Case Study: The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) achieves secure BYOD iPhone adoption and centralized mobile management with MobileIron

SickKids - Customer Case Study

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), a leading paediatric health centre in Canada, needed to move beyond its BlackBerry-only mobile strategy as staff requested iPhones and the organization considered bring‑your‑own‑device (BYOD) benefits. IT’s top priorities were enabling email access on iOS while meeting strict security and compliance requirements and integrating with existing infrastructure.

SickKids chose MobileIron’s Virtual Smartphone Platform to add BES‑like security (remote lock/wipe, enforced passwords, encryption) and centralized device management with ActiveSync integration. The virtualized, self‑service rollout let employees activate and manage their own iOS devices (including iPhone 3GS/4 and iPad) without IT hands‑on support, boosting adoption while delivering a scalable, secure foundation for future mobile apps.

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