Ski Kacoroski <[email protected]> writes:

>$employer is moving to get a lot of iPads.  $employees have the 
>expectations that anything they have on any $employer owned device will 
>be backed up and that IT can get their data back.  As near as I can tell 
>there is not a way to backup iPads at an enterprise level.  Does anyone 
>know if such a beast exists?  What does your $employer do to back and 
>protect the data on iPads?


Backup is only one issue. Also, lingua franca alert. Some people distinguish 
between backups (config settings) and content sync (probably what you really 
are asking about). 

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946

At an Enterprise level, security, app deployment,  rogue app detection, 
backups, etc, fall into the realm of a Mobile Device Manager, aka an MDM. 

Apple has some white papers on it, but I don't have the URL handy. Two names to 
especially look at are the Good and Mobile Iron MDMs.  PCMall has MDM expertise 
with medium sized businesses, the pcmg.com side of their business actually 
works with edu customers as well. 


Apple has a basic MDM that can backup to iCloud (no first hand use here, 
though). There's a "basics" white paper from them at this URL:
http://images.apple.com/ipad/business/docs/iOS_MDM_Mar12.pdf

HTH
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