LogMeIn announced the release of AppGuru, a cloud app management product that can assist IT professionals in regaining monitoring and management capabilities for employee cloud app use. The ‘bring-your-own app,’ or BYOA, trend, as many of you may see in your business today, makes a management and monitoring system for employee cloud app use necessary to maintain security.
BYOA can undermine the effectiveness of IT departments as employees increasingly introduce workplace technology without IT consultation. Though IT departments estimated the average number of BYO apps to be 2.8 per organization, data collected through app discovery technology suggested that the average of BYO apps is around 21 per organization.
"For our SMB IT customer base, 'Shadow IT' and BYOA are forcing them to rethink the ways they approach device, application and data management. When you consider the fact that the majority of cloud apps are being used without the knowledge of IT, we see this trend as one of the most significant challenges facing IT today," said Michael Simon, CEO of LogMeIn. "Our goal with AppGuru is to give our IT customers complete visibility into and control over their environment in ways that embrace the inherent realities of employee-introduced technology."
AppGuru’s monitoring capabilities allow IT professionals to discover which apps are being used by employees and on which devices the apps are used. With the ability to monitor the usage of hundreds of popular apps, IT departments are better equipped to institute policies on app use.
According to LogMeIn, which has more than 100,000 SMB IT customers, AppGuru’s discovery, monitoring, and identity and app management features are especially valuable for IT departments.
AppGuru pricing starts at $29 per managed user per year.
