MobileIron AppConnect: The Best Way to Secure Enterprise Mobile Apps

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MobileIron AppConnect: The Best Way to Secure Enterprise Mobile Apps

Accellion, Box, GoodReader, GroupLogic, NitroDesk, Quickoffice, Roambi, Wyse PocketCloud and Xora Sign On as Partners

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MobileIron, the innovator in enterprise management and security for mobile devices and apps, today announced MobileIron AppConnect, the best way for enterprises to secure mobile apps. MobileIron also announced the first wave of MobileIron AppConnect partners: Accellion, Box, GoodReader, GroupLogic, NitroDesk, Quickoffice, Roambi, Wyse PocketCloud and Xora.

Using MobileIron AppConnect, enterprises are able to secure company data across the lifecycle of their mobile apps, from deployment to usage to retirement. MobileIron AppConnect secures both company-developed apps as well as select third-party apps on the App Store, Android Market and other mobile app distribution services. MobileIron AppConnect will be available to MobileIron customers and developers at no additional charge.

As mobile apps quickly become essential business tools, untrusted apps carry increasingly greater risk of company data loss. MobileIron AppConnect secures both app "data at rest" and "data in motion" by giving IT and developers the following capabilities:

    --  Authentication: Ensure only approved users can access app data. Confirm
        identity through certificates and provide single sign-on capabilities
        (SSO) across multiple apps.
    --  Configuration: Set up the app properly with appropriate settings.
    --  Authorization: Allow or disallow app usage or data storage based on
        device posture.
    --  Access control: Block app access to the corporate network if security is
        compromised.
    --  Analytics: Provide insight into app usage.
    --  Removal: Remotely wipe the app and app data on the mobile device.

"MobileIron AppConnect extends MobileIron's proven security framework to apps and is the latest phase in our vision of enterprise app security and management," said Ojas Rege, VP of Product, MobileIron. "The first phase was to secure the enterprise against rogue apps through our App Control policy engine. The second was to give IT a way to securely distribute apps to users via our Enterprise App Storefront. The third, with MobileIron AppConnect, is to secure app 'data at rest' and 'data in motion' across the entire app lifecycle."

MobileIron AppConnect partners include some of the most innovative workplace apps. Partners will be featured as recommended apps in MobileIron's Enterprise App Storefront accelerating their distribution into the enterprise customer base.

About the MobileIronAppConnect Partners

    --  Accellion provides enterprise-class secure collaboration and file
        sharing solutions that give business users secure mobile access to
        enterprise content while giving IT the control it needs to ensure
        compliance and data security. Accellion is accessible on iPad, iPhone,
        Blackberry and Android devices and the Web, and integrates via plug-in
        to SharePoint and Autonomy iManage.
    --  Box makes it simple for businesses to share, manage and access all of
        their content from anywhere. Files and folders on Box can be securely
        shared both internally and externally, accessed on mobile devices (iPad,
        iPhone, Android, TouchPad, PlayBook and m.box.net), and extended to
        partner applications such as Google Apps, NetSuite and Salesforce.
    --  GoodReader is the super-robust PDF reader and annotator for iPad, iPhone
        and iPod touch. With GoodReader users can read virtually anything,
        anywhere: books, movies, maps, pictures.
    --  GroupLogic helps enterprise and education IT organizations simply and
        securely integrate diverse computing platforms into enterprise
        environments, connecting employees to enterprise files, content and
        assets to facilitate a more productive and efficient work environment.
        GroupLogic's mobilEcho is the industry's first and only Mobile File
        Management (MFM) software for enterprise iPad users. mobilEcho enables
        enterprise IT to provide secure access to enterprise file servers for
        iPad users, eliminating the need for work-arounds like emailing files to
        yourself or storing critical enterprise files in unsecure third-party
        cloud providers.
    --  NitroDesk provides the leading Enterprise-ready Exchange
        ActiveSync-based email solution for Android powered phones and tablets.
        The TouchDown app, with over 500,000 active users, is popular with
        enterprise customers for both its intuitive user experience and its
        integration with ActiveSync, which is the industry standard for wireless
        email mobilization.
    --  Quickoffice is the worldwide leader in mobile office solutions and is
        distributed on more than 370 million mobile devices. Available on all
        major platforms, Quickoffice delivers reliable, innovative office
        software that drives mobile productivity and is revolutionizing the way
        people use their mobile devices.
    --  Roambi is a mobile business intelligence solution that was designed from
        the ground up for the mobile environment.  A native iPhone/iPad
        application, Roambi makes company reports and data quick to access and
        easy to interact with, via immersive dashboard-style analytics on any
        iPhone or iPad.
    --  Wyse PocketCloud, an Android/iOS Mobile Cloud App by Cloud Client
        Computing leader Wyse Technology, allows users to remotely access
        personal and corporate Windows and Mac computers. Beyond simple remote
        file viewing and sharing, users can also run all their applications and
        access network resources to create, edit, and share documents and media
        from the palm of their hand.
    --  Xora empowers mobile businesses to achieve new levels of productivity
        and customer satisfaction.   Field employees use the mobile app to
        eliminate manual processes and paperwork. Managers gain insight into
        their field operations through location-based services, alerts and
        trends reporting.  Xora saves companies money every day.

MobileIron AppConnect beta will be available to app developers in Q4 2011.

About MobileIron

Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Mobile Device Management Software 2011, MobileIron is solving the problems CIOs face as business data and applications move to smartphones and tablets. The MobileIron Virtual Smartphone Platform is the first solution to give IT and users real-time intelligence and control over mobile content, activity, and apps in order to secure the enterprise, reduce wireless cost, and improve the mobile user experience. For more information, please visit http://www.mobileiron.com.

SOURCE  MobileIron

MobileIron

CONTACT: Clarissa Horowitz of MobileIron, +1-415-608-6825, clarissa@mobileiron.com

Web Site: http://www.mobileiron.com

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