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The mobile device management marketplace is teeming with vendors, as more enterprises seek to impose some control in this Bring Your Own Device economy. Each vendor seems to offer a unique blend of security features, however, and you need to ask several key questions before choosing a solution, writes Will Kelly in a post at TechRepublic .

Mobile device management firm AirWatch launched this week a standalone mobile application management product that includes an app wrapping security engine for BYOD and corporate-owned mobile device ownership models.

The increasing frequency of data breaches resulting from companies allowing employees to bring their own devices to work are a result of poor BYOD policies and lack of technology to implement those policies, according a panel at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show being held in Las Vegas this week. Now, some groups are suggesting that enterprises focus more on applications and less on devices, in order to prevent future data breaches.

Virtualization firm Citrix has agreed to acquire mobile device management provider Zenprise for an undisclosed consideration.

As the BYOD trend accelerates, so too do the security threats to the enterprise. Swift and decisive action by the enterprise will help prevent a major data breach, which could be embarrassing at the least and financially devastating at the worst.

For the average enterprise, a mobile device management solution is the 'bare minimum' needed to handle the challenges posed by BYOD, said Chris Hazelton, research director for mobile and wireless at 451 Research.