Enterprise Mobile Joins Box Partner Network to Accelerate Cloud Collaboration
May 09, 2013
By Mandira Srivastava, TMCnet Contributor
Giving mobile workers the ability to access corporate information from remote locations on their mobile devices has become important for companies to improve productivity. To address this need, Enterprise Mobile, a business unit of Intermec (News - Alert) Technologies Corporation and a provider of comprehensive mobility managed services, has joined Box Partner Network. With this partnership, Box can resell Enterprise Mobile’s cloud-based collaboration services.
More and more companies are exploring enterprise-grade alternatives to the thousands of consumer-centric content sharing services that are currently available on the market. A single, cloud-based content services solution provided by Box (News - Alert) not only satisfies the security and scalability requirements of IT but is also meets the usability needs of employees, allowing them to access critical content anytime that is automatically synchronized across their specific mobile devices.
“Securing content on mobile devices is a major priority for our customers,” says Jay Gordon, vice president of Sales at Enterprise Mobile, in a statement. “Our new partnership with Box makes it easy for customers to complement our services with a best-in-class content management solution.”
Enterprise Mobile’s mobility services are designed to reduce the cost and complexity of sourcing, deploying, securing and managing mobile devices of any kind. The company’s main offerings include device deployment, mobile device management (MDM) software acquisition and administration, 24X7 helpdesk support, telecom expense management (TEM) and device replacement and warranty management. With more than 420,000 devices under contract for its managed services, companies in all industry vertical are using Enterprise Mobile services.
“Companies are aligning with partners that can deliver on the key dimensions of successful mobility deployments, including smart hardware selection, end-to-end security, and proactive device and content management,” says Bill Pratt, general manager at Enterprise Mobile. “Box plays a role in many of these areas, so it’s a natural fit with our services. We are thrilled with this partnership because it enhances our ability to meet the needs of customers worldwide.”
The combination of Box with the expansive portfolio of managed service offerings from Enterprise Mobile will provide companies a powerful new way to manage their mobility initiatives.
Edited by Rachel Ramsey