[October 11, 2011]

Cloud-Based MaaS360 Replaces Servers for Enterprise Mobile Application Management

Fiberlink^®, the leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS (News - Alert)) solutions for secure mobile device and application management, today announced the expansion of MaaS360 for mobile application management. Building on its robust, cross-platform support for enterprise app catalogs, MaaS360 AppCloud and AppExtender deliver additional capabilities for enterprises to secure and accelerate the performance of their mobile applications.

Mobile applications are quickly becoming business critical, putting increased pressure on IT to keep up with new employee work style demands while protecting corporate data. Through the MaaS360 AppCloud, organizations can now host their enterprise applications in the cloud on a secure, globally optimized application distribution network delivering maximum scalability. MaaS360 AppCloud handles all storage, bandwidth, and redundancy, alleviating the need for organizations to plan and implement major infrastructure upgrades. This reduces corporate network load and increases app performance for employees. Cost savings with MaaS360 versus server implementations can range from 20 percent to more than 50 percent for organizations. MaaS360 AppCloud can also provide additional layers of application and data security during the distribution process.

With MaaS360 AppExtender, enterprises and app developers can increase the security and operational efficiency of their mobile apps. AppExtenders are fast to implement and easy to integrate, allowing IT managers and developers to secure mobile apps by using MaaS360 cloud resources to provide essential programming capabilities that aren't available natively in mobile OSs, such as app authentication, push updates, and usage reporting. By leveraging the MaaS360 mobile device management platform, IT can speed development, reduce security risks to corporate data, and save costs by avoiding the need for a separate mobile enterprise application platform or gateway.

Delivered through a free API SDK for iOS and Android devices, MaaS360 AppExtender capabilities include:

• Authentication: Enables user authentication against corporate directories.
• Authorization: Controls access to applications based on role or department.
• Application Updates: Provides functionality to directly update apps outside of the app stores.
• Compliance Status: Reports on the security state of the device against corporate policies, such as jailbreak/rooted status, OS version, policy violations, and remote wipe status.
• Device Query: Delivers hundreds of device attributes such as battery life, free storage, and roaming state.
• Mobility Intelligence: Captures useful analytic information such as app usage, performance statistics, and common workflow visibility.

"MaaS360 gives the IT organization a comprehensive set of tools they need to build and support their growing list of mobile applications," said Jatin Malik, director of product innovation at Fiberlink. "MaaS360 AppCloud and AppExtender further simplify the process to distribute, update, manage, and secure mobile apps on both personal and corporate-owned mobile devices."

MaaS360 for mobile application management provides a complete solution for managing apps and creating highly customizable enterprise app catalogs. MaaS360 delivers a set of best practice workflows for managing the lifecycle of mobile apps, including real-time software inventory reports, app distribution and installation tracking, app update publishing and provisioning profile management. IT can automatically enforce app security policies including required (whitelist) and disallowed (blacklist) applications. MaaS360 also allows organizations to purchase bulk app licenses from the Apple (News - Alert) App store Volume Purchase Program, track provisioning, and monitor licenses and compliance, eliminating the need for manual management.

MaaS360 for mobile application management is available now and is free to get started. Visit http://www.maas360.com/ to instantly access a free fully functional version for evaluation.

About Fiberlink

Fiberlink is the recognized leader in software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for secure enterprise mobile device and application management. Its cloud-based MaaS360 platform provides IT organizations with mobility intelligence and control over mobile devices, applications and content to enhance the mobile user experience and keep corporate data secure across smartphones, tablets, and laptops. MaaS360 helps companies monitor the expanding suite of mobile operating systems, including Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry (News - Alert), and Windows Phone. Named by Network World as the Clear Choice Test winner for mobile device management solutions, MaaS360 is used to manage and secure more than one million endpoints globally. For more information, please visit http://www.maas360.com.

© 2011 MaaS360 and the MaaS360 logo are trademarks of Fiberlink Communications and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective partners.

[ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]