, handsets can be provisioned, maintained and updated by means of firmware-over-the-air (FOTA) updates. This allows device manufacturers and mobile operators to deliver new features and products to market more quickly and enhance their users' experience.