Abstract: A system for managing mobile electronic devices in a network, including a plurality of mobile electronic devices, at least one network processor, directory service software executing on the at least one network processor for providing user data pertaining to users of the plurality of mobile electronic devices, at least one mobility server in communication with the at least one network processor, and device management software executing on the at least one mobility server for receiving the user data and sending at least one mobile application to one or more of the plurality of mobile electronic devices based on the user data.

Abstract: A system for managing mobile electronic devices in a network, including a plurality of mobile electronic devices, a directory service including user data pertaining to one or more users of the plurality of mobile electronic devices, and a device manager for receiving the user data and determining a group of the users and at least one privilege applicable the group based on the user data and data from at least one other source, wherein the device managers sends at least one mobile application to one or more of the plurality of mobile electronic devices based on the privilege, and wherein the device manager includes software for determining a status of the at least one mobile application for each of the one or more mobile electronic devices.