News | June 22, 2010

AirWatch Announces Support For Apple's iOS 4, Enabling Corporate IT To Secure, Manage And Support Corporate-Liable And Employee-Liable iPhones Deployed Across The Enterprise

AirWatch, a leading provider of enterprise-wide Mobile Device Management (MDM) software, announces its support of Apple's iOS 4. The expanded enterprise integration capabilities of iOS 4, coupled with the AirWatch solution, improve corporate IT's ability to successfully deploy and manage both corporate-liable and employee-liable iPhones, secure all sensitive corporate data and provide a robust support experience for all iOS 4 users. Collectively, these new enterprise-centric features will continue to drive the device's impressive adoption rates and increase the number of enterprise applications for iPhone and iPod touch.

"Apple's iOS 4 is a game-changing solution for enterprise mobility," says John Marshall, AirWatch's CEO. "With iOS 4 and AirWatch's MDM platform, enterprises can leverage the enhanced security, encryption and management capabilities to rapidly and cost effectively expand their mobile deployments. Combining these solutions along with thousands of business productivity apps, we see opportunities for explosive growth across the enterprise."

Mobile Device Management
iOS 4 supports mobile device management over the air and on demand. With AirWatch as the MDM service provider, IT administrators can easily activate corporate devices, while personal devices can enroll at any time to gain access to corporate resources. Once AirWatch manages the device, IT can perform the following functions:

  • Deploy managed configuration and provisioning profiles instantly to the device
  • Gather critical network and device information, as well as application, certificate and profile lists without impacting the user
  • Configure, secure and remove corporate email accounts and data remotely without impacting other email accounts
  • Perform security commands to clear passcodes as well as lock or wipe the device directly from the console without going through Exchange
  • Minimize legal and business risk by establishing and enforcing restrictions that filter movies, TV shows and application content
  • Leverage AirWatch's real-time alerting and reporting capabilities to monitor device restrictions and ensure compliance with corporate IT policies
  • Improve the end user's support experience with real-time management features

Wireless Enterprise App Distribution
iPhone iOS 4 supports large-scale wireless deployments of enterprise apps. AirWatch simplifies the entire application lifecycle by allowing IT administrators to:

  • Define and assign applications using AirWatch's role-based security architecture, device-grouping capabilities and bulk management
  • Deploy and update enterprise apps without requiring users to connect through iTunes
  • Audit all enterprise apps deployed to corporate users, ensuring the right iPhone users have access to the right applications

IT and Telecom Expense Management
The proliferation of mobile devices and complicated data plans makes managing a fleet of enterprise devices time consuming and challenging. AirWatch and iOS 4's expanded feature set reduce the IT burden and support costs, while also helping organizations to:

  • Define, provision and manage data roaming policies based on IT-defined groups of users
  • Ensure real-time compliance using AirWatch's robust alerting and reporting modules
  • Streamline enrollment for both corporate-liable and employee-liable devices
  • Reduce time and effort to manage Exchange and corporate email settings

Web-based, functionally robust and easy-to-use, the AirWatch Mobile Device Management solution provides enterprises with a single, integrated view of all iPhones resulting in increased IT efficiencies, reduced IT support costs and an improved experience for corporate iPhone users. This highly scalable solution also provides unparalleled flexibility by offering three different delivery options to meet all IT deployment requirements:

  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • Software deployed behind your corporate firewall
  • Dedicated software appliance

AirWatch's managed service model includes best-in-class hosting and network operations, multiple redundant data centers, high-availability architecture, disaster recovery, industry-leading hardware and robust monitoring and alerting tools.

About AirWatch
AirWatch is a leading provider of enterprise-wide mobile device and WLAN management solutions for iPhone Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Android devices. Designed to track, monitor and manage mobile devices across the enterprise, AirWatch provides a single, integrated, real-time view into an organization's entire fleet of mobile devices, regardless of mobile platform, device manufacturer or location. Headquartered in Atlanta, AirWatch successfully manages the challenges of enterprise mobility for organizations in the distribution/logistics, field service, government, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing and retail industries. For more information, please visit www.air-watch.com.

SOURCE: AirWatch