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Note: Maintaining control of mobile devices in a company might be a challenge, but it's becoming a less costly one.
Slideshow: 11 iPad Apps For Better Collaboration (click image for larger view and for slideshow) Centrify Corporation has a Valentine's Day gift for IT administrators. The security and compliance company on Tuesday plans to launch a free cloud-based mobile device management service.
Centrify Express for Mobile, available at no charge, with no device limit and no support, allows businesses to manage employee smartphones and tablets--Android and iOS devices, but not BlackBerry or Windows Phone 7--through existing Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure.
"I'm hoping this can be somewhat disruptive in the mobile device management market," said company founder and CEO Tom Kemp in a phone interview.
Support costs money. The paid version of the product,...